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Anderson
There we have it folks.Comparing accolades is ridiculous, because Anderson fought at an infantile MW division. He got a title shot of a one win over Chris Leben, lol.
Izzy beat Anderson, Vettori, Gastelum, Brunson, Tavares and Wilkinson on his way to the title. Most of these guys are better than the guys Anderson defended his title against.
Anderson was great, but Izzy is overall the better fighter.
Anderson, Gastelum, Vettori, Brunson are better wins than Cote, Leites, Marquadt and MaiaThere we have it folks.
Wilkinson is better than Dan Henderson.
You just discovered MMA recently haven't you? You think Anderson solely got his title shot off beating Chris Leben? You're talking 2006, the landscape across MMA when it came to the best fighters were scattered across different orgs, Strikeforce, PrideFC, Affliction, WEC, Shooto, Cage Rage, the list goes on. Anderson Silva got the title shot by putting in work internationally, beating the likes of Horn, Murray, Rivera, Fryklund. Yes, Anderson had losses, but it comes with MMA. Everyone has losses or will eventually have losses.Comparing accolades is ridiculous, because Anderson fought at an infantile MW division. He got a title shot of a one win over Chris Leben, lol.
Izzy beat Anderson, Vettori, Gastelum, Brunson, Tavares and Wilkinson on his way to the title. Most of these guys are better than the guys Anderson defended his title against.
Anderson was great, but Izzy is overall the better fighter.
Silva's timing, speed, reflexes, and creativity were on another level. He was doing matrix shit in there, shit that fans hadn't seen before or even thought of. He fought wrestlers and grapplers and submitted them and even had time for side quests at 205 when the UFC asked him to. (Remember, each fight at 205 was at the request of the UFC.)
For sherdog its Anderson easily. We need to keep this simple, very simple, so only number of wins counts.
For the rest of the world - as many analysts, fighters, and fans are already working out - Its Izzy
Better competition - Are any of Andersons opponents as good as Whitakker, let alone Poatan
And then Andersons style which he gets a lot of praise for, once again you need to keep it simple for the shertards, you only count when his hands down chin out style baited those highlight reel moments, DON'T COUNT when it back fired and led to a 6/7 loss streak
Compare to Izzy who usually doesn't take much damage at all, which leads to a much more active schedule and he probably won't end his career on a massive loss streak.
Oh and Anderson pissed hot a bunch of times.
So yeah for sherdog = Anderson
anyone else = Izzy.
You just discovered MMA recently haven't you? You think Anderson solely got his title shot off beating Chris Leben? You're talking 2006, the landscape across MMA when it came to the best fighters were scattered across different orgs, Strikeforce, PrideFC, Affliction, WEC, Shooto, Cage Rage, the list goes on. Anderson Silva got the title shot by putting in work internationally, beating the likes of Horn, Murray, Rivera, Fryklund. Yes, Anderson had losses, but it comes with MMA. Everyone has losses or will eventually have losses.
Once the UFC merged the other orgs, Anderson was the one who came out on top, it wasn't until his leg break his armor was broken.
It's Anderson and it probably will be for a little bit longer.
Agreed. His aura and dominance was matched by very few, one being Jon Jones
He's failed 2 tests, pissed hot against Nick Diaz and Gastelum.i never said anyone was clean but AS has actually failed a test
LOL.... 0/10 Thread...
Never question the GOAT Anderson.
Agreed. His aura and dominance was matched by very few, one being Jon Jones
For me it’s Andy all day, none of those guys were not juicing.He wasn't clean though
I've been in a war with my buddy since Izzy beat Anderson about who the greatest 185er is, the discussion is kind of dead locked where every time I point out how much better Anderson was than his contemporaries it doesn't matter because Izzy won 2 rounds of a decision when he was 40. Am I a jackass holding on to the past or is my buddy a newfan that didn't feel what this vid made us feel?