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Fox . Mar 03 2008 09:05. Posts 3110

So up to ufc 82 keanu/myself/naz were all talking about the hendo anderson fight.

I kept going both ways but finally last second switched to hendo. This is how close the fight was to me. Anderson has weaknesses on the ground but they are few. If a strong wrestler can get top position anderson lacks the core strength to do anything and he can get pounded out. However his technique and length allow him to find aways to escape. First round hendo showed why he's got the skill to pound him. But 2nd round showed a few things. One anderson doesn't get passive when he's hurt he gets mad and takes the fight right back at you. He came out 2nd round with guns blazing and looked like a sniper ready to fire. Two after he caught hendo with a knee and didn't let up and finished him on the ground.

Anderson has that ability to finish a fighter at any given moment. There are only like 2-3 fighters in the world who have that kind of ability. BJ penn/Crocop/Gomi. They at any notice when given an opening will crush you and it's not a suprise that they are 3 of the most feared humans on earth. However all three only finish you in one manner. Anderson can finish you standing or on the ground which is nuts! Keanu and i agree his overall ground game is top 5 at 185. While he's weak to wrestlers he has no issues against bjj fighters and his bjj is strong enough to finish anyone if he gets top position (ala big nog who's top 2 at top position finishing at HW fedor being the other)

So I lost a bet to naz on this. Now i have to enter a grappling competition by the end of the month and have video/pictures of it. To keanu I just get to hear about it everyday for a month now which is almost as bad.

Okami is the only guy who i think can win. Okami's style is exactly how i fight now and i love him! Even though i'm super bias to him i don't know how he can get close enough to anderson to secure a takedown. But in a 5 round fight i think he has a chance. I don't know if it's a better chance then henderson but he can do it. I just hope that if he does take the title from anderson that he finishes him and continues to finish fights. No one wants a tim sylvia boring champion. I see this with anderson finishing him with strikes standing either by ko or finishing him on the ground with strikes. Okami better train super hard and get his hands to level up a few times before he can even begin to think he can take spider.

Other then that was a pretty fun card. the serra/gsp card i'm not too excited about but the bj/sherk card... well.. ROFL OF COURSE.

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PplusAD Germany. Mar 03 2008 10:01. Posts 7180

i was also betting on Hendo ...
by dominating on the ground

When i saw the first round i was like :
Yeha i got this completely right !

>-<

The thing is Anderson Silva has an absolut devastating tai - chlinch
deadliest clinch in the world imo

U see what i did there with A8 ? He 4 bets and there we go insta jam A8 : ---booooom -- . hahahaha ( Krantz)

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KeanuReaver United States. Mar 03 2008 11:13. Posts 2022

bahaha
doubting silva you fool
you even said it yourself, kaoklai with bjj, HOW DO YOU PICK AGAINST THAT

and the endurance required for MMA, which has actions like punching and kicking bone and muscle with 1000-2500 PSI. - Taco

Fox . Mar 03 2008 12:05. Posts 3110

On March 03 2008 10:13 KeanuReaver wrote:
bahaha
doubting silva you fool
you even said it yourself, kaoklai with bjj, HOW DO YOU PICK AGAINST THAT

god i'm gonna have to beat anderson myself just so i can get you and naz to stop railing me!