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Anderson Silva vs Chris Weidman at UFC 168

by thunderbird
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I feel bad for Anderson Silva. What happened to him was gruesome and sad, probably a career-ender. It was awful hearing him scream like that.
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    Yeah dude that was tough to take.

    I wish him a healthy recovery and a prosperous future.
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  • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
    Originally Posted by thunderbird View Post

    I feel bad for Anderson Silva. What happened to him was gruesome and sad, probably a career-ender. It was awful hearing him scream like that.
    I didn't watch it on PPV, but saw a short clip the next day. Nasty stuff.
    Ronda Rousy (However you spell it) is a phenomenal athlete...but, man, I sure wouldn't want to have to be around her.

    Chris Cyborg would eat her lunch. I have no idea if they are in the same weight class. But Chris Cyborg (What a great name) made Gina Corano look like an amateur.
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeTucker
      Originally Posted by thunderbird View Post

      I feel bad for Anderson Silva. What happened to him was gruesome and sad, probably a career-ender. It was awful hearing him scream like that.
      I've seen that injury many times, often worse than Silva got it.
      It is always sadly amusing to me that so many young people
      in the MMA crowd think only about how invincible their
      "Muay Thai leg kick" is, and forget that it is very easy to
      spike it. For a bunch of people that claim classical martial arts
      make you a thoughtless robot, they sure seem to think that
      absorbing the kick on your shin must be the only defense.

      I have never been a huge fan of Anderson Silva, but yeah I hate
      to see any sportfighter get hurt like that. I know they are saying
      that he "may" never fight again, but I think it is pretty clear
      that he will not. He will never trust his leg to kick like that again,
      not without hesitation. If you've seen the interviews and footage
      of him at home, he was just never that psychologically strong.


      Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

      I didn't watch it on PPV, but saw a short clip the next day. Nasty stuff.
      Ronda Rousy (However you spell it) is a phenomenal athlete...but, man, I sure wouldn't want to have to be around her.

      Chris Cyborg would eat her lunch. I have no idea if they are in the same weight class. But Chris Cyborg (What a great name) made Gina Corano look like an amateur.
      The female fighters are having a major problem: Their sport is
      about to go the way of the women's basketball league. What was
      it called? I think it's still around, but only their families and the
      women themselves know anything about it.

      I feel like the drama with Rousy is manufactured, and was probably
      Dana's idea. I would bet good money that they are trying to
      portray her as a "heel" to drum up the "bad blood" kind of
      scenario for fans, in an attempt to bring in more PPVs.

      Yeah, Cyborg (Justino), Corano, Tate, Davis... There have been
      a lot of great female fighters, certainly much better than when
      they first started competing. Sadly, it's not only the general
      public that is ignoring them-- even a lot of MMA communities
      are not paying attention, and that is very sad.

      Hell, I'd bet on Cyborg to beat the crap out of some of
      the men!

      (Oh, and she's a featherweight, btw)
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    And this is why I'd rather practice Judo, Aikido, Kravmaga or Taichi instead of MMA, UFC and/or so forth.
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  • Profile picture of the author MikeyLightning
    Terrible injury! He was getting hurt badly in the beginning of the fight too. I was surprised they didn't stop it.
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