Hello, MMA fans! welcome to my first article about the MMA world! Did you see UFC Fight Night or Affliction Banned? Let me know and tell me your thoughts!
Well here are my thoughts.
First, lets go to UFC Fight night. I must say that Anderson "The Spider" Silva is a freak! Not only did he move up a weight class he dominated James "The Sandman" Irvin the same exact way he dominated the rest of his opponents, with pin-point accuracy in his striking. The man truly defines what MMA is all about! James Irvin is a very good fighter and Silva walked right through him.
Now that he has shown his dominance I personally would like to see him move to the light heavyweight full-time. The only fighter in the middleweight division that can hold his own for a short time is Yoshin Okami. We will see if that fight ever happens. Now if Okami and Silva does happen he walks through Okami, then there would be no one else in that division.
Next is "The Truth" Brandon Vera against newcomer Reese Andy. For Brandon, if he lost this fight he would have to re-think his career in not only in the UFC, but in the world of MMA. Luckily for Brandon he won, but it was not the win that he wanted as he was given the "W" via unanimous decision. It seemed that the weight cutting for Vera showed as he started to look gassed mid-way through the second round. He showed a few exciting knees, but was unable to finish Andy, who was able to hold his own despite giving up a lot of height and reach to Vera. Hopefully, Vera will look to improve and maintain the weight at 205. I will be looking forward to his next fight and I will be expecting answers from "The Truth"!
I was very looking forward to the Frankie "The Answer" Edgar vs. Hermes Franca in the lightweight division. The fight ended up with Frankie imposing his dominance on the ground as he was able to take down the jiu-jitsu master at will. Franca did show some signs by landing some clean shots on the feet and exploded, but could not finish, with an array of submission attempts, but Edgar was able to show great submission defense and was the aggressor though out the fight.
My hometown buddy from Carmel, Indiana Jake "Irish" O'Brien got his bell rung by Cain Velasquez. I was a little shocked. O'Brien is one mean dude and for Velasquez to take him down and pin both his arms while he used O'Brien's face like a basketball pummeling him with punches, was very impressive. Credits to Jake for hanging in there and almost getting out, but it was too much for "Irish". He still is a force to be reckoned with.
The Anthony "Rumble" Johnson vs. Kevin Burns Match was not what I expected. I was expecting to see Johnson come out the same explosive way he did against Tommy Spears. But NOPE!, he didn't. Instead he let Burns take him down and unfortunately the fight was stopped by Referee Mario Yamasaki, when it looked like Johnson was rocked by a punch by Burns, but it was a poke in the eye. Too late though, Yamasaki stopped the fight and Burns was given the "W" instead of being disqualified, even though the poke was not that serious, but Johnson was milking it a little too much, Lets cry about it! WAAAAHHHHH. Oh well, looks like "Rumble" took a tumble.
10 comments Last one added 11 months ago — Leave a Comment
Mike Iwankow 11 months ago
Anderson Silva winning last night was a great thing for MMA. It has been brought up in the past that Georges St. Pierre was considering moving up into the middleweight class, so there's one possibility. Another is, and this one is very unlikely, Fedor and Silva continue to dominate and a supercard is set up in that Fedor would drop down to Lightheavyweight in order to fight Silva. An MMA fan's dream, but not all that hard to believe.
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Robert DesRoche 11 months ago
You really think Fedor could make LHW? I'm not so sure.
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Bkilla 11 months ago
There were a lot of people tearing anderson silva down before this fight saying that he wasn't that good and that the 20 pounds would make a HUGE difference. I'm glad he proved them wrong, and the cut under irvins eye... you didn't really see it after the punches but you could see it during the official decision, wow that looked nasty
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James Hizona 11 months ago
I totally agree with you! Anderson Rocks! Man did he rock Irvin or what?! His face was leaking when the fight was stopped. That shows just how hard and precise "The Spider" really is!
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Nick Tatum 11 months ago
Match-ups between Silva and some of the elite level light-heavys will be much better than last night fight!
Silva vs Chuck would be a great fight!!!!
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James Hizona 11 months ago
Hey man thanks for the comment! Silva and Chuck would be a match for the ages! Or dare I say Wanderlai vs. Anderson? That would be nice too! Only time will tell.
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Dorothy Willis 11 months ago
Kudos on your debut James. Very good article.
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James Hizona 11 months ago
Thank you very much!
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Dorothy Willis 11 months ago
Just being hones,t as usual.
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jason 11 months ago
i gotta say im not the biggest silva fan but wow that was impressive the sandman didnt even touch him, i think that silva should stay a lhw he still nas to cut lbs to b there thats all that gets to me is the massive amount of lbs so many fighters cut now not just silva but that will never change so i guess if u can do it good for you silva is one who cuts a lot of lbs and does well were others do not as far as i know he walks around at like 220 i think. but anyway good article bro
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