Silva vs. Weidman: What Went Wrong for Former Champion at UFC 162

For the first time since 2006, Anderson Silva felt how the other half lives. A knockout loss at the hands of Chris Weidman took away the championship that he has held onto for so long.

While the new champion had an impressive performance to win the belt and remain undefeated, the big story is the loss for Silva. The Spider had 10 successful title defenses coming into the match as well as a winning streak of 16 matches.

However, one of the greatest fighters in UFC history was knocked out in the second round by a relatively inexperienced opponent. Here is a look at what went wrong in the match.

Did Not Respect His Opponent

Throughout the match, Silva danced around the ring while mocking and taunting Weidman. He continued to challenge his opponent to hit him and seemingly pretended to be hurt at times.

This is not new for the Brazilian fighter, but he is usually good enough to still earn the win. That was not the case against the undefeated and obviously talented middleweight. As Ben Fowlkes of MMA Junkie writes, "Silva – a fighter who's always blurred the lines between combat and play – finally went and played with the wrong guy."

Weidman has now won all 10 of his career matches and seems to only be getting better. He has a wrestling background but has become an excellent striker, with four knockouts in his career.

Silva was clearly not ready for the left hook that eventually came and sent him to the ground. If he was, he might have prepared some sort of defense.

Instead, the veteran acted like this would be just another easy victory, which turned out to be a huge mistake.

Not Aggressive Enough

Despite the showboating, Silva also struggled to take charge in the match itself. He was incredibly passive and allowed Weidman to dictate the bout.

According to FightMetric, Weidman attempted 55 strikes compared to only 32 for Silva, and the eventual winner was the only one who attempted a takedown or a submission. While the margin was closer in significant strikes (16-14), Weidman once again came out on top in this category.

This is unusual for "The Spider," who ordinarily lands more than double the significant strikes compared to his opponents (via FightMetric).

As a result, the challenger was able to dominate throughout the match. While the knockout is what everyone will talk about, things were not going Silva's way for long before that point.

Lack of Focus

While Silva will likely deny this theory, it appeared as though he was not focused on the match even before it started.

He had discussed a possible boxing match against Roy Jones Jr. for some time and recently told MMA Fight Magazine that he is still interested in this potential bout. 

According to Jones, this is what caused the middleweight trouble in Saturday's match.

In the interview, the boxer said that Silva was trying to showcase his other talents and consequently lost focus:

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With Anderson, what I saw was a guy who was playing because for so long now he has wanted to box me. I don't even think this fight with this kid, Weidman, was really on his mind. I think he was more out to show that he has the razzle-dazzle for his boxing goals because he is trying to prove a point. 

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After being so successful for so long, it had to be easy for Silva to think that he could simply try new things whenever he wanted. However, he was completely immature in the match and he cost himself the victory. 

If there does end up being a rematch, expect Silva to come in with a much better attitude.

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