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Originally Posted by Anthony
Anderson Silva is the current UFC Middleweight Champion..
A year and half ago, he fought Ryo Chonan. This is the 3rd round of that fight.
Notice, near the end, Silva tries for the Thai Plum Clinch like he did with Franklin, and gets denied...
I'm not taking anything away from Silva, he's still a bad ass. I am of the belief that Pride has the upper hand with better fighters.
Though, Chonan went on to get knocked out by Baroni, who lost his last 4 UFC fights.  |
Interestingly, Franklin defended well in the clinch vs. evan tanner, which is tanner's forte.
This is my take on the fight - granted I am not an MMA fighter, just a fan - I think that Silva isn't that much better than Franklin as the results of this fight showed. I wouldn't go so far to say Silva got lucky, but I will say Silva got lucky to win in such resounding fashion. Why? I think that with the very first knee to the body, Franklin got hurt; either a cracked rib or serious bruise. He just didn't look right after that first knee to the body. Silva is not so much better/stronger than Franklin to be throwing him around the ring. No way.
Then again, I am a Franklin fan and am looking forward to him healing and coming back and this time pummeling Silva's face with GnP.