http://sports.yahoo.com/news/mma--u...va--wins-by-ko-in-second-round-044430635.html LAS VEGAS – Anderson Silva's amazing run of 2,458 days as UFC middleweight champion ended with him lying flat on his back, knocked out, as the result of an arrogant and short-sighted decision. In the end, he turned out to be not as good as he thought he was. Silva kept his hands at side and frequently urged Chris Weidman to fight. He gave Weidman several free shots at his chin. In the second, Silva put his hands down, and was moving at the waist, avoiding most of the punches. But he didn't avoid them all, and it led to one of the most stunning finishes in UFC history. Weidman caught Silva on the chin with a left hook while Silva's hands were at his waist. He finished the fight quickly on the ground and claimed the middleweight belt, giving the UFC its first new 185-pound champion since Oct. 14, 2006, when Silva stopped Rich Franklin. Chris Weidman celebrates after defeating Anderson Silva. (USA Today)Silva had gone 16-0 in the UFC and had won 10 consecutive title bouts since his last loss, via disqualification, to Yushin Okami at Rumble on the Rock 8 on Jan. 20, 2006, in Honolulu. Many of his peers were picking Weidman to dethrone him on Saturday, but few saw it coming the way it did. After an early Weidman takedown, Silva inexplicably kept his hands down and kept shouting to Weidman to fight. As he walked back to his corner after the first, Weidman was shaking his head. He was not happy. "It pisses me off when someone does that to me and I knew sooner or later, I'd get him," Weidman said. He got him in the second. Silva was about eight feet from the cage and again, dropped his hands. Silva dodged three or four of Weidman's punches completely, but then a right grazed him. That didn't seem to have an impact, but a crushing left hook landed on the point of Silva's chin and changed the course of UFC history. The top fighter in the world, the man many had proclaimed as the greatest in UFC history, was out in an instant, his magnificent reign shockingly over. It also blew a potential super fight between Silva and light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, the man who now has to be regarded universally as the top pound-for-pound fighter in the world. Silva said he did not want a rematch, but said he would continue to fight. "Chris Weidman has my respect," Silva said. "He's the best. I did my best, but he's the best." Weidman, who came to the ring draped in the American flag, could hardly believe what had just occurred. "I felt destined, but it still felt far-fetched," Weidman said. "I imagined it so many times in my head, but it still feels surreal."
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Silva's played that cocky game his entire career where he's tried to show up other fighters by playing that head bob game. This time he paid for it.
Silva either faked it for more money in a return bout (very possible) or Silva's opponent was actually better (equally possible)
We have no idea if Weiden was better because we didn't even get a chance to see them fight. Silva spent the end of the first and the beginning of the second round fucking off and all Weiden had to do was land one punch while Silva had his hands down. That's not even a fight. That's a guy standing there running his mouth and getting punched in the grill. I'd be pissed if I had money on that fight.
that was a stupid fight, silva is a total idiot...i dont get what he was trying to accomplish, he dropped his guard right in front of the guy
nothing but repeat written all over it.....okay if Silva gets handed for a second time then its double glory
The strategy from Silva makes sense on paper, Weidman got the takedown early in the first and almost finished the fight with his jui jitsu, so Silva didn't want the fight to go back to the ground. By dropping his hands and taunting like that he's just trying to get his opponent to engage in a standup fight with him, and equally as important having his hands low like that really increases his chances to defend against a traditional wrestling takedown 'shot' because his arms are already in position to sprawl. Combine his amazing power and accuracy as a counter puncher with that and that's what made that style work in the ring on more than one occasion, but last night it just didn't. Idk, I obviously see what he was trying to do and there is a real strategy behind it, it's just totally against conventional wisdom. It got Weidman to do exactly what Anderson wanted, he just got knocked the fuck out in the process.
Well, maybe he underestimated the guy... after hearing his little speech after the fight, I think he got careless because he just didn't have the motivation anymore.
Sorry, but the "crushing" left didn't look like shit to me. Sylva is an idiot. (Or else he set himself up for a bigger payday.) Go Blazers
