Anderson Silva

[Titanic]

The greatest fighter in MMA history. Anyone else agree?

 

[Titanic]

6 views and no replies. I guess no one on RF knows who Anderson Silva is. A pity...

 

[freethinker44]

I vote Kimbo Slice.

I'm kidding, he's terrible. But Royce Gracie was a pretty good fighter. Cain Velasquez is pretty good too.

 

[Titanic]

I vote Kimbo Slice.

I'm kidding, he's terrible. But Royce Gracie was a pretty good fighter. Cain Velasquez is pretty good too.

Kimbo Slice is pathetic. Anderson is my favorite. Royce Gracie was the pioneer.

 

[satyaroop]

what do you make of his loss against weidman?
he seemed to be fooling around, definitely not giving a 100%

makes me wonder whether the fight was fixed :run:

 

[Titanic]

what do you make of his loss against weidman?
he seemed to be fooling around, definitely not giving a 100%

makes me wonder whether the fight was fixed :run:

It ****** me off real bad. He was clowing around too much. At least he will get a rematch. If he fights for real this time I believe he will win.

 

[satyaroop]

i'm guessing he has a capoeira background
and i understand that this art uses tactics to deceive opponents

One is to keep the capoeirista in a state of constant motion, preventing him or her from being a still and easy target. The other, using also fakes and feints, is to mislead, fool, trick the opponent, leaving them open for an attack or a counter-attack.

The attacks in the Capoeira should be done when opportunity arises and must be decisive, like a direct kick in the face or a vital body part, or a strong takedown. Most Capoeira attacks are made with the legs, like direct or swirling kicks, rasteiras (leg sweeps), tesouras or knee strikes. The head strike is a very important counter-attack move. Elbow strikes, punches and other forms of takedowns complete the main list.

The defense is based on the principle of non-resistance, meaning avoiding an attack using evasive moves instead of blocking it. Avoids are called esquivas, which depend on the direction of the attack and intention of the defender, and can be done standing or with a hand leaning on the floor. A block should only be made when the esquiva is not possible. This fighting strategy allows quick and unpredictable counterattacks, the ability to focus on more than one adversary and to face empty-handed an armed adversary.

from what i've seen he does evade(sometimes his opponent's strikes barely miss him) more than he blocks
it seems to me that he thoroughly confuses his opponents with this style

 

[Titanic]

i'm guessing he has a capoeira background
and i understand that this art uses tactics to deceive opponents


from what i've seen he does evade(sometimes his opponent's strikes barely miss him) more than he blocks
it seems to me that he thoroughly confuses his opponents with this style

Yes he does confuse his opponent. He will win I believe as long as he throws his crazy strikes back.

 

[yoda89]

...Not anymore

 

[angellous_evangellous]

Anderson Silva rocks my socks!