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Peak Anderson Silva is the best MMA fighter p4p that there has ever been

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-XzIacyFT8 Really don't ...
aromatic business firm boltzmann
  10/28/20
GSP, JJ and Khabib all have better claims
Unholy domesticated location
  10/28/20
In an objective legacy sense, certainly. I think P4P peak Si...
aromatic business firm boltzmann
  10/28/20
JJ, Khabib and GSP have never been dominated the way Anderso...
Unholy domesticated location
  10/28/20
Yeah, that's a fair criticism.
aromatic business firm boltzmann
  10/29/20
also, Azn guy dominated peak Silva and almost broke his leg
trip blathering site sound barrier
  10/29/20
He really was in another level I still remember his leg b...
gay coffee pot dingle berry
  10/28/20
I laughed so fucking hard.
Disturbing flesh masturbator
  10/28/20
I watched that, was disappointed for him
aromatic business firm boltzmann
  10/28/20
rumor is the leg break was precipitated from him taking anti...
azure spot
  10/28/20
...
aromatic business firm boltzmann
  10/28/20
Anderson Silva was the beginning of the end of the relatable...
balding striped hyena
  10/28/20
Ljl he wasn't nearly as juiced as most guys today are. PE...
aromatic business firm boltzmann
  10/28/20
Traps have a particularly high density of androgen receptors...
balding striped hyena
  10/28/20
LMAO ik how roiding and receptors work. I also think Silva d...
aromatic business firm boltzmann
  10/28/20
The skill level is way lower now. It used to attract high ta...
balding striped hyena
  10/28/20
laughably bad take "now average people can't compete...
aromatic business firm boltzmann
  10/28/20
(Doesn’t know the difference between talent and traini...
balding striped hyena
  10/28/20
(guy who thinks that talent isn't the difference between two...
aromatic business firm boltzmann
  10/29/20
“ (guy who thinks that talent isn't the difference bet...
balding striped hyena
  10/29/20
"Native ability or aptitude" What the fuck do y...
aromatic business firm boltzmann
  10/29/20
You've missed the point of my argument, which is that people...
balding striped hyena
  10/29/20
Remember Shane Carwin, who was a mechanical engineer but had...
gay coffee pot dingle berry
  10/28/20
That fight could have easily been stopped in the first round...
180 factory reset button sanctuary
  10/28/20
That was a good fight
aromatic business firm boltzmann
  10/28/20
Yeah, that was back in 2010, which was the twilight of the U...
balding striped hyena
  10/28/20
(pete becker from friends)
glassy psychic market
  10/28/20
I don't get how people take multiple kicks to their head
Light diverse hell goyim
  10/28/20
strong necks and thick skulls
aromatic business firm boltzmann
  10/28/20
GSP easily Silva is 2nd though
azure spot
  10/28/20
As far as legacy, sure. I think Silva would beat the shit ou...
aromatic business firm boltzmann
  10/28/20
at their respective peaks would easily be best matchup of al...
azure spot
  10/28/20
hell yes, I'd kill to watch that.
aromatic business firm boltzmann
  10/28/20
stylebender is silva 2.0.
Bull headed chad theater stage
  10/28/20
Disagree. His head movement isn't nearly as good, which was ...
aromatic business firm boltzmann
  10/28/20


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Date: October 28th, 2020 10:05 PM
Author: aromatic business firm boltzmann

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-XzIacyFT8

Really don't think there's been a better one than peak Silva

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4665065&forum_id=2#41209586)



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Date: October 28th, 2020 10:07 PM
Author: Unholy domesticated location

GSP, JJ and Khabib all have better claims

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4665065&forum_id=2#41209603)



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Date: October 28th, 2020 10:37 PM
Author: aromatic business firm boltzmann

In an objective legacy sense, certainly. I think P4P peak Silva was better than them all.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4665065&forum_id=2#41209795)



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Date: October 28th, 2020 11:51 PM
Author: Unholy domesticated location

JJ, Khabib and GSP have never been dominated the way Anderson was dominated by Chael (until he sunk the triangle in). Fact is, the American Gangster was winning that fight.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4665065&forum_id=2#41210341)



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Date: October 29th, 2020 12:07 AM
Author: aromatic business firm boltzmann

Yeah, that's a fair criticism.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4665065&forum_id=2#41210441)



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Date: October 29th, 2020 12:13 AM
Author: trip blathering site sound barrier

also, Azn guy dominated peak Silva and almost broke his leg

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4665065&forum_id=2#41210490)



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Date: October 28th, 2020 10:10 PM
Author: gay coffee pot dingle berry

He really was in another level

I still remember his leg break. I was in a crowded bar. People were screaming

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4665065&forum_id=2#41209621)



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Date: October 28th, 2020 10:28 PM
Author: Disturbing flesh masturbator

I laughed so fucking hard.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4665065&forum_id=2#41209745)



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Date: October 28th, 2020 10:35 PM
Author: aromatic business firm boltzmann

I watched that, was disappointed for him

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4665065&forum_id=2#41209779)



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Date: October 28th, 2020 11:14 PM
Author: azure spot

rumor is the leg break was precipitated from him taking anti Estrogens to come off his cycle for that fight which makes bones more brittle

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4665065&forum_id=2#41210066)



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Date: October 28th, 2020 11:25 PM
Author: aromatic business firm boltzmann



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4665065&forum_id=2#41210159)



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Date: October 28th, 2020 10:24 PM
Author: balding striped hyena

Anderson Silva was the beginning of the end of the relatable UFC. He marked the end of the UFC being an amateur sport of upper class, well educated professionals to being a professionalized sport that encompasses the practitioners’ entire lives from childhood to retirement. People forget that at one point, the UFC was one of the most well educated sports in the world, with most fighters having college degrees. In the early 2000s, there were more athletes with professional degrees in the UFC than in any other major sport (“major sport” being a debatable term). It was a hobby sport done in people’s free time until they were big enough to do it full time. Silva won his middleweight title by beating Rich Franklin, a middle school chemistry teacher.

He was fun to watch, don’t get me wrong, but he was always a roided-up diva who looked good because he was fighting against former white collar career track types with chips on their shoulders.

He was also a very mediocre fighter until he got to the UFC, where more stringent drug tests put his American competitors at a disadvantage while he disappeared to Curitiba for months at a time doing god knows what PEDs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4665065&forum_id=2#41209715)



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Date: October 28th, 2020 10:36 PM
Author: aromatic business firm boltzmann

Ljl he wasn't nearly as juiced as most guys today are.

PEDs don't give you that head movement.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4665065&forum_id=2#41209785)



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Date: October 28th, 2020 10:56 PM
Author: balding striped hyena

Traps have a particularly high density of androgen receptors, so roiding will help head movement. The dudes today are roided to the gills, don’t get me wrong, but so was Silva. The guy has failed at least 2 drug tests that I can recall, possibly more.

But the point wasn’t about the steroids. It was that he marked the end of the era when an ex-college wrestler who was tired of his sales job would go to some fight club in the evenings and eventually become a world champion. Now people are training for it before they have hit puberty. The accessibility factor of the sport is gone.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4665065&forum_id=2#41209963)



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Date: October 28th, 2020 11:06 PM
Author: aromatic business firm boltzmann

LMAO ik how roiding and receptors work. I also think Silva didn't have the mass for that to make nearly as much of a difference as his hand and head speed.

I think that the upside of higher skill level is absolutely worth any loss of accessibility.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4665065&forum_id=2#41210029)



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Date: October 28th, 2020 11:36 PM
Author: balding striped hyena

The skill level is way lower now. It used to attract high talent, high potential people who were fighting because they had a chip on their shoulder. Today we get the Khabibs and McGregors and others who have become the best of those who are low talent enough to make the gamble worth it or have no place better to be.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4665065&forum_id=2#41210246)



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Date: October 28th, 2020 11:47 PM
Author: aromatic business firm boltzmann

laughably bad take

"now average people can't compete because these guys train for it from birth"

"the skill level is lower now"

You are retarded

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4665065&forum_id=2#41210315)



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Date: October 28th, 2020 11:51 PM
Author: balding striped hyena

(Doesn’t know the difference between talent and training)

(Calls people retarded)

You don’t have any counter arguments, so at least I know you know I’m right.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4665065&forum_id=2#41210340)



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Date: October 29th, 2020 12:12 AM
Author: aromatic business firm boltzmann

(guy who thinks that talent isn't the difference between two guys that both train)

You dumb fuck, if UFC is casting a wider talent pool and people are training from birth, of course the talent is better

If I thought you were right I'd concede (as I have various times on XO). What I know is that you're quite dumb.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4665065&forum_id=2#41210484)



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Date: October 29th, 2020 12:22 AM
Author: balding striped hyena

“ (guy who thinks that talent isn't the difference between two guys that both train)”

Lol. Grow a beard.

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/talent

There’s even a parable in the Bible about it

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2025:14-30



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4665065&forum_id=2#41210582)



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Date: October 29th, 2020 12:28 AM
Author: aromatic business firm boltzmann

"Native ability or aptitude"

What the fuck do you think differentiates between two fighters that have trained a long time?

NATIVE ABILITY OR APTITUDE

you are too dumb to keep responding to

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4665065&forum_id=2#41210633)



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Date: October 29th, 2020 12:49 AM
Author: balding striped hyena

You've missed the point of my argument, which is that people with high potential have an opportunity cost to fighting in the UFC. As the amount of training required increases, so does the opportunity cost. As a result, the Share Carwins and Rich Franklins (or David Beneteau, who was never good but was a lawyer) are gone.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4665065&forum_id=2#41210751)



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Date: October 28th, 2020 11:16 PM
Author: gay coffee pot dingle berry

Remember Shane Carwin, who was a mechanical engineer but had one of the hardest punches in MMA and knocked out Frank Mir but then gassed out against Brock lesnar after beating him up in thr first round?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4665065&forum_id=2#41210081)



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Date: October 28th, 2020 11:21 PM
Author: 180 factory reset button sanctuary

That fight could have easily been stopped in the first round. Lesnar wasn’t doing anything but eating shots for a good minute.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4665065&forum_id=2#41210121)



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Date: October 28th, 2020 11:25 PM
Author: aromatic business firm boltzmann

That was a good fight

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4665065&forum_id=2#41210156)



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Date: October 28th, 2020 11:33 PM
Author: balding striped hyena

Yeah, that was back in 2010, which was the twilight of the UFC’s (and MMA’s) best days. I miss those times.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4665065&forum_id=2#41210231)



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Date: October 28th, 2020 11:32 PM
Author: glassy psychic market

(pete becker from friends)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4665065&forum_id=2#41210228)



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Date: October 28th, 2020 10:34 PM
Author: Light diverse hell goyim

I don't get how people take multiple kicks to their head

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4665065&forum_id=2#41209773)



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Date: October 28th, 2020 10:37 PM
Author: aromatic business firm boltzmann

strong necks and thick skulls

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4665065&forum_id=2#41209797)



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Date: October 28th, 2020 10:48 PM
Author: azure spot

GSP easily

Silva is 2nd though

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4665065&forum_id=2#41209886)



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Date: October 28th, 2020 11:07 PM
Author: aromatic business firm boltzmann

As far as legacy, sure. I think Silva would beat the shit out of GSP though, assuming same weight.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4665065&forum_id=2#41210033)



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Date: October 28th, 2020 11:08 PM
Author: azure spot

at their respective peaks would easily be best matchup of all time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4665065&forum_id=2#41210039)



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Date: October 28th, 2020 11:10 PM
Author: aromatic business firm boltzmann

hell yes, I'd kill to watch that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4665065&forum_id=2#41210050)



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Date: October 28th, 2020 10:52 PM
Author: Bull headed chad theater stage

stylebender is silva 2.0.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4665065&forum_id=2#41209926)



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Date: October 28th, 2020 11:09 PM
Author: aromatic business firm boltzmann

Disagree. His head movement isn't nearly as good, which was foundational for Silva.

He's a great striker though. I picked Costa in that fight and was decisively wrong, so I'm more of a believer in him now.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4665065&forum_id=2#41210046)