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Originally posted by zizack No, not even remotely close actually. This guy Anderson Silva is so full of himself, he decided to be a jackass and toy with his opponent and basically stopped fighting the last 3 rounds of the fight. It was disrespectful to Damiam Maia (his opponent) to the sport, and more importantly, to the people that paid to see the fights. Dana White has his douche bag moments, but you can tell he was very embarassed about what happened, and felt guilty about dissapointing the fans. Actually, this happened somewhat recently when Brock Lesnar (formerly of the WWE) last fought...he obliterated Frank Mir, and proceeded to give the middle finger to the crowd and talk shit about UFC sponsors. Dana flipped his shit on Brock for attempting to bring that WWE BS to an actual sport. Brock immediately apologized and acknowledged he got carried away and has since calmed down. There was no back and forth though like in the WWE. That shit wouldn't be tolerated.

I see it differently. To me, it looks like Dana White is trying to become some onscreen character..."the boss"...who bitches out fighters in his trailer.

Do they even have trailers at all, besides for carrying the ring? White can't see Silva in a locker room backstage or something?

White's behavior to me is no different than Vince McMahon.

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Originally posted by osterzone I see it differently. To me, it looks like Dana White is trying to become some onscreen character..."the boss"...who bitches out fighters in his trailer. Do they even have trailers at all, besides for carrying the ring? White can't see Silva in a locker room backstage or something? White's behavior to me is no different than Vince McMahon.

It certainly has become quite a circus.

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Originally posted by DOOMBOT UFC is going down hill really fast. The fighters need to be allowed to fight on a more international scale instead of just fighting other UFC fighters. I'm getting sick of hearing that they are the best in the world when they don't fight outside of the UFC. Silva was a jerk for acting the way that he did but let's be real, he has zero competition in that weight class and we won't see a really good fight for him again unless he fights up a weight class or is allowed to fight outside of the UFC.

idk about all that.

The UFC really does have most of the best fighters on the planet right now. That could not be said years ago when Pride was still going strong. But the UFC is bringing in fighters from all over the world now...

What non-UFC matchups would you want for Anderson Silva at this point? Dan Henderson is the next best guy at that weight, and he already beat him. All the other top guys in that weight class are in the UFC already...

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Originally posted by zizack idk about all that. The UFC really does have most of the best fighters on the planet right now. That could not be said years ago when Pride was still going strong. But the UFC is bringing in fighters from all over the world now... What non-UFC matchups would you want for Anderson Silva at this point? Dan Henderson is the next best guy at that weight, and he already beat him. All the other top guys in that weight class are in the UFC already...

Strikeforce has some decent fighters; Kevin Randleman, Frank Shamrock, Jake Shields, Gegard Mousasi. He could also start fighting 205ers. He doesn't walk around at 180...

Hendo definitely deserves a rematch with him.

silva needs to fight a legit threat.

dana is just building up anderson as the heel.

man what a dick move by silva tho. he clowned on maia.

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Originally posted by DOOMBOT Strikeforce has some decent fighters; Kevin Randleman, Frank Shamrock, Jake Shields, Gegard Mousasi. He could also start fighting 205ers. He doesn't walk around at 180... Hendo definitely deserves a rematch with him.

Frank Shamrock and Randleman are not good fighters anymore. Shields will get taken out by Hendo for sure, and Hendo of course, already lost to Silva. Mousasi is a 205er

I think you're right about him needing to move up. Although, I hope he fights Vitor at 185 first. If he goes through him, he has nothing left to prove in the weightclass, period. Its not like Silva has all these great challenges out there in other organizations though. All the big fights for him are against UFC fighters.

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Originally posted by zizack Frank Shamrock and Randleman are not good fighters anymore. Shields will get taken out by Hendo for sure, and Hendo of course, already lost to Silva. Mousasi is a 205er I think you're right about him needing to move up. Although, I hope he fights Vitor at 185 first. If he goes through him, he has nothing left to prove in the weightclass, period. Its not like Silva has all these great challenges out there in other organizations though. All the big fights for him are against UFC fighters.

At least Shamrock and Randleman would throw punches at him.

Ah yes, Belfort would be a great matchup for him as well.