Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Anderson Silva

Anderson Silva is like in the top 3 p4p fighters in the UFC and MMA to date. He's currently the Middleweight Champion. Ever since he won the title he has been on a 12 fight win streak Only one person came close to taking his belt and that was Chael Sonnen who later tested positive for drugs. Anderson won at the end of the 5th round by triangle choke.


His record is currently 28-4. Those 4 losses came at the early stage of his development. Along with his superb striking he holds a blackbelt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. His striking art of choice is Muay Thai, where he makes good use of the Muay Thai clinch. This can be seen in his bout against Rich Franklin, where he devastated Rich with knees. The most recent fight with Vitor Belfort solidified his position as champion. Showing that he is ever evolving and you don't know what might come next. He defeated Vitor by landing a front kick right on his chin, and then finished off with punches once Vitor dropped. This shocked everyone who watched the fight.  There aren't many competitors for Anderson to go against next. The UFC will probably need to sign some new fighters to challenge him for the title. Right now Anderson and GSP are at the top in the UFC. People want a catch-weight fight between the two. The chances of that happening are slim though, since GSP has yet to move up in weight and he has no reason to. Since he still has a few competitors to dispose of before challenging the Middleweight class.

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