ye but steriods

The funniest part about the steroid accusation was when Conor asked him if he knew if Jake Shields and Gilbert Melendez were on steroids and he had nothing to say. Sounded like a definitive yes to me.

Conor says Nate's going down in the first. I'd bet everything on that given CM's predictive powers.

What does it mean if Connor is -320? Bet 300 to win 20?

Bet 320 to win 100.

I think I like Bisping here in the main event.

Think Silva only has himself to blame for that one. He took his foot off the gas in the fourth round.

wait wat bisping beat silva

LOL Anderson Silva was all respectful when speaking in English after the fight but when he started speaking in Portuguese he said it was a robbery and that everyone saw it and that the corruption there in England is just as bad as in Brazil.

BTW I only watched the last 3 rounds and thought Anderson won all 3 but I know he lost first 2 so pretty sure I'd have it 3-2 Silva. Sherdog had Silva winning a split decision.

Overall all Silva's fault though. Bisping is really not very good and Silva should have finished it or put it beyond any doubt.

I had Bisping winning 1,2 and 4. 4 was close but i thought Bisping did enough. Dont think any of the other 4 rounds were close. I was suprised when Silva kinda backed off at the end of the 5th making it look like he thought he had the decision.

What I find frustrating about Silva is that all the weird stuff he does like dropping his hands or staying stationery against the fence seems unnecessary. I know he's trying to get into his opponent's head but when he drops that bull**** and goes on the attack, he's ****ing lethal. Surely the front kicks to the face are a lot more intimidating than all the showboating.

If you judge it alone as a fight, silva won the fight.

That said, Bisping was clearly cut winner of 1,2,4 and won by the scoring system known to all parties.

tldr silva can cry all he want, he got beat.

You'd think he'd pour it on in the 5th just to be sure. Guys tainting his own legacy with his bs frankly.

he clearly won the 5th though so who cares, unless you're complaining that he didn't try to make it a 10-8 round

I'm not complaining about that.

No wait....I am. When he turned it on he could pick Bisping apart pretty much at will, he just didn't seem to try too hard.

I'm not saying he should have gone for a 10-8 round because that's not really possible. 10-8s are generally the result of trying to win a fight not of aiming for them. I'm saying he should have actually fought rathe than dxxxed about.

Conor posting Facebook pics of all the stuff he bought.

Just another soon-to-be broke former athlete.

I don't think you get the business of social media.

Anyone else think that Silva came off as a bit scummy vs Bisping? Groin shot, showboating when hurt, the flying knee at the end of the 3rd when Bisping was clearly asking Herb Dean for his mouthpiece. Also what BRpokah said...

On another note , six days until CM KO's Diaz!

The last thing Dean said before the knee was "Fight on.". Absolutely no reason for Silva to stop. This was a textbook example of protect yourself at all times. Completely Bisping's fault, if you want to think less of Silva there are other reasons to but not that knee.

Silva gave the fight away, way too many periods of complete inactivity. Every time he pressured Bisping he landed solid. I don't know if he didn't do it more often because he was gassed (he is 40 after all) and doing a good job of hiding it or because he is a head case and thought he was winning easily.

Thought a 48-47 score either way was reasonable.

Well seem we did not see the same fight....
When Silva wanted to fight he did dominate but he try for like 5 min during a 25m fight...
I would not give a guy a win for fighting only 5 min.

agree for the rest



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What piss me off , i love Silva but he does not seem to understand that in UFC fight it is not about who got the most skillz ( we all know silva is the most skilled) but who scored the most point per round !

when he start to be the agressor, silva is awesome but he does it 1 min per round.
Sorry bud, but the next 4 min scores more point unless you get the KO.

Silva need to be consistent in his fight but i guess is getting old so maybe he could not sustain the effort for the entire round, even less for 5 rounds.

Silva had more to do for losing the fight than Bisping winning it

I think the point is that Silva clearly did a lot more damage over the course of the whole fight and was in better shape than Bisping by the end. Of course that's not how fights are scored.

The problem with this concept is that you can break the nose of someone in 1 punch while a guy could land 10 punch without too much damage ( some fighters are good for absorbing damages).

Still 10-1 ratio tho...

Aggression and activity needs to be rewarded. Nobody likes watching five-rounders that start with two feeling-out rounds that are basically unscoreable under the current standards. And, despite Joe Silva's best efforts, we still get the occasional turd dancing contest where both guys think they won despite both doing nothing.

Personally I think pressing the action needs to be rewarded more often (Holm vs. Pennington comes to mind). Dana's backstage cash incentives are great but the judging really needs to get on board consistently. Give all the close ones to the pace pusher. (Emphasis on close ones. Breaking a guy's nose and hurting him is not close. Breaking a durable guy's nose without hurting and slowing him is close.)

Getting live coverage on BT SPORTS of the McGregor weigh in tonight, I believe this is a first.

Not here to take part but to take over.

Man of his word.