I don't blame Silva. He wants to box and get money while he still can. Dana pays him SHIT. Silva's not gonna risk a flash loss. He wants to win. He was killing cats and Dana still didn't pony up the big bucks, so now he's like fuck it.
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WerdBold parts are true.
Only reason Dana likes him is because he's generating big UK money and he's the temporary ticket.
I don't blame Silva. He wants to box and get money while he still can. Dana pays him SHIT. Silva's not gonna risk a flash loss. He wants to win. He was killing cats and Dana still didn't pony up the big bucks, so now he's like fuck it.
I just can't see how Silva can be criticized in this situation.
He was fighting a nigga that was flopping to the ground. What is Anderson suppose to do? Follow an expert bjj guy to the ground & get caught in some shit. He's the champ. The challenger has to take it. Dude wasn't fighting to win. He was fighting so that Silva could lose it & I don't blame him for not playing that game.
Atleast the black men were 2-0 last night. Always the most exciting fighters & yet the most booed.
Atleast the black men were 2-0 last night. Always the most exciting fighters & yet the most booed.
Werd
So true. The best fighter PFP and he's paid 3rd rate for MMA. But the thing thats hurting MMA and hurting Silva's pockets is no federations/associations that are worth shit. You got Dana White promoting, running the entire league, negotiating contracts, controlling all fighter sponsorships and setting up who fights for championships on some totally arbitrary bullshit he decides. And muthafuckas talk shit about boxing? If anyone takes him to federal court he's toast. I hear stories that he helps people out with money and pays medical bills etc and that fighters mostly love him.
I bet Silva didnt even clear 100k for last night. Its pathetic.
Man, Chuck is done. I hate to say cause I did like Chuck. He held the light heavyweight title for little more than two years. He should now just retire. He done lost most of his previous fights, nothing else more to prove!!! His day is gone.
the man loses 3 fights and he's done huh?
u guys do know u can just go to wikipedia to look at peoples fight records?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Liddell
27 matches 21 wins 6 losses
In the past two years he's 1-4. His only win came by decision. Only one of his losses came by decision. The other losses came by TKO and KO. He looks like he's on his way down.
he only fought twice in 2007 (that new years shit is essential 08)
on the knock down (tko) by Rampage and the other the split decision lost to Jardine that just ran away and kicked at his legs.
You don't know what the FUCK you are talking about
yet you acting like a scholar of shit.
Silva been making above 100K for awhile and if it weren't for Zuffa there wouldn't BE a sport to get paid off of.
You don't know what the FUCK you are talking about
yet you acting like a scholar of shit.
Silva been making above 100K for awhile and if it weren't for Zuffa there wouldn't BE a sport to get paid off of.
Son. KO, Decision loss, Decision win, KO, KO. The nigga is SLOW and DONE.
Silva JUST started getting 100K with the Irvin Fight. Before that, he was making 70K. He's the weakest paid champ and he's been champ the longest.
He's done as UFC's star and according to Dana he's done period at UFC. Dana said the only reason he let him fight again at all was because he said if he lost or won and it wasnt a dominant performance, he'd retire. He can still make 200-500k at Strikeforce if Dana releases him from his contract.the man loses 3 fights and he's done huh?
u guys do know u can just go to wikipedia to look at peoples fight records?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Liddell
27 matches 21 wins 6 losses
he only fought twice in 2007 (that new years shit is essential 08)
on the knock down (tko) by Rampage and the other the split decision lost to Jardine that just ran away and kicked at his legs.
You don't know what the FUCK you are talking about
yet you acting like a scholar of shit. MMA existed before UFC and it will exist after UFC. You think there aren't other MMA promotions around the world that pay? GTFOH. I didn't say he didn't get paid 100k. I don't know what the fuck he brings home but I doubt he's the top earner in the UFC- if he is my bad.
Break down how Dana setting the matches and calling all the shots makes UFC and MMA better.
Why doesn't he just permanently move up to 205? Sure it will impossible to stay undefeated, but shit everyone loses. There's nothing left for him @ 185
it's easy to tell a motherfucker just now getting into this sport.
Before Zuffa wtf you think the salaries were to fight MMA? TO give you a clue the sport wasn't even called MMA before Zuffa. It wasn't licensed by ANY state SEG was looking for Indian reservations and gambling boats to hold cards at.
These guys MADE the sport you see today that guys can even dream about making 100K and endorsements.
Idiots like you are why simpletons like Gary Shaw and the morons over at Affliction think they can just jump into this shit and end up falling flat on their face. How many fight promotions have folded in the past year?. I count 4.
Dana and 'em make money and make money for others because saved this shit from the scrap heap and nurtured it all this way.
Show the man some fucking respect
He's the Glass Joe of MMA.Even in the video games
it's easy to tell a motherfucker just now getting into this sport.
Before Zuffa wtf you think the salaries were to fight MMA? TO give you a clue the sport wasn't even called MMA before Zuffa. It wasn't licensed by ANY state SEG was looking for Indian reservations and gambling boats to hold cards at.
These guys MADE the sport you see today that guys can even dream about making 100K and endorsements.
Idiots like you are why simpletons like Gary Shaw and the morons over at Affliction think they can just jump into this shit and end up falling flat on their face. How many fight promotions have folded in the past year?. I count 4.
Dana and 'em make money and make money for others because saved this shit from the scrap heap and nurtured it all this way.
Show the man some fucking respect
Yea +1000 for chucks ass bein done. He's still got punching power but reflexes are slow as shit now. Especially seeing as how he said he only wants to fight top competition and no scrubs. Top competition is knocking his ass out....I think his trainer is garbage to, but he is his boy so he aint let him go. He still to slow, cant get out of the way of big shots and he never kept his hands up.
What the fuck? What the fuck?
Interesting MMA event held in Pittsburgh roughly 30 years ago.
good drop bwb
didnt Bruce Lee do some MMA exhibitions?
It easy to tell a muthafucka just now gettin into the sport who dont know shit about Pride, Pancrase and the fact people around the world have been using combined martial arts for years tournament style before UFC could get licensed anywhere outside of the deep south.
Oh when was UFC founded? 1993. When was Pancrase founded? 1993
STFU
Ever hear of Vale Tudo? When did that jumpoff? The 1920s. Who's responsible for the UFC's success and modern MMA? The Gracies - aka Vale Tudo. Quit acting like nothing existed before UFC. What about Shooto? You sound like an ignorant as UFC Stan. You used to come in here crying over white mma athletes now youre in here actin like they arent washed up when they are or like the UFC created mixed martial arts - they didnt, coining a phrase is not inventing the activity the phrase describes dipshit.
No one has contested the UFC is the best fighting league out there right now and has had the longevity but claiming theyre the only ones responsible for MMA's success is bullshit.
These guys help make and why do you think scrubs like Bob Sapp and others stay in Japan? Cuz they been eating outside the UFC for years. Its the biggest now but that wasnt always true and other leagues would pay way more for cats like Anderson. You think Strikeforce, Afflicton or Dream wouldnt pay out the ass for these dudes? Even a guy who's seen as washed up in the UFC like Chuck can make more in those spots. Thats not to say every fighter could make more but the big names? Hell yeah.
Morons like you are why MMA sucks. Youre a UFC fanboy get the fuck outta here with this bullshit. I see you totally ignored the questions about who makes fights like the bitchmade simp you are.
If you cant see that having ONE PERSON decide who contends for championships based on how HE can make the most cash is totally fucked up then youre a bigger fucktard than you've already shown yourself to be.
You're damn right I'm a fucking ignorant bitch
of course there have been free fighting and NHB since humans first existed why go back to the 90's or 20's. go back to Pankration or West African wrestling.
The point is the the modern incarnation of MMA including that moniker and the rules set it currently has is a result of work of the Zuffa team.
I can't break it down simpler for your old dumb ass. You and the other boy are aggressively stupid.