The UFC Needs to Motivate Anderson Silva With Tougher Fights
If you have recently watched the UFC then you are probably well aware that middleweight champion Anderson Silva is under a ton of scrunity after his last couple fights. After numerous impressive knockouts and submissions he has put on two very boring performances in a row against Patrick Cote and Thales Leites. I think the issue here isn't Anderson Silva but the lack of competition.
If you go back and look at Patrick Cote and Thales Leites what had either done to really deserve a title shot? Sure Patrick Cote had won some fights but did he didn't beat any of the other top middleweights like Rich Franklin, Dan Henderson, Yushin Okami or Nate Marquardt. The same holds true for Thales Leites because his best win was a decision over Nate Marquardt in a fight where Nate won on the cards but due to a points deduction Thales Leites was given the fight.
At UFC 101 the UFC will put Anderson Silva in there at 205 against Forrest Griffin. That is gonna be extremely interesting to say the least. It will likely be the first time that Anderson Silva will have faced a man that big and with that much of a reach advantage. At 185 Anderson Silva was basically been the bigger fighter in every fight.
What sucks though is that he is moving up to 205 when the UFC finally has some guys worthy of a title shot. If Michael Bisping beats Dan Henderson at UFC 100 he has a good argument for a shot. Then you have Demian Maia whom is undefeated and 5-0 in the UFC with all wins coming via submission in the 1st round. Last but not least don't forget Yushin Okami (even though the UFC does it all the time) who is 6-1 in the UFC and has a DQ win over Anderson Silva in the past. Yushin Okami's only loss was a real tough decision loss to Rich Franklin.
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