101 THE
SILVA
SHOW
Anderson Silva got a chance to shine
again when he took on Forrest Griffin, a
tailor-made opponent, and he seized it
with both hands by putting on a striking
demonstration. B.J. Penn returned to the
lightweight category to remind us why
he’s called the “Prodigy”. UFC 101 rode a
wave of success from UFC 100 all the way
GSP enjoys the show, and scouts a
future opponent!? to Philadelphia.
T
he pundits were divided on the Anderson Silva vs. Forrest he saw an opportunity he dropped his opponent. Three times in
Griffin fight in the run up to UFC 101. Griffin is clearly not total Anderson made Forrest eat canvas (if you don’t count the time
as skilled or accurate a striker as Silva, but he is a work horse he caught a kick and pushed him over). The third, and sweetest,
who almost always found a way to win, even when the odds are came as the Georgia native launched himself at his opponent with
stacked against him. Silva on the other hand has been ripping a one-two combination. Silva simply slid backwards, waited for his
through the UFC ranks since he arrived in the organization. But opponent to expose his chin, then dropped him with a short right
here he was faced with a much larger opponent, and one hand. This time, Forrest didn’t get back up. The referee called a
who was wearing the UFC light heavyweight belt as recently halt to the fight and media and fans across the world broke into
as December. There was also the question of entertainment, discussion
Silva’s recent fights have been less than spectacular and people about
began to wonder if he was all that he’s made out to be. One who is the
thing was for sure, if he put on a boring fight tonight, the Philly greatest
fans would let their disapproval be known. pound
Many wondered if Forrest would shoot on the middleweight for pound
champion, Silva himself predicted that he would. When the time fighter in
came, Forrest did what he always does, and it was exactly what the world,
Anderson needed him to do. In the vein of a true lover of brawling Anderson
and a no-nonsense scrapper, Forrest charged the Brazilian, of Fedor?
punches flying. Anderson simply moved out of the way, and when
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