Comments on: Forrest Griffin vs. Anderson Silva expected for UFC 101

By: wardog

wardog — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:59:48 +0000

I do not think this is a good match up for Forrest. First aside from wrestling his skills are inferior to Silva’s. Furthermore Griffin’s wrestling is not on the level of Dan Henderson’s and he could not really control Silva on the gound. And while Silva did not show his BJJ skills in the last fight, they are far above Griffin’s as is his stand up. Griffin has two things people would say are going for him his size and heart. Size may not be an issue unless he can clinch against the fence and control Silva who is very dangerous in a clinch. And well heart really means one thing normally in these types of fight… it means you can take an a$$ whipping longer than usual.

By: MMA-LOGIC

MMA-LOGIC — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:56:30 +0000

Griffin will win and win easily via gnp. Griffin is bigger, more powerful, a better wrestler, has excellent bjj too and is a lot more game than an overrated Silva. The only way that Silva could win is via stand up in my opinion and that will prove to be very difficult against a fighter that has faced a higher class of opposition than Silva ever has.

By: Angry Mike

Angry Mike — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:56:47 +0000

Poor bastard. Silva’s going to be on the war path after the criticism from his last two fights. Could be a tough night for Forrest.

By: nic_22

nic_22 — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:42:06 +0000

it is going to be one hell of a fight and i think forrest may take it becuase sliva has not faced someone like forrest who will push him for all three rounds

By: meatloaf

meatloaf — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:18:04 +0000

screwface ” i wanna see silva vs. silva.”
I hope you’re referring to Anderson vs. Thiago Silva because if you’re talking about Wanderlei that fight would be over as fast or faster than Anderson’s fight with Chris Leben.
Wanderlei would come rushing in throwing wide looping punches and get cracked in the face with a 3 or 4 punch combination and be face down on the canvas.

By: Davey D

Davey D — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:07:21 +0000

OMG!!! This sounds like one hell of a Fight to me. Philly fans should be going bonkers now. I know the ones I met in Columbus are. While Maia deserves to fight Anderson next, he can thank Silva and Leites for nixing that one for the moment. Maybe Demian will fight the winner of Hendo vs. the Count (neither of whom should get a shot the Spider next, IMHO). This senario will tell the true #1 contender for the MW belt. Then again, if Okami beats Miller in grand fashion then he’ll be in the mix too.

Anyways, Anderson fighting at 205 again is something I said should happen during his bout with Thales. I just knew they were going to do it. I thought it was going to be either Luiz Cane or Shogun, who can now fight each other. With Forrest set to fight Thiago Silva, I didn’t see this coming. I guess now we’ll see Jardine vs. Thiago happen instead, huh?

Philly, Philly, Philly – just might have to have a Road Trip coming up I believe. Cheers!!!

By: Bear

Bear — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:54:08 +0000

Yep saw both those fights. Saw Griffin destroy Rampage’s leg and fight with him for 5 rounds. The only the 4th round would you say Griffin was tentative. And as for the Ramirez fight he fought a smart fight with out dropping his head swinging for the fences.

I still say that Forrest with push forward and make Silva fight. I like this match up.

By: screwface

screwface — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:35:52 +0000

“One thing about Forest is he will make Anderson fight that is for sure. Nothing tentative about Forest. ” orly. im guessing u didnt watch the forrest vs rampage fight or forrest vs hector ramirez. stupid matchup imo. i wanna see silva vs silva.

By: Jstew3785

Jstew3785 — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:24:42 +0000

What an awesome matchup. It should be on the supposedly “stacked” UFC 100 card. Unless Forrests’ hand isn’t ready yet.

By: optimus828

optimus828 — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:18:59 +0000

Not crazy.

After UFC 97 this is exactly what I was saying they need to do ( I didn’t think of forrest though )

I was saying they need to put anderson against one of the top 3-4 guys in the 205 division for his next fight.

If this is true, the bad thing here is that it makes an anderson silva / gsp match less likely and others too unless he abandons the 185 belt

By: Rich S.

Rich S. — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:12:21 +0000

What the hell?
I know Forest is the kind of guy that would never back down from a fight, and would sign a fight with ANYONE..
But why the hell would you fight Anderson Freaking Silva right after getting knocked out in a title fight?
Thiago made sense, for he had just lost too..
But Anderson? he hasn’t lost a single fight since he’s been in the UFC, and his ONE fight at LHW here in the UFC was his fastest and arguably most brutal to date..

Honestly, i think Forest can win.. he shocks me everytime..
But still, this just sounds a bit crazy..

By: fight guru

fight guru — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:52:58 +0000

I’m with you ultimoshogun. I definitely think a Forrest Griffin vs. Shogun rematch and a Silva vs. Maia bout at 101 would make a lot more sense.

I wouldn’t count Forrest out of this one guys. Let’s not forget that Griffin is no James Irvin. He’s far more well rounded AND Forrest is one of the largest ligh heavies in the weight class. He’s huge. Good wrestler, good jits, good strikes, and really, really big. This one’s going to be a lot closer than many people are going to think.

By: ultimoshogun

ultimoshogun — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:39:14 +0000

I’m sure this will be a pretty action packed fight, but it makes no sense when you have an undefeated contender like Demian Maia waiting for his shot. The UFC needs to quit showing favoritism and treat all contenders fair. They did the same thing when they gave Penn a title shot against GSP. Thiago Alves deserved the title shot against GSP not BJ Penn. The only reason they made this fight is to sell tickets and PPV’s. It would make more sense to have a Shogun-Griffin rematch and have Spider fight Maia on the same card if they want a big draw.

By: fintster

fintster — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:59:29 +0000

Sounds like fun to me!

By: JJ Docker

JJ Docker — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:52:34 +0000

What?!

By: Bear

Bear — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:21:49 +0000

One thing about Forest is he will make Anderson fight that is for sure. Nothing tentative about Forest.

I know I will be cheering for Forest. Anderson has lost me as a fan by the way he has been fighting. I think he can take this fight but Forest will be tough. Looking forward to this card.