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UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson “The Spider” Silva moves up to 205 lbs to fight Forrest Griffin @ UFC 101 Declaration from the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, PA.
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72 Comments
August 8th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
Ouch. Sorry Forest.
August 8th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Run Forrest Run!!!!!!!!! lmao, fuckin pussy i remember him saying hes pretty good at fighting!! i think hes overrated and it just shows what i shitty fighter he is.. run forrest run!!!
August 8th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
That was a boring fight. Silva is fast like lightning; reminds me of Muhammad Ali. But still… this was ridiculous. Forrest didn’t get knocked out, he just gave up. He just got annoyed.
Watch the boxing match between “Sugar” Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran in 1980. Exact same thing happened. Ray Leonard was just making an ass of himself by showboating and Duran said “f this”
Now is Silva a better fighter than Forrest, in this match he was. But all this show boating was ridiculously stupid.
August 9th, 2009 at 1:59 am
omg. Forrest has heart.. a fragile one
August 9th, 2009 at 3:35 am
Um…you can see Forrest whole head ~JOLT~ severely when the punch connects on the replays. Forrest is leaning forward with his face extended, all it takes is a clean shot. Shocked by some of the STUPID IGNORANT (retarded) comments on here!
August 9th, 2009 at 4:04 am
Silva is so funcking fast, forrest tryed to hit him with open gard and got punched… evryone get slow when is punched in the face..
The thing is, Anderson is amazing!
Run forrest RUN!
August 9th, 2009 at 5:03 am
NEXT!!!
August 9th, 2009 at 6:27 am
This is why Anderson Silva is my favourite fighter. I do feel the showboating was unnecerssary but to me it looks like he just wanted to put on a good show for the crowd and he obviously wanted more fight from Griffin. Even though t wasnt a long match a good technical fight from Silva.
August 9th, 2009 at 7:35 am
i love silva and whats this about boring fight. it was the best fight of the night to nice of a knockout. silva #1 knockout all you bitch asses.
August 9th, 2009 at 7:41 am
forest was real hurt from the first and second time he got knocked down..silva is just to quick, but someone will eventually catch him.
and chris m (second post) i would like to see you call him a fuckin pussy to his face..hes a shitty fighter thats why he beat rampage and shogun right? .. retard..
August 9th, 2009 at 8:39 am
GRIFFIN THREW THE FIGHT! END OF STORY SILVAS JUST A DUMB NEGRO ON A POWER TRIP
August 9th, 2009 at 9:06 am
What show boating? Are you kidding he was being elusive.
August 9th, 2009 at 9:22 am
Ok “money talks,” you’re a moron.
Anderson’s “showboating” is basically him seeing what’s coming from his opponent and his ability to move out of the way long before the strike comes. I think it’s very impressive to watch, although I’m sure it’s very disheartening for his opponent.
Forest isn’t a shitty fighter, but his speed is nowhere near Andersons and neither is his accuracy to overall technical striking abilities. If you ask me this fight was tailor made for Silva to put on a striking clinic.
August 9th, 2009 at 10:00 am
where the hell did he run off to?
August 9th, 2009 at 11:56 am
the link is messed up
August 9th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
YEAHH!! where the hell did he run off to?
What’s going on over here??
August 9th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
he dislocated his jaw.
August 9th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
forrests raw was dislocated from one of the shots thats why he ran off cos u hav to get it seen to straight away
August 9th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
jaw* sorry
August 9th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
dislocated jaw.. wow. ya thats worse than most injuries
August 9th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
that shit was incredible. forrest isnt a bad fighter but silva made him look like a fuckin beginner. im hopin for a title shot at 205
August 9th, 2009 at 3:40 pm
how do you know griffin had a dislocated jaw? because that was definitly not the forrest griffin that i watched beat rampage and shogun
August 9th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Anderson Silva made Forrest look like an amatuer tonight, taunting forest with his hands down. I think Silva needs to be given a title shot. This is embarrasing for the UFC and questions the talent out there.
August 9th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
a title shot at light heavy weight? he wouldnt fight machida anyway
August 9th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Even if Anderson were to fight Lyoto, he would have some other fights leading to that. A good one @ 205 Im thinking of is Anderson vs. Brandon Vera. Vera has the striking (orthodox and southpaw, wrestling (college wresting scholarship), and BJJ (under Lloyd Irvin) to give Silva fits. Not only that, he’s pretty much the same size as well.
August 9th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
I felt bad for forrest, I mean Silva’s the 2nd best pound4pound fighter in the world, but I didnt think he’d put on a striking clinic….mad props. It would never happen, but Machida would be an excellent match-up for Silva, that would be a show!
August 9th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
ha silva would destroy vera. krystof will destroy vera on the 29th. nah silva would need to defend his belt at 185 first and see how that goes.then he can go back up to 205 to fight maybe the winner of rampage and rashad
August 9th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Forrest is great fighter obviously being the former champion. All you people talking shit have no respect for Griffin and mma. I would love to see anybody say all this face to face.
August 10th, 2009 at 2:56 am
anderson got paid an extra $120,000 just for putting on a good show. PJ Benn got $60,000 and so did forrest ??? why forrest he was f ing shizz. BJ PENN IS THE BEST !!
LYOTO VS SILVA SOON ??? maybe lyoto will catch the spider ?
August 10th, 2009 at 2:57 am
silva is going to drop his 185 belt and stay at 205
August 10th, 2009 at 6:37 am
forrest made Kimbo a better fighter xD
August 10th, 2009 at 10:37 am
I THOUGHT THE SHOWBOATING WAS GREAT. SHOWED HOW GOOD HE REALLY IS. HE WAS STICKING HIS CHIN OUT WITH HIS HANDS DOWN AND FORREST STILL COULDNT CATCH HIM WITH ANYTHING. FORREST NEVER TOUCHED HIS FACE AND ANDERSON NEVER EVEN GAURDED HIS HEAD. I LOVED IT. AND WHY WOULDNT MACHIDA AND ANDERSON FIGHT? CUZ THEY TRAIN TOGETHER? IF DANA MAKES THE FIGHT AND THE WHOLE WORLD WANTS TO SEE IT, WHAT ARE THEY GONNA SAY NO? I DONT THINK SO. IF THE FIGHT HAS TO HAPPEN, IT WILL
August 10th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Anderson was a cross between Ali and Lidell.title shot. and MONEY TALKS is a DumbAss
August 10th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
I saw where forrest got frustrated and to me he seemed..very gassed from the start. His movements were not at their best AT ALL!!. As for Anderson Silva getting a title shot..i can see where he will but expect losses along the way. Yes,he is a very good fighter, but he is naturally a 185 fighter. Can he beat Rampage..i highly doubt that really Silva hasn’t fought someone with that kinda of boxing defense and style Silva can bob and weeve, but dont forget Rampage can as well and does it very very..him be Rashad..no i cant see that either lyoto…hell no..they are like opposite sides of a coin..lyoto has damn near perfect defense and his counter striking to me is far superior to Silva..Sliva is explosive,Fast, and has great accuracy, but you have to catch the opponent to hit them remember this. As for Forrest..he need to figure out WTF happened;because, that was a poor performance on his part, And the show boating was not even appealing to me
August 10th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
I saw where forrest got frustrated and to me he seemed..very gassed from the start. His movements were not at their best AT ALL!!. As for Anderson Silva getting a title shot..i can see where he will but expect losses along the way. Yes,he is a very good fighter, but he is naturally a 185 fighter. Can he beat Rampage..i highly doubt that really Silva hasn’t fought someone with that kinda of boxing defense and style Silva can bob and weeve, but dont forget Rampage can as well and does it very very well..him beat Rashad..no i cant see that either lyoto…hell no..they are like opposite sides of a coin..lyoto has damn near perfect defense and his counter striking to me is far superior to Silva..Sliva is explosive,Fast, and has great accuracy, but you have to catch the opponent to hit them remember this. As for Forrest..he need to figure out WTF happened;because, that was a poor performance on his part, And the show boating was not even appealing to me
August 10th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
before i go…..SILVA..WILLLL NEVER EVER DEAL SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO FEDOR EVEERRRRRRRR im not a fedor fan i just tell like it is silva will never hurt that man if anything fedor will hurt him..i dont even think silva could capitalize on Randleman…nahh jking
August 10th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
Forest was not in good shape. He was worn out from overtraining. in interviews leading up to the fight he seemed to lack confidence and didn’t really care. I expected a much better fight from him. No one has mentioned a possible silva/henderson rematch. That would be awesome. Stooks you make it sound like silva can’t beat anyone at 205. He would destroy evans in much the same fashion as machida did. Yes rampage has good defense but I would give that fight to silva. Too fast and too accurate for rampage. And fedor? WTF? Will never happen!
August 10th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
silva vs rampage.. id still say silva.. hes too quick for rampage and rampage would have to get in close to really connect with one of his hooks which silva would never let happen.. hes too quick and too elusive. id say silva by tko. actually rashad might have a better shot at silva because of his hand speed but still id say silva would win
August 10th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
I think it’s very likely that Silva is faster than both Rashad and Rampage. I think realistically they would be both be underdogs in fights against Silva.
August 10th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
Funny how a fighter loses and all the armchair douchenozzles come out of the woodwork and spew about what a “pussy” he is. Each and every one of you that said so, GET IN THE CAGE with Griffin and see how much of a pussy he is! But you won’t, will ya? No, too safe and comfy behind your computer screens. You can talk your BS with no repercussions. That’s courageous! STFU, COWARDS. Or at the very least, be the FIRST ones in line to trash Silva when his card eventually gets punched…and it WILL happen. Can’t have your cake and eat it too, assclowns.
Nothing taken from Silva, but something wasn’t right here. I don’t know if it was Griffin’s prep, his nerves, or what, but something wasn’t kosher. That’s no excuse…it’s just if you watch it over a few times, it doesn’t play like a normal Griffin fight, right from the bell. Props to Silva…he’ll kick ass at any weight, but something about this fight just isn’t right. If the jaw thing is true, and it happened during one of the first two shots, then that might be reason to lay down if it’s really bad. But for me, that doesn’t really cover it…perhaps overtraining, who knows. Maybe overconfidence that Silva wouldn’t be able to hang at 205, though Griffin doesn’t exactly look confident. Something was off.
August 10th, 2009 at 8:20 pm
It was a spectacular win for Anderson Silva! Wow one of the greatest KOs I’ve ever seen. Kudos though for Griffin for bringing on the fight.
August 10th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
that maybe true that Rampage or Rashad need to get in..but from my proffesion no matter what you need to step in to punch and at any given moment your opponent can either throw a counter or throw out of reflex…rampage Doesnt need to throw hooks to hit him. Have you seen his jabs. Silvas jabs dont have anywhere near as much force, and i dont like Rashad, but he is way faster then rampage…now some may look at the machida fight. I will say this also Machida made him gas himself out by moving way (Good ol Machida lol) and caught him tired. Silva wont do that he will rush as always..and please Stop saying he will dominate every weight class Silva wont dominate every weight class. Farfetched it maybe if he touched Heavyweight..*sighs* everyone will hurt him..badly
August 10th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
Where’s the PROOF of the amount of money paid to the fgghters bib_paul? I deal ONLY on proven facts.
August 11th, 2009 at 1:00 am
Jeez Charles that kinda hurts. I never said Forrest was a pussy. Never would. I simply said he sucked in that fight. It was pretty obvious. Wait a minute. Is that you, Forrest???
August 11th, 2009 at 6:38 am
omg Stooks85 is so stupid lol. how the fuck could silva not beat rampage when forrest beat rampage and silva beat the shit out of forrest. and when you said this. “but from my proffesion no matter what you need to step in to punch and at any given moment your opponent can either throw a counter or throw out of reflex” your an idiot. silva will take out all 205 his only problem with be machida fight. and stook did you say silva will rush like always?? do you even watch his fights. stop talking like you know what you saying stoock. PLEASE!!
August 11th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
at least griffin had the balls to take a swing at silva. not all of silvas opponets can say that. but it looked like griffin was getting discouraged when he couldnt connect. anderson is just too elusive for most guys
August 11th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
oh and for everyone sayin griffin is a pussy. forrest griffin would kick all of our asses no problem.. he has heart. something just wasnt right against silva.. idk what it was but he wasnt himself at all
August 11th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
First off, the third commenter, Jun, Roberto Duran quit the fight because he owed money to some pretty spectacular people (the mob).
Anyways, Forrest Griffin was a textbook matchup for Anderson Silva, a loose striker who always keeps his chin up (it’s tough but if you leave it out there long enough…KABOOM) during his combinations. Griffin will come out of this fine, anyone who loses to Silva at this point basically gets a free pass, the Spider is basically untouchable to anyone in the UFC at this point. Top flight boxers and kickboxers in MMA don’t stand a chance, the only way you’re going to someone come out and hit Silva clean (and I mean more than once, Forrest) is to get a champion boxer, and I mean a champion like Roy Jones Jr (Circa 1996) and remove leg striking and takedowns from the game.
August 12th, 2009 at 2:30 am
After the disgusting booing of a supreme champion, some people now need to learn the lesson of respect. Silva is showing you his superior fighting ability, hands down, and out of his comfort zone. . .what else do you want?
August 12th, 2009 at 7:12 am
Anyone can get caught. i would like to see all the people who talked shit about forest step in the ring with anderson yall wouldnt last 2 seconds. besides forest got rocked like 5 times before that stepping back jab
August 13th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
There is no match for Anderson Silva…. Simply put… No one comes near him
August 13th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
@Jun – You are a fucking retard. Anderson is much better than Forrest wo was clearly knocked out.
August 13th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
Took a dive……..faggot. it was a jab and ir hardley touched him. He was not out. He tried to stop the fight like times before that, as soon as Silva landed the jab Forrests hands went up…..total BS the pussy just did not want to fight Silva.
August 14th, 2009 at 9:27 am
silva is the best.had hi hands down mostof the time and forrest still couldnt hit him. even silvas head movement is superfast.hes incredible.although i think a fight with him and machida would be boring cuz theyre both counter punchers i still wouldlike to see who would comeout on top. lyotos the only one i feel has a chance to beat silve. anyone else wouldget whooped
August 14th, 2009 at 9:37 am
and stook, anderson silva would smash evans or machida. andersons defense is just as good as machidas. i beleieve theyre matched up very evenly. anderson would take out anyone at205 besides machida. lyotos the only one i see giving anderson problems
August 15th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
I find it funny how all you faggots on here talk like you know these fighters personally.
oh so and so is this way and that way, and that’s why they did this or that. shut the fuck up.
then you think your match makers, who knows who should fight who. that’s why your sitting
at home miss spelling bullshit of your nonsense rambling thoughts right. just stick to the
facts and leave your bullshit ass opinions to yourself. the ufc is fuckin bullshit anways. MCufc
August 16th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Silva vs Rampage – I think Rampage is an awesome boxer with a LOT of power, more power than Silva. However, isn’t Rampage pretty weak against a clinch? I remember he got beat pretty bad in one fight where he got clinched and pwned. Silva has an amazing Muay Thai clinch and I think he has a lot more endurance, whereas Rampage will get tired quickly. Silva is also quicker. He’d wear down Rampage, dodging those big power shots and countering with quick jabs until Rampage was tired enough for Silva to grab him and knee him into unconsciousness. It’d probably be a long fight, but Silva would either win by decision or he’d TKO Rampage. (Unless Rampage lands one really nice blow of course.)
August 17th, 2009 at 2:43 am
Silva did mention in his after fight interview that he didn’t have the build( I believe he said weight but it’s all relative) for 205 which is very true especially with the emphasis on weight cutting to be the bigger fighter when entering the octagon, so as much as I like him at 205 where he can show off his speed and accuracy, I’d like to see him get a few consecutive title defenses @ 185 going. Just my opinion.
August 17th, 2009 at 5:55 am
Some people are stupid with no knolwedge. Forest is an awesome fighter. He lost to the pound for pound best fighter in the world. So to say he sucks is retarded. And anderson is not show boating fucking idiots. He does that to bate his opponent in and then counter. And no heart why dont you fuckers that say forest has no heart fight someone have them knock you down over and over and have them let you throw punches at them and miss and see how mentally strong you stay. Forest has heart a huge heart he just got beat by the best fighter in the world. If you lose to the spyder it pretty much dont count cause everyone does. Fucking retartds. These are the same idiots that probably think fedor is the best p4p by beating former ufc champs that the ufc cut and a guy that wont come to the ufc. You people have no idea about mma and fighters.
August 17th, 2009 at 8:49 am
anderson silva whooped him down.
anderson silva is the best pound for pound fighter EVERRR!!
August 19th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Lol the people that are sayin that forest is a great fighter
Are u Serious? He Run like a Lil School Gril And He Doesnt heve a fighters heart he said he didnt want fight machita and in the count down he said he would figh anybody. I dont know how he became the champ and I beat u if silva fights the guy that forest fought he would destroy them.
August 21st, 2009 at 5:24 pm
D-man just because griffin beat rampage doesn’t mean Silva can..why does everyone say just cause he beat rampage silva can..no ain’t gonna happen these guys watch these fights and see where other fighters excel in a fight and do poorly in a figh, and yes i have seen silva fight from Pride to UFC. If silva fights rampage, yes he will wear him down,but rampage still has punching power even gassed. I don’t know them, knor can i say they will definitely do these things. From my eyes , I can see silva keeping away…he most likely wont clinch with rampage and take the chance of getting hit with a power shot to body of his left or right side..so he will keep away and jab till rampage is tired now this may or may not happen. step in and beat the shit out of his face while doing so rampage(whom we know can take a shot to the chin) may counter punch and land a shot..my point is everyone makes him sound impossible to beat..fanboys.No i am not saying he cant beat any 205 guys asshole when did i state that…now what i said was he cant beat a heavyweight..so articles (if you look them up ) are saying he can beat fedor google it. I think rashad can keep up for a short amount of time, and when he does he better make use of his wrestling and punches to get in to silva…and before someone says it NO I AM NO FANBOY OF RAMPAGE NOR RASHAD OR FEDOR..I AM A FAN OF NO ONE BUT ME
August 21st, 2009 at 5:28 pm
lol i wonder if Matt hamill would win…they say one sense lower and other highten
August 21st, 2009 at 5:36 pm
and also…machida may win..we know he has ground game and submissions…now i aint the mma wiz…but didnt silva lose by submission twice ..one which was some whacked out japanese leg trip and heel lock…and that was to Ryo chonan i believe and another to Daiju Takase in pride i think Pride25 or Pride26 by a triangle i believe ..not 100% sure and a loss in 200 to Luiz somebody i read on a website…maybe someone with extremely well submissions and takedowns will beat silva i think
September 3rd, 2009 at 10:34 pm
That was as a silly much up as you can get. UFC was mocked by Silva in this fight. He is telling them, you are a joke. This is an embarrassment for the sport.
September 11th, 2009 at 8:54 am
Nobody will beat Silve in the near future and he will win a title but which one is still up in the air.
September 14th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Anderson Silva Fighting Forrest Griffin is like comparing Metallica to Miles Davis. Jazz versus a Head Banger. You could see it when he fought that really dick ass fighter named James Irwin.
September 14th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
What a beautiful thing!
October 9th, 2009 at 9:15 pm
http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=9333&zoneid=13
so forrest busted his jaw???? i dont think so
October 10th, 2009 at 6:56 am
I would love to see anderson fight cung le.
October 29th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
if i may… ehem…HOLY F***!
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:47 am
Forrest is a good figther, but he has to much fear in this figth, its a shame, he surrender very easy. That, and Anderson i´ts great, but i thing shogun can give him a good battle.