I dont think dana ever liked silva. Liked him for business but anderson had a similar outlook as Francis. Look how his retirement went. Basically a F you to silva. Which is why anderson dudnt show up to his hall of fame induction. His final F you to ufc. Anderson was better than gsp but gsp was more marketable being in north america and being able to speak english and french. Dana didnt want that fight for George. Had nothing to do with that fight. Silva didnt want to beat maia. He wanted to embarrass and disrespect him because he said maia was disrespectful. That was for how they're viewed in brazil. That was personal for anderson.
I will never understand why Dana got so mad with this fight. Anderson won fair and square amd gave Damian a nice beating in at least the first 3 rounds. Damian's game was all about bringin Anderson down, when he saw he couldn'y do it he just laid in the floor hoping Anderson would fell into the trap- that's the only ridiculous part of this fight. Anderson tauting him is just showmanship. Damian waked up only the fifth round and really try to go all in so he deserve some recogntion for that.
Dana White, full of complaints about Silva in this fight, I seriously don't understand the reason for Dana's complaints, the fight was all within the rules, it was a show and that's it. If there was a mistake, maybe it started way back when someone decided that the two would have to fight and we know who these people were and they were neither Demiam nor Spider. Just a question, does anyone remember what the betting shops were like at the time?
Silva was just having fun and trying to embarrass Maia, which he did. I still love this fight to this day. It showcased how far, above and beyond Silva was at this time and ridiculous movement and offensive attacks/defensive counters he had in his arsenal. Clearly, the next Chael fight was some karmic justice and Silva learned fast to take fighting in the Octagon seriously. Unfortunately, that was a pretty quick lesson, as he would lose to Weidman a few fights later trying to showboat. Either way, one of the GOATS!
I disagree. What he is basically saying "we want good entertainers, not good fighters". Show > performance - It has always been like this in the entertainment industry.
My personal opinion, Silva was leagues ahead of everyone at his prime. To go into a championshionship fight, being underpaid, and having no challenge at all from your opponent, who is supposed to be among the best, is a complete insult to his skill and career. Multiple fighters have had issues with Dana White under paying, not getting them the contracted x number of fights a year, and even manipulating their careers in such a way that they dont get the fights they want, they get low payinf fights, or no fights at all, simply to do what dana white wants for money, is wrong. Example, Silva, Diaz, and even Mcgregor. Silve proved a point with this fight and struck at Dana where it hurts
Just watched the fight and I disagree Silvia beat the dude badly and didn't want to cause more damage then what he already done and the coaches and doctor should of called it . Long term damage is a real thing Dana white ...
Tell Dana get in the ring with Silva, until then stop acting like a little bitch, you can't tell someone they don't deserve something because of your expectations. You can not tell a man how to fight his opponent. I don't see how it's an embarrassment to Dana white, it's embarrassing that Silva had to fight someone so fucking trash
I 4got all abt this Silva wz an asshole its nufn wrong w/ showboatn but wut he did was ridiculous n disrespectful n wuts crazier is he didnt c wut he did wrong hw can u fix an issue if the person causing the issue dnt recognize the issue pure ignorance
Demean Mia was shooting for Anderson’s legs so sloppy and looked like a total amateur Dana should of Cut Demean from the UFC after that fight not blame it all on Anderson
