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**MARMELADINA** · 02-07-2011, 09:33 PM

Silva is very talented, but he benefits from fighting in one of the weaker weight classes in the UFC, and on top of that, he's too big to be 185 and should be fighting at 205 with the likes of Shogun, Rampage, Jones, Machida, etc, he did go up and beat Forrest Griffin (Not a bad fighter) and James Irvin (Crappy fighter), but he needs to beat elite talent.

If Jones beats Shogun, I'm convinced that Silva will stand no chance in hell, Silva usually relies on his striking and always has size/reach advantage on his opponents, at the same time he struggles with wrestlers (Lucky for him he has a solid ground game), with Jones he would not have the reach/size advantage and he would be up against a big wrestler, that's a nightmare matchup Silva wouldn't wanna touch.

02-07-2011, 09:33 PM	#4
MARMELADINA Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 427 Senior Member	Silva is very talented, but he benefits from fighting in one of the weaker weight classes in the UFC, and on top of that, he's too big to be 185 and should be fighting at 205 with the likes of Shogun, Rampage, Jones, Machida, etc, he did go up and beat Forrest Griffin (Not a bad fighter) and James Irvin (Crappy fighter), but he needs to beat elite talent. If Jones beats Shogun, I'm convinced that Silva will stand no chance in hell, Silva usually relies on his striking and always has size/reach advantage on his opponents, at the same time he struggles with wrestlers (Lucky for him he has a solid ground game), with Jones he would not have the reach/size advantage and he would be up against a big wrestler, that's a nightmare matchup Silva wouldn't wanna touch.
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