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**G778G9P0** · 02-07-2011, 10:00 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.

He also beat Dan Henderson who is considered elite talent in the 205lb division. He didn't just beat all three of these light heavyweights he humiliated them: knocking out two of them in the first round and submitting Henderson, an elite wrestler, in the 2nd round. That's dominance in two weight classes. Is there anyone else in MMA who has such a record?

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, He didn't have that size advantage when he knocked out or submitted all three of his light heavyweight opponents in the UFC did he? A fight between Jones and Silva would be epic. Jones would have the reach, size, youth and wrestling advantage while Silva would have the advantage in experience, boxing, kicking, kneeing and brazilian jiu jitsu. The outcome is not a foregone conclusion by any means.

02-07-2011, 10:00 PM	#10
G778G9P0 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 463 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. He also beat Dan Henderson who is considered elite talent in the 205lb division. He didn't just beat all three of these light heavyweights he humiliated them: knocking out two of them in the first round and submitting Henderson, an elite wrestler, in the 2nd round. That's dominance in two weight classes. Is there anyone else in MMA who has such a record? 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, He didn't have that size advantage when he knocked out or submitted all three of his light heavyweight opponents in the UFC did he? A fight between Jones and Silva would be epic. Jones would have the reach, size, youth and wrestling advantage while Silva would have the advantage in experience, boxing, kicking, kneeing and brazilian jiu jitsu. The outcome is not a foregone conclusion by any means.
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