the more i look at this matchup the more i like it.... silva's ufc run is not that impressive if you watch each fight in order and break them down...
1st fight vs james irvin.... irvin lands a nice right and leg kicks his ass to the floor...irvin makes the mistake of going to the ground with silva. if irvin keeps it standing i think he KO's him.... instead silva is able to scramble and get to his feet then take down irvin with irvin's knee blowing out.... silva wins
2nd fight vs thomasz drwal.... drwal wins the first round standing war even thou he gasses 3 min into the fight lol the 2nd round is shockingly close til the end with a gassed drwal, silva's conditionin exposed as well, but he puts together a highlight reel combination leading to a KO in the final seconds on a basically lifeless thomasz drwal
3rd fight vs houston alexander... houston gives silva the fight with a dumb gameplan, his strategy should have been at all costs keep it on the feet and keep seperation and land bombs. He lands a few good body shots has silva runnin around avoiding trading punches, and decides its a good idea to take him down which he picks up and dumps him rather easily, but alexanders ground game was weak and silva is able to scramble, gain side control, and immediately to the mount. good night alexander
4th fight vs antonio mendes...mendes comes out and lands a head kick right at the start sending silva to the canvas, 30 seconds later mendes lands a body kick sending silva back to the canvas yet again. mendes scores a punch or two, then decides he wants to try to get silva to the ground??? slips while attempting a judo throw and silva gets mount immediately. good night mendes
5th fight vs llyoto machida... silva never had a chance to win this fight. what have we learned about silva? he has only left the first round once, and he gassed in the 2nd. he has been beat in the stand up game by each of his opponents in previous fights, minus the 2nd round of the drwal fight, but again drwal could have been mistaken for a motionless punching bag at that point. kicks were scoring and damaging him in his previous fight. and his wins are coming from his ground game, yet he really doesn't have a strong take down game. when the fights hit the ground its because his opponent felt that was the smart move and they took it there, then he pwned them all there. So a good conditioned, strong striker, with good takedown defense will massacre silva everytime. welcome machida. he lands a body kick or two. successfully sweeps and scores a takedown. gets up off and back to his feet (which is smart, why mess with the only danger that silva possess). lands a big hook and drops silva, controls silva for a short while then smartly back to his feet again. drops him again with a right. then in the closing seconds silva attempts a weak ass takedown and machida tosses him like a doll the mat and capitalizes with a brutal KO
Keith Jardine will def look to keep this standing as he usually does in his fights. He has great kicks. He has proven to have excellent conditioning. And his takedown defense is very good as well. And in the event he is taken down he will not be there long. This is the recipe to put a beat down on silva.....needless to say I have picked Keith Jardine at -150 to beat silva. Im gonna say by unanimous decision but could def see jardine ending it in the 3rd via tko if silva gasses like i predict he will.
Let me know what you guys think!! Im gonna start posting my plays regularly on the different threads... Lets get that money :toast:
1st fight vs james irvin.... irvin lands a nice right and leg kicks his ass to the floor...irvin makes the mistake of going to the ground with silva. if irvin keeps it standing i think he KO's him.... instead silva is able to scramble and get to his feet then take down irvin with irvin's knee blowing out.... silva wins
2nd fight vs thomasz drwal.... drwal wins the first round standing war even thou he gasses 3 min into the fight lol the 2nd round is shockingly close til the end with a gassed drwal, silva's conditionin exposed as well, but he puts together a highlight reel combination leading to a KO in the final seconds on a basically lifeless thomasz drwal
3rd fight vs houston alexander... houston gives silva the fight with a dumb gameplan, his strategy should have been at all costs keep it on the feet and keep seperation and land bombs. He lands a few good body shots has silva runnin around avoiding trading punches, and decides its a good idea to take him down which he picks up and dumps him rather easily, but alexanders ground game was weak and silva is able to scramble, gain side control, and immediately to the mount. good night alexander
4th fight vs antonio mendes...mendes comes out and lands a head kick right at the start sending silva to the canvas, 30 seconds later mendes lands a body kick sending silva back to the canvas yet again. mendes scores a punch or two, then decides he wants to try to get silva to the ground??? slips while attempting a judo throw and silva gets mount immediately. good night mendes
5th fight vs llyoto machida... silva never had a chance to win this fight. what have we learned about silva? he has only left the first round once, and he gassed in the 2nd. he has been beat in the stand up game by each of his opponents in previous fights, minus the 2nd round of the drwal fight, but again drwal could have been mistaken for a motionless punching bag at that point. kicks were scoring and damaging him in his previous fight. and his wins are coming from his ground game, yet he really doesn't have a strong take down game. when the fights hit the ground its because his opponent felt that was the smart move and they took it there, then he pwned them all there. So a good conditioned, strong striker, with good takedown defense will massacre silva everytime. welcome machida. he lands a body kick or two. successfully sweeps and scores a takedown. gets up off and back to his feet (which is smart, why mess with the only danger that silva possess). lands a big hook and drops silva, controls silva for a short while then smartly back to his feet again. drops him again with a right. then in the closing seconds silva attempts a weak ass takedown and machida tosses him like a doll the mat and capitalizes with a brutal KO
Keith Jardine will def look to keep this standing as he usually does in his fights. He has great kicks. He has proven to have excellent conditioning. And his takedown defense is very good as well. And in the event he is taken down he will not be there long. This is the recipe to put a beat down on silva.....needless to say I have picked Keith Jardine at -150 to beat silva. Im gonna say by unanimous decision but could def see jardine ending it in the 3rd via tko if silva gasses like i predict he will.
Let me know what you guys think!! Im gonna start posting my plays regularly on the different threads... Lets get that money :toast:
