@@Repetoire I wouldnt even say that. Id say technique vs strength. I grew up a fan of the fight game and a wrestler, so to see a muay thai/ bjj guy pull that off so effortlessly was really cool to see it work out in his favor the way it did. Of course I am biased because I used a switch in high school wrestling ALOT to score a reversal or help me escape.
Silva was simply a beast with very few weaknesses. I watched Nate’s fight where he destroyed Woodley so he was no slouch himself with great combinations.
Ohhhh stawp. We all love Silva but yk you have heard heads hit canvases harder especially on clean kos where the fighter falls all the way from upright position.
Watching the knockout Silva got on Franklin still hurts me to watch. Rich was my favorite fighter when I was younger, and if there had never been an Anderson Silva I firmly believe Rich would have had a title reign as dominant as any of the all time greats. Rich Franklin was the original Matt Holloway; better than everyone else in the division but unable to beat the all-time great champion who just happens to be active at the same time they are. The sport evolved SO much in such a short time in the early-mid 2000’s. Rich showed up and was a clear evolution of the fighters that came before him, with no real stylistic weaknesses, but then Anderson Silva came into the scene and immediately revolutionized stand up fighting in MMA with his extensive technical brilliance at Muay Thai.
Rich Franklin/Forest Griffin were super scary to watch when they fought, it's crazy these new fans will never truly understand how good those 2 were because of what Silva did to them
Fun fact, Izzy would've beat Adersons record, and so would have Usman if they wouldn't of lost their last fights. Just shows you how good the spider was. He was not to be played with. His power was underrated.
As much as I don't like Izzy and Usman, all this shows is that the competition wasn't as good back then. Usman and Izzy would be undefeated during this entire era of the UFC.
And people say GSP is over Silva 😂😂😂 i took some time yesterday to watch some Gsp fights and bro... All five rounds, all decisions, when Silva was fighting the world stopped to watch him cause we were always expecting greatness in the octagon, he and Jones are the real goats.
Nate is so underrated. That combo he hit T wood with is legendary. The narrative that todays fighters are so much more evolved is the most regurgitated bs narrative ever.
Almost all of Anderson's wins were impressive, but this fight, Dan Henderson, and Travis Lutter were extremely impressive because everyone knew he was a phenomenal striker, but when he out grappled these guys it was apparent that he was just a level above everybody else in his era.
I cant believe he stood them up like that, john mccarthy is trash or this was during a time where Dana White got shit for fights on the ground being boring and told the refs to stand up the fighters if it was even close to "not improving your position"
Was a different time and its kinda fun to see how the audience reacted to the fight at times i think people have a better understanding of mma now then before
Silvas ground game was fantastic. No matter if he was on top or bottom he was always looking to deal out damage, punches, elbows, up kicks, whatever. I cant really think of other fighters who do that. Maybe charles oliveira? Most are just looking to take the back and it turns into a jiu jitsu match, like they forget, hey! you can also punch your opponent.
Its wild how fast they would stand fighters up off of the ground compared to today. Personally I like that they give fighters more time on the ground now.
@@themondoshow He hadnt fought rich twice when he fought nate, only once. You can even here goldberg talk about franklin hoping for the rematch during the fight commentary
It’s crazy how much power silver had like that was just a straight right that didn’t look that hard but he did the same to Forrest but Forrest was already hurt an walked into a straight punch to the chin
@@ssss6572 Silva is good on his back theres no doubt, when Chael Sonnen dominated him for 4.5 rounds by taking Silva down over and over and Silva locked up a triangle at the very last moment. Nate couldve done the same thing. Just be aware of the triangle, Chael made a mistake and paid
Who is/was the greatest pound for pound fighter of all time in peoples opinion? For me it’s Khabib, but I’m relatively new to MMA so don’t know a lot about guys from this era.
Khabib is hard to rate because he left too early. Everyone else in the all time great category stayed long enough for the game to catch up to them. I’d say P4P Demetrius Johnson or Jon Jones are the best of all time purely on the variety of which they can win. Volkanovski is one who can rise up the list if he remains as great for another 2-3 years
Definitely Jon Jones. GSP lost, DJ lost, Khabib left early and faced mostly strikers. Jon Jones holds the record for title defenses and has never been defeated. He also faced the highest caliber of competition and is a 2 division champion. Objectively It's Jon Jones.
He didn't say he wasn't active. He said he wasn't improving his position, and he wasn't. Wasn't doing any damage either. Silva landed more shots off his back.
@@Vegas5150 Plenty of intelligence in the response for those intelligent enough to get it. Explain how the ref "saved" Silva if he's doing damage from the bottom and Nate isn't? Nate could only have been cheated if he was winning. The number 1 criteria in UFC judging is damage. So if Nate's not doing damage or advancing his position, how is he cheated when the ref stands them up after warning he needs to improve his position? This is not wrestling. The fighter on top is not automatically winning. Does that make sense?
@davidphillips1845 I saw it live and when I made the comment. Nate had him down and they got stood up after about 30 seconds, everything you say about losing from the top is laughable. He lost the fight yes, but that was where he could've finished it, the ref saved Silva from probably getting smeared Into the mat
@@Vegas5150 Must've been a cool fight to see in person. From this video I count Nate had Anderson down for 2 minutes and 40 seconds, from 4:07 to 6:47, during which he landed 5 or 6 pitty pat shots, about half what Silva landed and about half as hard. I say don't be emotional because if you're pulling for Nate you'll think about what he could have done on top. If you rewatch objectively you'll see Nate wasn't doing any damage or advancing his position -he got 3 warnings and stood up. Don't look at what he might have done like a fan would, watch what he actually did with the position... nothing. Compare the damage Anderson did from top compared to what Nate did. As for a fighter winning in the bottom position, watch the Charles Oliveira vs Beneil Dariush for a prime example of a fighter controlling the position from the bottom. MMA is not wrestling.
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Crazy how great Silva was. Striking was insane, wrestling was way underrated, and BJJ skills were great as well
I remember watching him as a teenager dude was something different
His son is just as good
Thank you... I appreciate the commentary from my man who has spent literally ZERO hours actually training in hand-to-hand combat.
Are you Joe Rogan?
What are you talking about? His wrestling was underrated? Did you see his fight against Chael P? His wrestling sucks.
Bro, Silva couldn't wrestle. Come on now
Anderson Silva is the GOAT
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Never.
It was the pinnicle of MMA and UFC... When GSP Anderson and Bones Jones Ruled.
That standing switch was beautiful.
Strength vs explosiveness
@@Repetoire I wouldnt even say that. Id say technique vs strength. I grew up a fan of the fight game and a wrestler, so to see a muay thai/ bjj guy pull that off so effortlessly was really cool to see it work out in his favor the way it did. Of course I am biased because I used a switch in high school wrestling ALOT to score a reversal or help me escape.
I can't get tired of watching this switch 7:36. Absolutely masterpiece.
Silva was simply a beast with very few weaknesses. I watched Nate’s fight where he destroyed Woodley so he was no slouch himself with great combinations.
Silva had a longer winning streak than weidman had fights when he finally lost to him, and people still think weidman beat a prime Anderson.
Silva lost to him bcz he wanted to 😂😂😂
This proves how great Silva was! the greatest in his era.
He's The Greatest Ever.
@@84slaughter 100% agree.
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@@davidphillips1845 go away bones! Fight Tom Appinall first! Silva was fighting till almost 50! Never turned anyone down.
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still to this day I haven't heard someone's head bounce off the canvas that hard..
At what point are we talking ab
@@khalilyosefkellyMMA 7:46
Ohhhh stawp. We all love Silva but yk you have heard heads hit canvases harder especially on clean kos where the fighter falls all the way from upright position.
@@khalilyosefkellyMMA find me one
@@apealeal3973 Masvidal's KO on Till
Watching the knockout Silva got on Franklin still hurts me to watch. Rich was my favorite fighter when I was younger, and if there had never been an Anderson Silva I firmly believe Rich would have had a title reign as dominant as any of the all time greats. Rich Franklin was the original Matt Holloway; better than everyone else in the division but unable to beat the all-time great champion who just happens to be active at the same time they are.
The sport evolved SO much in such a short time in the early-mid 2000’s. Rich showed up and was a clear evolution of the fighters that came before him, with no real stylistic weaknesses, but then Anderson Silva came into the scene and immediately revolutionized stand up fighting in MMA with his extensive technical brilliance at Muay Thai.
Rich Franklin/Forest Griffin were super scary to watch when they fought, it's crazy these new fans will never truly understand how good those 2 were because of what Silva did to them
Nate was active on the ground, why did big john stood them up? It could have gotten to round 2 at the very least.
I know right!
I always thought the same thing. I remember watching it live and thinking that . Marquardt was active on the ground
Nah he was stalling
I liked it back in the day when fighters didn't wear Reebok or Venom fight gear.
You know Randy Couture appreciated that switch
Fun fact, Izzy would've beat Adersons record, and so would have Usman if they wouldn't of lost their last fights. Just shows you how good the spider was. He was not to be played with. His power was underrated.
As much as I don't like Izzy and Usman, all this shows is that the competition wasn't as good back then. Usman and Izzy would be undefeated during this entire era of the UFC.
And people say GSP is over Silva 😂😂😂 i took some time yesterday to watch some Gsp fights and bro... All five rounds, all decisions, when Silva was fighting the world stopped to watch him cause we were always expecting greatness in the octagon, he and Jones are the real goats.
@joceja23yessssd
@joceja23this!
He woulda won against Chris if he wasn’t cocky
Nate is so underrated. That combo he hit T wood with is legendary. The narrative that todays fighters are so much more evolved is the most regurgitated bs narrative ever.
Just noticed Silva landed more strikes of his back than Nate could from top position.
Just like sonnen
Almost all of Anderson's wins were impressive, but this fight, Dan Henderson, and Travis Lutter were extremely impressive because everyone knew he was a phenomenal striker, but when he out grappled these guys it was apparent that he was just a level above everybody else in his era.
Pelé do MMA não tinha pra ninguém, no auge batia em todo mundo. Um dos melhores de todos os tempos👏
Verdade...
That's when Silva was the UFC's BEAST!
I cant believe he stood them up like that, john mccarthy is trash or this was during a time where Dana White got shit for fights on the ground being boring and told the refs to stand up the fighters if it was even close to "not improving your position"
Was a different time and its kinda fun to see how the audience reacted to the fight at times i think people have a better understanding of mma now then before
Ppl understand jiu jitsu now
Ikr lol. I was thinking the same thing. If the ref stood them up like that today, there would be an outrage. And rightfully so.
Yeah that was some bs. Totally changed the fight in Silvas favor
Yup never should have returned to the feet. Horrible decision determining outcome of the match.
Легенда🎉🎉🎉
Its beautiful to watch Silva beating wrestlers at their own game❤
I miss having someone that dominant, although the fight definitely shouldn't have been stood up when Anderson was in guard!
Volk is that guy now. 👊🏽
@@_dsn671simnVolk é
Brutal
If Silva was in his prime he'd be champ right now. The sport hasn't evolved that much sense then, just a matter of who's fighting.
Yep
I feel like big John should have let nate work on top, he stood him up and that changed the fight 100%
But he wasn't doing 😕 anything, that why big John said fk it,get yall as up 😅😅😅
Silvas ground game was fantastic. No matter if he was on top or bottom he was always looking to deal out damage, punches, elbows, up kicks, whatever. I cant really think of other fighters who do that. Maybe charles oliveira? Most are just looking to take the back and it turns into a jiu jitsu match, like they forget, hey! you can also punch your opponent.
Thats what i was thinking, never seen someone be an actual complete striker
It was like Silva was waiting for Mike Goldberg to stop talking so everyone could hear nates head go thru the canvas 😂
Its wild how fast they would stand fighters up off of the ground compared to today. Personally I like that they give fighters more time on the ground now.
Silva:"The belt is right here! Whoever wants it, just make the weight and bring it on!"
The goat still has the longest win streak in ufc!
Pelé do Figth. Pode nunca mais existir alguém .assim no mundo das.lutas..
G zus... The bang Nates head made gave me a concussion.
This Anderson Silva would beat anyone today
Now in the tale of the tape they didn't tell the arm length but my guess is that Anderson from the looks of things is a few inches longer😮
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That standup from Big John was BS
Anderson Silva detonou o homem detonou. Foi no ponto certo ✔️ 🎉
I’d hate to be an upcoming fighter in Silvas prime 😅
who knew anderson could wrestle!
Besides silvas obvious skills. The way he ties that right leg is insane
Pelé do MMA 👏👏
Silva would have a fun time with nowadays fighters.
This was the first fight I bet money on. Nobody had a good idea who Anderson was or what he was capable of. My god did they underestimate him.
That’s actually hilarious man
Nobody knew who he was yet he was the champion lol
@@janeberry5729 be only fought once before getting a title fight
Yeah man people knew who Anderson was by now. He had already killed rich twice. Beat Chris leben and by then We had saw his RUclips clips.
@@themondoshow He hadnt fought rich twice when he fought nate, only once. You can even here goldberg talk about franklin hoping for the rematch during the fight commentary
Why do they both have red tape
Silva had great ground and pound.
Silva won with a seldom used moved, the McCarthy
It’s crazy how much power silver had like that was just a straight right that didn’t look that hard but he did the same to Forrest but Forrest was already hurt an walked into a straight punch to the chin
Anderson didn't hit his prime till 30s kinda late for a prime . Like he's 32 here and he was barely getting big in this fight
Goat
The UFC struggled with opposition for Anderson at this time. Anybody who thinks a prime Izzy would beat a prime Anderson is dullusional.
Stupid move to stand them up on McCarthy’s part. Nate was actually getting the best of Anderson. Saw this years ago.
Anderson would have got up and eventually battered him we all know that
You’re delusional, buddy. Ref actually did him a favour, Anderson is excellent on his back. Either way, he was no match for the Spider.
@@ssss6572 Looked like Anderson was getting beat to me.
@@ssss6572 Silva is good on his back theres no doubt, when Chael Sonnen dominated him for 4.5 rounds by taking Silva down over and over and Silva locked up a triangle at the very last moment. Nate couldve done the same thing. Just be aware of the triangle, Chael made a mistake and paid
@@tanglecash127 he was doing very little damage tbh
2:59
2 takeaways:
Shouldn't have been stood up.
Anderson hits like a freight train.
jesus man what a sniper
I wonder if Nate was on that "juice" in this fight? lol..
I'm so glad this announcer is not a part of the UFC anymore ...
Big john stood them up way too fast
yay he beat up steroid boy
Bad refereeing twice by renowned Big Paul McCarty.... were is Dana White talking crap about him????? Like with other refs. UFC is crazy.
precise
Who is/was the greatest pound for pound fighter of all time in peoples opinion? For me it’s Khabib, but I’m relatively new to MMA so don’t know a lot about guys from this era.
GSP. Only reaslly lost twice and avenged them with finishes.
Khabib is hard to rate because he left too early. Everyone else in the all time great category stayed long enough for the game to catch up to them.
I’d say P4P Demetrius Johnson or Jon Jones are the best of all time purely on the variety of which they can win. Volkanovski is one who can rise up the list if he remains as great for another 2-3 years
Definitely Jon Jones. GSP lost, DJ lost, Khabib left early and faced mostly strikers. Jon Jones holds the record for title defenses and has never been defeated. He also faced the highest caliber of competition and is a 2 division champion. Objectively It's Jon Jones.
6.30 not good referee
Somebody try to take you down.. go with it and take them down
Silva still the goat
Am I the only one wondering why the ref stood them up when they were both active?
He didn't say he wasn't active. He said he wasn't improving his position, and he wasn't. Wasn't doing any damage either. Silva landed more shots off his back.
Nate Marquadt était en *25-7*
🤏🏻💪🏻
But Jake Paul kO tho😅😂😂
Too easy
Randy 😂
Not the best stand up.
Ref cheats Nate in a bs stand up to save Silva
Nate was losing with top position! Don't be emotional about it.
@davidphillips1845 not true and not at all an intelligent response.
@@Vegas5150 Plenty of intelligence in the response for those intelligent enough to get it. Explain how the ref "saved" Silva if he's doing damage from the bottom and Nate isn't? Nate could only have been cheated if he was winning. The number 1 criteria in UFC judging is damage. So if Nate's not doing damage or advancing his position, how is he cheated when the ref stands them up after warning he needs to improve his position? This is not wrestling. The fighter on top is not automatically winning. Does that make sense?
@davidphillips1845 I saw it live and when I made the comment. Nate had him down and they got stood up after about 30 seconds, everything you say about losing from the top is laughable. He lost the fight yes, but that was where he could've finished it, the ref saved Silva from probably getting smeared Into the mat
@@Vegas5150 Must've been a cool fight to see in person. From this video I count Nate had Anderson down for 2 minutes and 40 seconds, from 4:07 to 6:47, during which he landed 5 or 6 pitty pat shots, about half what Silva landed and about half as hard. I say don't be emotional because if you're pulling for Nate you'll think about what he could have done on top. If you rewatch objectively you'll see Nate wasn't doing any damage or advancing his position -he got 3 warnings and stood up. Don't look at what he might have done like a fan would, watch what he actually did with the position... nothing. Compare the damage Anderson did from top compared to what Nate did. As for a fighter winning in the bottom position, watch the Charles Oliveira vs Beneil Dariush for a prime example of a fighter controlling the position from the bottom. MMA is not wrestling.
Bad ref