Originally Posted by
Rubber Guard
Even Sonnen, a guy who had a feud with Silva said if you called it a lucky punch, he wouldn't argue with it. Many other pros said the same. So they must have no knowledge of Martial Arts either. Chris certainly did practice to keep punching and try and catch Silva doing the Matrix, I have no doubt about that. It wasn't pure luck. But if Anderson respects Weidman at all then he doesn't try to defend like that. Silva goes against the grain in terms of proper technique often. But any fighter, planting their feet, and bending their back backwards with their chin in the air, is going to get KO'd. Perhaps Weidman did set a trap and knew ANderson would be cocky enough to think he was Forrest Griffin. But either way Anderson displayed terrible fundamentals, and pretended to be hurt. He was so far out of position it isn't even funny. Credit Weidman for having enough discipline to not be phased and capitalize. But Anderson's off balance contributed to getting KO'd just as much, probably more than anything Chris did. Anderson simply took baiting/clowning too far vs. a legit opponent and paid for it. Perhaps Chris would have went on to win anyway. But Anderson didn't respect his striking skills enough at all. He didn't clown like that vs. Belfort....because he was well aware of the speed/power Vitor had in his hands.