Wanderlei "Axe Murderer" Silva vs. Chris "The Crippler" Leben

[sweethook]

more money will be on this fight than the big one

[Straight Cash]

Should be a fun fight to watch, hopefully they come through tonight!

[jspectyper]

Hard match to bet on, i want wandy to win (see avy) but if I had to bet on this fight i might slightly lean towards leben. Its kind of like a whos chin do you trust more type of deal.

Little pissed i didn't bet on condit or leben, both dogs and only fights I felt comfortable betting on, other then bader but he was too high. Wandy is one of my favorite fighters but he's turned into chuck liddell.

[JuicedUp]

I think the 16 month layoff for Wandy will be a big factor here. I'm taking Leben +150.

this saved my ass tonight.

[koscheckbaby]

Dumb Wand. He lands a nice right to start the fight. Instead of being patient, making sure Leben is hurt, he walks into Leben's power and GIVES the match away. There was no way Leben wins that fight if Wand doesn't charge like that. Leben was hurt a little, but nothing to warrant going ballistic like that

[DDT]

I knew Leben would pull this out, I couldn't believe the odds when I saw them. Not surprised at all with the outcome.

[Nick The Greek]

This went pretty much how I anticipated it would, wish I went bigger on Leben.

[cheeese]

Dumb Wand. He lands a nice right to start the fight. Instead of being patient, making sure Leben is hurt, he walks into Leben's power and GIVES the match away. There was no way Leben wins that fight if Wand doesn't charge like that. Leben was hurt a little, but nothing to warrant going ballistic like that

It looked like Wand was going to be able to hit him at will. I wish he would have tried to wear him down first but Wand gonna Wand.

[Poppa Catfish]

Fighter off of surgery/lay off strikes again

[rocky mattioli]

he looks almost as good as joan rivers....

i swear,when i saw wandy entering the cage,i thought it was mark coleman....

who goes to their plastic surgeon and says,"i want to look like mark coleman"?....

wtf?....

[cheeese]

[koscheckbaby]

It looked like Wand was going to be able to hit him at will. I wish he would have tried to wear him down first but Wand gonna Wand.

Yep. It only took like 5 seconds for Wand to take advantage of the fact Leben has no defense. Should have kept his distance. Lucky Left Leben strikes again.

[Vaughany]

I bet Wand is really enjoying his birthday today!

[Jabstab]

I meant Leben, my point being was I handicapped Leben as the favorite and discovered the books had him a dog at +180. I do sloppy shit like that all the time when I think out loud as I post, my bad.

[spurginobili]

I had a bad feeling seeing Wanderlei smiling and happy during introductions, while Leben looked focused and ready.

He's going to be a hard sell for me from now on.

I like your analogy jspectyper, comparing Wand to Liddell and their glass jaws.

[cheeese]

Rewatch the fight and you will be suprised how many times he was hit. Anyone would have been knocked out.

[spurginobili]

Rewatch the fight and you will be suprised how many times he was hit. Anyone would have been knocked out.

I shouldn't say glass jaw; just the fact that a fighter is more susceptible to being knocked out with each successive knockout.

[cheeese]

I know what you mean. I just feel like people are so quick to call a guy "glass jawed." Wand got KOed by Jackson (off the charts power), Henderson (max power for the weight), CroCop (heavyweight power), and Leben (max power for the weight). I really don't think his chin is that bad. He is just such a wild fighter that he gets hit unabated to the jaw and goes down like any normal human.

[bogbat]

Rewatch the fight and you will be suprised how many times he was hit. Anyone would have been knocked out.

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