I don't wanna be a jerk or anything, but the expression is "Caught between a rock AND a hard place" not "IN a hard place."
That being said, I would agree that Silva's takedown defense was very shaky looking, Lutter had little to know problem shooting in on him. I found it very strange that Silva didn't throw more knees to stuff Lutter's takedown attempts, especially considering what Silva did to Franklin with his knees.
However, Silva was able to hold his own on the ground and actually win the fight there, so hard to say whether or not getting taken down is that much of a weakness for him. He's great standing up and I would think that this next round of several months of training will probably feature a large amount of takedown defense training.
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