I wasn't going to join this thread because its stupid, but I'm getting tired of hearing "Silva threw the fight...Silva wanted Shogun to win the GP...bla bla bla.
Are you F*cking Kidding? Silva has never, and WILL NEVER throw a fight. We're not talking about some side show, this is Pride fighting, nothing means more to these guys.
Arona is a good fighter, I don't really like a lot of the things he does, but he is good. Is he better than Wandy, I don't think so. Arona is not a finisher granted, but he is smart in the sence that he sticks to his strong point BJJ. Everyone loves the guys who let it all hang out and trade rights, but not every fighter can be that fighter. Not much I can say about Arona that makes him outstanding or exciting even, but he got in their with Wandy after talking trash for years, and STOOD RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM!!!
Wandy is better on his feet than Arona right? Why didn't Silva let his hands go? Not like Arona was running away, he stood there ready to counter, ready to leg kick, ready to clinch, ready to fight. Where the hell was Wandy? He only charged Arona once or twice throwing a 3-4 punch flurry, and Arona defended. Everything Silva did, Arona handled it.
The whole why didn't Arona try to pass Silva's guard talk is pretty lame too. His plan was to wear him down on the ground, and go for a submission in the second. First off Silva has a really good tight guard, he keeps it really high too. Silva is a black black in BJJ, Arona is better, but that doesn't mean its easy to submit a BJJ black belt. Silva knows Wandy would be very hard to submit, knowing that maybe his thoughts were "Hey Wandy will be too hard to submit in a 15 miute fight, why waste the energy sinking in a sub when Wandy is fresh, he is not trying to sweep or stand, and I'm in a superior position. Sometimes when you go for submissions and the opponent brushs off the attempts it makes you look like your not doing as good as you really are.
Arona has been saying he would beat Wandy for a while now, you think Silva would let Ricardo win? Wandy hates Arona, and next time I'm sure Wandy is going to go crazy on Aronas ass, and I hope he does. But Arona beat Silva fair and square, give him some respect.
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