Originally Posted by earvinarp

Mmm... I see where you are coming from. Dan was really effective in that first round and if he were able to stick to that game plan... But I see two problems here for Dan: 1. I believe the Spider was checking him out in the first, and allowed himself to lose it. 2. Dan is a veteran fighter and he is very stubborn. I don't see him changing the way he fights any time soon. I knew he would exchange sooner or later with Silva. It took him only one round. In a second fight, who knows? Maybe he'll wait two, but I see the same end result. But that's my opinion.

At the same time, the A. Silva ticket is so hot right now that many, many guys out there will want to fight him (GSP, LHWs...) and poor Dan will have to get back on the queue.