Again with the crazy talk, TICL.
Anderson's striking is overrated...How so? Knee/kick/punch/elbow combinations aren't good enough for ya? And he's ended most of his fights via (T)KO. Proof right there that his striking is effective.
By the way, that Chonan fight was almost 4 years ago. Fighters lose, fighters change. It would be like me bringing up Jeremy Horn's arm triangle choke of Liddell, and predicting a submission victory for his opponents because Chuck has been submitted before.
And the way I recall the Chonan fight, Chonan was getting losing up until the freak submission. But anyway, let's go with what you're saying. Ok, Chonan landed some unanswered blows. So did they rock Anderson? Did they cut him? Did it swell up his eyes?
I'd like for you to find me a clip or picture of Anderson with either a cut or swelling on his face. Anderson doesn't take a lot of damage. If you're getting hit and you can't hit back, you're going to have a tough time winning the stand-up war with Anderson.
I would argue that Cung Le's striking is overrated for MMA. I think you're being fooled into thinking Cung's striking is better because it looks prettier and flashier. If Cung were to stand in front of Anderson like he did with Frank, he would get wrecked. Frank showed Cung is susceptible to taking a lot of damage to the head and getting rocked.