UFC 183: Anderson Silva vs Nick Diaz (1/31/15) - He's back!

[JEDI]

http://www.ufc.com/event/UFC183

Hopefully he's back to true form.
heck, even a 70% Silva can beat Nick

 

[norseamd]

Nick Diaz is not that bad of a fighter. Fuck he is probably even a top ten fighter. But I doubt this is that much of a test for Anderson Silva for it to be considered a legendary fight since basically this is not considered relevant to the Middleweight championship. But that was nothing more than my reaction to the subtitle but UFC never does anything but overpromote and exaggerate their shit so whatever.

Still fight looks interesting on the merit of the fight so I plan on watching it when I can sometime. And I do not know that much about the lighter weightclasses so my knowledge and opinion is relative.

 

[WiseUp216]

Such a great fight.

Diaz is a extremely durable and I would say he has slightly better BJJ than Silva. I don't think it will be enough to win though.

Silvia will dictate where the fight goes and should have a massive speed and power advantage over the smaller Diaz. Diaz doesn't really check leg kicks and I think Silva will put a beating on his lead leg.

 

[JEDI]

Silva is ranked #1 contender already?!

but he's been out a couple of years recovering from a major injury.
who makes these rankings?

so if he beats diaz, he's next in line to fight for the belt?

 

[waggy]

it shouldn't be a close fight. AS should just destroy Diaz. That is if AS has no jitters over his leg.

Diaz is good. just not top 5 good.

 

[twofastxtreme]

I think Silva is going to be hungry for the win. I'm calling KO R1.

 

[Woosta]

WAR GUS

Anthony can EASILY win by KO though

 

[JEDI]

oh I'm not saying silva wont win easily.
just surprised he's ranked #1 already before even fighting in his comeback fight

 

[Ns1]

is he now, is he?

“Nick is being Nick. We don’t know where Nick is. I literally Instagram’ed a picture of him on a milk carton today. He’s M.I.A. First of all, we have a show called UFC Embedded, they showed up there Sunday to start filming him — couldn’t find him. We went through his management team and they set it up, they said ‘what we’ll do is we’ll set up a team dinner, you guys can film at the team dinner.’

“None of them showed up at the team dinner, then nobody answered their phones when the guys started calling. So then yesterday Nick was supposed to land in Las Vegas at 2:20. He missed his flight. His management team called and said, ‘book him another flight at 7:30.’ Not only did he miss the first one, he missed the second flight. His bags made it to Vegas and he never did.”

“The problem is this: it’s too late. I already made the fight. We’re sitting here on Wednesday. There’s a lot of things he doesn’t show up for, but he always shows up for the fights, so I’m counting on him showing up.

“I did it to myself again. I made a fight with Nick Diaz, a big main event fight. You know, when you get him in the office and you sit down, and he’s like, ‘Well, you know, I feel like I haven’t been paid right. Pay me right.’ He’s being paid right for this fight. It doesn’t matter how much you pay him, he’s not going to… I did it to myself, so I can’t sit here and cry about Nick Diaz. It’s Nick being Nick.”

http://www.bjpenn.com/white-breaks-silence-nick-diaz-m/

 

[WaTaGuMp]

I just hope he shows up, gets beat so badly we never have to see either Diaz fuckwad ever again.

 

[waggy]

it's to the point they need to stop dealing with them. this is silly.

 

[Kneedragger]

I can't wait to see if he doesn't show. Got my popcorn ready..

 

[Spineshank]

I saw Cerrone said he would drop to 185 and take the fight. Would rather see that honestly.

 

[norseamd]

I saw Cerrone said he would drop to 185 and take the fight. Would rather see that honestly.

Cerrone is a lightweight so there would be no dropping.

 

[EvilYoda]

With this many fights in quick succession, UFC should = Ultimate Fighting Cerrone.

Not that I mind, I like him as a fighter...very entertaining.

 

[waggy]

I saw Cerrone said he would drop to 185 and take the fight. Would rather see that honestly.

ahh hell i would love to see that fight.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Gastelum misses weight by 9 lbs.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ufc-183-weigh-results-silva-vs-diaz-set-010154901--mma.html

 

[waggy]

Gastelum misses weight by 9 lbs.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ufc-183-weigh-results-silva-vs-diaz-set-010154901--mma.html

sheesh. 9 lbs? damn

 

[WaTaGuMp]

sheesh. 9 lbs? damn

Yup, the fight is going ahead after all, Kevin and another fighter got fined.

 

[mrjminer]

Silva vs GSP?

Oh wait, UFC is still worthless for not having them fight.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Silva vs GSP?

Oh wait, UFC is still worthless for not having them fight.

GSP quit a long time ago and will not fight again until UFC changes up their drug testing.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Silva is ranked #1 contender already?!

c`mon don`t act so surprised!! Who else is there that could be the #1 contender? Let me answer that -- Nobody!!

 

[mrjminer]

GSP quit a long time ago and will not fight again until UFC changes up their drug testing.

Hadn't heard that.

He was back in training, presumably to return, but he tore his ACL again.

 

[JEDI]

GSP quit a long time ago and will not fight again until UFC changes up their drug testing.

gsp wanted better/more stringent drug testing, right?

 

[norseamd]

gsp wanted better/more stringent drug testing, right?

well he asked for that on paper but he wants his own drug testing company to do all the shit. And that company and the owner have some very shady shit going on especially considering the owner was selling drugs not that long ago.