Chris Weidman wins via osteoporosis

[Homicidal_Squirrel]

A broken foot is a huge deal, though. Can't push off, can't dodge, etc. We'll have to see. I wonder if we're seeing a coming stylistic change with all of these kick checks causing damage. Evolution or just temporary?

Yeah, a broken foot is a bad injury, but most of the time, it isn't enough to end the fight. Both Aldo and Jones indued their feet from checked kicks. Aldo, though, is known for having powerful kicks. Hell, Aldo kicked Faber into a month long inability to walk from kicking. Aldo got injured in the fight against the Koren Zombie, but he was still able to walk and move around during the fight. Silva wasn't going to do any of that. Support? Yeah, no. Silva just crumbled to the mat.
so yeah, while a broken foot is bad, it's not as bad as Silva's injury. If Aldo comes back and is afraid of throwing kicks, maybe Anderson will be too. Then again, it's Anderson Silva. He may just go ahead and kick everyone in the head to open up the round.

Hendo was also past his prime, gassed out and was probably off the roids and test at the time.

I don't know. Not too long before he had come into the UFC as the PRIDE LW champ. He lost to Rampage in a fight before he fought Silva. I'm pretty sure he was just cycling off the roods. He also took Silva down the first round and kept him there for a while. Unfortunately for Henderson, he doesn't have good jitsu. It would have helped him submit Silva, or at least defend submissions. The second round started off in a similar manner, but Silva mounted Henderson, got a body lock, and got in a choke to finish it off.

 

[Zombie_Babies]

Yeah, a broken foot is a bad injury, but most of the time, it isn't enough to end the fight. Both Aldo and Jones indued their feet from checked kicks. Aldo, though, is known for having powerful kicks. Hell, Aldo kicked Faber into a month long inability to walk from kicking. Aldo got injured in the fight against the Koren Zombie, but he was still able to walk and move around during the fight. Silva wasn't going to do any of that. Support? Yeah, no. Silva just crumbled to the mat.
so yeah, while a broken foot is bad, it's not as bad as Silva's injury. If Aldo comes back and is afraid of throwing kicks, maybe Anderson will be too. Then again, it's Anderson Silva. He may just go ahead and kick everyone in the head to open up the round.

Yeah we'll have to see. I'm still not totally convinced that he'll even return. Nasty injury and two losses in a row.

I don't know. Not too long before he had come into the UFC as the PRIDE LW champ. He lost to Rampage in a fight before he fought Silva. I'm pretty sure he was just cycling off the roods. He also took Silva down the first round and kept him there for a while. Unfortunately for Henderson, he doesn't have good jitsu. It would have helped him submit Silva, or at least defend submissions. The second round started off in a similar manner, but Silva mounted Henderson, got a body lock, and got in a choke to finish it off.

Meh, lotsa guys can take Silva down. Hendo didn't really have much left. How long after that fight did he get dominated by Shields?

 

[Homicidal_Squirrel]

Yeah we'll have to see. I'm still not totally convinced that he'll even return. Nasty injury and two losses in a row.

I think he will return. It just isn't going to be the same Anderson Silva. He is going to go out beating a few cans to fluff up hs fight resume, but I don't think he is going to be going for the belt.

Meh, lotsa guys can take Silva down. Hendo didn't really have much left. How long after that fight did he get dominated by Shields?

two years.

 

[Zombie_Babies]

I think he will return. It just isn't going to be the same Anderson Silva. He is going to go out beating a few cans to fluff up hs fight resume, but I don't think he is going to be going for the belt.

Not anytime soon anyway.

two years.

Meh.