Jani
28-04-2009, 21:43
Redemption Ahead? Silva-Griffin Rumored for Aug. 8 UFC
By Jake Rossen ([email protected])
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Tuesday, 3:15 p.m. ET: Fan fiction or fact? MMABay is going with the latter: the site reports that UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva is scheduled to make another move up in weight in order to meet game dog Forrest Griffin at UFC 101 on Aug. 8 in Philadelphia.
If you’ve opened your Web browser at any point during the past two weeks, you’ve noted that Silva has come under fire for a slumbering performance against Thales Leites on April 18. Griffin, in contrast, entertains due to a complete inability to move backward or laterally. (This is a compliment. A clumsy one, but a compliment all the same.)
If true, it’s a pretty classic example of the UFC’s passive-aggressive punishment program for athletes who have temporarily fallen out of favor. Tito Ortiz was given Lyoto Machida for his final contracted fight, and he looked predictably lost; I assume a disinterested Roger Huerta has yet to fight his last bout because the UFC is trying to make weapons legal in one of the southern states.
Silva is unquestionably the more technical and gifted striker, but Griffin is a massive -- and I mean massive -- 205-pound athlete. Off-season, his forearms resemble Lou Ferrigno’s thighs. He could be a very effective bully in the clinch.
Silva-Griffin would join B.J. Penn’s rumored lightweight title bout with Kenny Florian on the same card.
Update: Yahoo’s Kevin Iole has confirmed with UFC president Dana White that the fight is official.
Zou wel een hele vette partij zijn
By Jake Rossen ([email protected])
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Tuesday, 3:15 p.m. ET: Fan fiction or fact? MMABay is going with the latter: the site reports that UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva is scheduled to make another move up in weight in order to meet game dog Forrest Griffin at UFC 101 on Aug. 8 in Philadelphia.
If you’ve opened your Web browser at any point during the past two weeks, you’ve noted that Silva has come under fire for a slumbering performance against Thales Leites on April 18. Griffin, in contrast, entertains due to a complete inability to move backward or laterally. (This is a compliment. A clumsy one, but a compliment all the same.)
If true, it’s a pretty classic example of the UFC’s passive-aggressive punishment program for athletes who have temporarily fallen out of favor. Tito Ortiz was given Lyoto Machida for his final contracted fight, and he looked predictably lost; I assume a disinterested Roger Huerta has yet to fight his last bout because the UFC is trying to make weapons legal in one of the southern states.
Silva is unquestionably the more technical and gifted striker, but Griffin is a massive -- and I mean massive -- 205-pound athlete. Off-season, his forearms resemble Lou Ferrigno’s thighs. He could be a very effective bully in the clinch.
Silva-Griffin would join B.J. Penn’s rumored lightweight title bout with Kenny Florian on the same card.
Update: Yahoo’s Kevin Iole has confirmed with UFC president Dana White that the fight is official.
Zou wel een hele vette partij zijn