Silva vs Silva?: Wanderlei Silva Warns Anderson Silva
Wanderlei Silva feels Anderson Silva’s performance against Thales Leites at UFC 97 was disrespectful to the fans, and to Leites, as Silva appeared to be playing around with the challenger during the match. W-Silva warns A-Silva that that if the two tangle he should not definitely play around and put his hands down, or else he’ll pay.
Silva vs Silva would be a great fight at 185, the weight class Wanderlei appears to be looking to compete at after his bout with Rich Franklin at 195 pounds. Should Silva get past Franklin a bout between him and Anderson would be a great fight to watch. It’s not too fair though to allow Wanderlei to hop right into a title shot at 185, so should he pick up a big win or two at middleweight, then be all means put the two Silvas in their together.
Everyone is talking about how Anderson is a counterstriker and comes across somewhat boring against fighters who don’t engage with him; well fighting Wanderlei would be a perfect then because you hardly ever have to worry about Wanderlei Silva being unaggressive in an MMA fight. The only time I really saw him somewhat timid was against Ricardo Arona in their first bout, likely because he was afraid of the superb takedown skills of the fellow Brazilian.
But Anderson will have plenty of opportunities to counterpunch against a man who has made a career out of savagely attacking and KOing opponents with some of the most hyper-aggressive Muay Thai technique seen in the sport.
There would certainly be no complaints of this fight being boring. Wanderlei won’t be falling to his back trying to goad Anderson into his guard. The part of the brain dedicated to experiencing fear seems to be completely deadened every time Wanderlei steps into the cage. His ferocity and courage to go after fighters on the feet made him a legend in Pride FC and a fan favorite to new UFC fans as well.
Silva vs Silva would be a great fight not just stylistically but from a storyline perspective it appears there’s quite a bit of meat in this rivalry. The two fighters were teammates before but there now seems to be quite an undercurrent of hostility and animosity between the two Brazilian fighters.
If there’s one fight I want Wanderlei fight at 185 it’d be with Anderson. And if there’s one more fight I want Anderson to fight at 185 it’d be with Wanderlei. Hopefully we’ll be able to find out who the better man and better Silva is and get these two inside the Octagon soon.
