BennyBlanco
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People really want to see someone beat up mayweather. It's never happening, lol.
Ronda Rousey: I can beat Mayweather in a no-rules fight.
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People really want to see someone beat up mayweather. It's never happening, lol.
Prime? Fuck that shit. Dude can still kick his ass.
Jason's Ultimatum
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Jason Bourne would beat her with a rolled up magazine.
Silva doesn't always just stop a grapple before he knocks out opponents. He's faster, quicker, more accurate, and has more power. Grappling or not every fight he has he isn't grappled 100%. So why is it just too far fetched to believe another world class hall of fame athlete with more power and more accurate wouldn't just do the same thing?
Silva knows how to protect against takedowns, Mayweather doesn't. You rush the legs of Silva and he will protect against it. You rush the legs of Mayweather and he won't know what the fuck to do. Sure he may get an off balance punch of two in while closing the distance but once you've got control of his legs he will have no power behind his punches and will easily be taken to the ground.
Silva couldn't hack it in professional boxing. Don't even think of comparing him to Mayweather in terms of boxing.
Regardless of the outcome, it would likely still be a closer matched fight than Mayweather VS Rousey.
Obliterator
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Agreed on boxing. Mayweather is certainly the superior boxer technically.
But Andersons striking > Floyds striking
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Silva would've been like an average journeyman pro boxer at best. Especially at his weight.
If he had the talent to be a top tier boxer he would've done that because he would've made far more money. Calling him a poor man's RJJ is being nice.
Not really. I'd give Rousey at least a 1 in 10 chance. Floyd doesn't have a 1 in 100 chance.
I remember seeing Chuck's punching power on Deadliest warrior. He was a 205 lb UFC fighter. Not sure about other MMA fighters or boxers.
Not bad, but Olympic boxing is amateur boxing. I wonder what Golovkin & Kovalev clock in at.
HP_Wuvcraft
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No rules?
I could beat someone in a no rules fight.
Just shoot them.
I could beat someone in a no rules fight.
Just shoot them.
BadAss2961
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Miesha's shown that she can tag Ronda and hang around with her for awhile, but just has no way to finish her. Her best shot is to mirror Marquez's strategy in training for Pacquiao. Put on some muscle... Total power camp, and look for a knockout within 2 rounds.Oh come on now...Mayweather hits her with this in 4 ounce gloves and she's going night night.
This would be hypothetically fought under MMA rules, pal. Silva would snap him in two, and make a stool out of the two halves.
I don't know about that. When I wrestled in high school (almost 20 years ago now) I would cut from ~165 to 141 lbs every week for tournaments. I'd start Friday night and make weight Monday afternoon.
If I (and many other HS wrestlers) could easily do it without the help of professional nutritionists, I think a professional athlete who can dedicate themselves to it should be able to do it easily.
Obliterator
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I mean it would be laughable. Do people realize how big Anderson is? This is May next to the only man in the UFC to beat Anderson, Chris Weidman. He looks like a child
I thought we were talking about a hypothetical no-rules situation?
Right, because there isn't a chance the great Silva could ever get caught with a punch.
Either way, this debate should be Silva vs. Klitschko, Silva vs. Tyson in his prime, etc. Silva vs. Mayweather is ridiculous.
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Etrian Oddity
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People in this thread are arguing that Mayweather is a better striker than Anderson Silva.
I've seen it all on the internet
I've seen it all on the internet
Obliterator
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Right, because there isn't a chance the great Silva could ever get caught with a punch.
Either way, this debate should be Silva vs. Klitschko, Silva vs. Tyson in his prime, etc. Silva vs. Mayweather is ridiculous.
See my post above. Chris Weidman is a freaking giant compared to Floyd. Floyd could never do that to Anderson
Edit- Just saw the rest of your post about it being ridiculous. Thats fair
WWE should be doing everything in their power to set up Rousey vs Mayweather at Mania. Sure it will be fake but at least it will be entertaining. Or at least set it up during her match with Stephanie. Mayweather comes in hired by HHH and just KO's Ronda and leaves her lifeless against the ropes setting up a Mania 32 bout where Mayweather shoots on her and KOs her again.
Mayweather is a professional Boxer. He normally goes through 12 round bouts (3 Min each round) taking on punishment from literally hundreds of blows to his head, torso, and arms. He is constantly moving and has to have legs of iron to stay upright to stay in the fights. He has to have superhuman stamina to make it through his bouts and on top of that he is a counter puncher which means he is always on the defense. On top of all that he probably has some of the quickest hands in boxing history.
Yet somehow we are supposed to believe that he would magically concede to Silva and be knocked out by one of his leg strikes or punches.........Bwa hahahahahaha. Silva would destroy Mayweather if somehow he got a hold of him and was able to make him submit. But Silva getting into a game where he leaves himself open to be counter punched (literally any time he throws a jab or leg strike) would be the end of that.
I don't even like Mayweather but would be the first to admit that you'd have a tough time finding many people on this earth that could take on him. Silva was very good at what he did, no one would dispute that. But to think a prime Silva would take down prime Mayweather with ease is just foolishness. No one has beaten Mayweather in his sport yet, Silva got taken down by nobodies in the sport he is supposed to be god in.
Yet somehow we are supposed to believe that he would magically concede to Silva and be knocked out by one of his leg strikes or punches.........Bwa hahahahahaha. Silva would destroy Mayweather if somehow he got a hold of him and was able to make him submit. But Silva getting into a game where he leaves himself open to be counter punched (literally any time he throws a jab or leg strike) would be the end of that.
I don't even like Mayweather but would be the first to admit that you'd have a tough time finding many people on this earth that could take on him. Silva was very good at what he did, no one would dispute that. But to think a prime Silva would take down prime Mayweather with ease is just foolishness. No one has beaten Mayweather in his sport yet, Silva got taken down by nobodies in the sport he is supposed to be god in.
...And again as proven by the original no-rules version of the UFC, Jiu-Jitsu > Boxing.
Obliterator
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There is no chance Floyd could beat Anderson. None
Nobodies? Anderson has only lost in the UFC to the current champ. And Anderson vs Mayweather in Boxing would be interesting for Mayweather due to the huge size advantage Silva would have. In MMA? lol, Mayweather would get kicked upside his midget head.
Gotdatmoney
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In boxing or MMA? I'm not sure what the original argumeent even is anymore.
Why are people comparing Silva and Mayweather? Two completely different athletes in different sports with vastly different physique fighting in distant weight classes.
It is absolutely ludicrous to pair them against each other, no matter the sport, due to the difference in height/weight alone.
It is absolutely ludicrous to pair them against each other, no matter the sport, due to the difference in height/weight alone.
Obliterator
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In just a pure striking match. It came from me saying Silva is a more dangerous striker than Floyd. Which he is
I think Kermit Cintron would dominate in MMA, he fought at super welterweight but had the frame to be 160-170lbs, had a big punch with questionable heart but most importantly he had a wrestling background in addition to the boxing. He made an open challenge to Dana White saying he could beat any UFC fighter and to make an offer, Dana never got back to him lol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH23Qu2HEY0
This reads like what a scared Floyd would say to dodge Silva.
Boy Wander
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If there are no rules, surely she could simply kick him hard in the groin. Fight over. Rousey TKO 0:10 Round 1.
Etrian Oddity
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Silva's losses mostly come from his being a dumbass and hot-dogging it. Mayweather waits years before taking on legit challengers. He's a businessman who has done a damned good job at creating a legend, but he is far from the best fighter even in the history of his sport, let alone better than mixed martial artists. His strategy is to pepper with punches and run away, in a nutshell. That doesn't work when grappling is allowed. He'll get in trouble and clinch -- and then the MMA will lock him and that's it.
Floyd's defense does not transfer to MMA, it is brilliant within the confines of boxing but falls to pieces once those restrictions are lost.
Gotdatmoney
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The size advantage sorta makes that obvious though doesn't it? Like in terms of who hits harder. Do you think he would win in a boxing match though? It's obvious floyd has zero chance in an mma match.
Obliterator
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Boxing match is interesting. I think for sure Floyd is a better boxer. I mean in his world he is unmatched really. But the size factor would make things interesting. I didn't mean to turn everything into a Floyd vs Anderson thing though it just kinda stemmed that way from my comment haha
MWS Natural
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Floyd better watch out.
Lmao!! One of the best boxers in the history of boxing vs the current top womens MMA fighter...come on GAF this wouldn't even be a close fight if Floyd trained MMA at all beforehand. If he went in cold with no additional training she MIGHT stand a chance a submitting him.
How many years does he need?
While I'm not sure Ronda could beat Floyd in an MMA fight, you are selling her skills (and many in MMA) short by suggesting he could close the grappling gap if he trained "MMA at all".
Common sense would be that if the fight stays standing he knocks her out. If she can get him to the ground he would be submitted very quickly.
Meh. A few months of judo training won't help you against an Olympic judoka. Sure it would help but its like going into an episode of Bully Beatdown. Best route for Mayweather to take would be to keep the distance and using his range to pepper her with shots cause Rousey sure as hell can't take a real punch much like Brock Lesnar.
But I could see it going a lot like this
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xvme71_029-randy-couture-vs-james-toney-ufc-118-28-08-2010_sport
But yeah a 42 year old out of shape James Toney vs 47 year old Randy Couture isn't the best example
...And again as proven by the original no-rules version of the UFC, Jiu-Jitsu > Boxing.
Why does he have one glove on? LOL
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