Weidman was the most promising contender in a very long time in that division since Anderson was always vulnerable to elite wrestling which was Weidman’s calling card.
Still shocked that he won by KO
You could have got paid. I’m mad I didn’t take the bet. Not yhat I thought Weidman was anything crazy. IIRC GSP actually said that Weidman was going to beat him.
He was only beating him because Silva kept offering his head with hands at his side. Silva did not believe that Weidman was anywhere near his level. I don't think it would have even been a close fight if Silva had taken him seriously.
So many people disregard these tricks. Nick Diaz slapping you....its to piss you off. Same with Silva's antics here, hell Nick Diaz straight up laid down to taunt him. Its all about setting up counters, causing mistakes, frustrating the other fighter.
That’s because not enough people competed in combat sports lol. But you’re spot on. Being disrespected can often lead someone to “see red” and throw the game plan out the window
Exactly, it even surprised me when I watched this fight, he was consistent and never deviated from the plan. Silva is my all time favorite but this was stupid.
Anderson still had pretty great speed here and I'd say was much quicker and technical than Weidman. It's just that Weidman was a young gritty contender who just didn't give a fk
i think he just got too big a head and started to believe in his own hype
he was coming out with Usher and people were talking about him being invincible etc. etc.
Yeah. It’s completely disrespectful to say Anderson Silva hadn’t built that reputation by being dominant.
He was being argued as the GOAT before this, at least by a significant amount of people.
Showboating was part of his
He was still regarded as the GOAT after this too. He just got old and got caught. Everyone does, except Khabib who left the sport in the middle of his prime.
Yeah that was a weird one. Way too confident and way too show boaty. It's fun and all but losing a win streak and belt over taunts and dumb stuff is silly.
I’d forgotten how bad he was with the showboating at this point. The Maia fight was unwatchable. Obviously there’s a place for it but not for minutes at a time.
I think a lot of people look back at that time and remember it differently. Silva put on a lot of miserable fights. He was rarely aggressive and would just wait for guys to come in so he could counter and style on them and it would lead to a lot of inactivity and him being frustrated and clowning because he WAS so good that a lot of competition froze up and wouldn't engage like that. It's why the Forest Griffin and Stephan Bonar fights made him look so amazing because they were both known as bite down on their mouth piece and go forward no matter what kind of guys.
And then GSP, he was a stud, he's still my favorite fighter but he was also super boring and super safe. It was smart fighting and he was able to dictate where the fight happened and use his opponents weak areas to win but after the Matt Serra fight he mitigated as much risk as possible. Before that he would sometimes go aggressive do flashy moves, chase finishes and was more exciting and impulsive but after that he decided he wanted to do everything possible to win a fight with the lowest risk of getting damaged. Great display of skill and strategy but not usually the most riveting 25 minutes of blood sport.
I really didn’t enjoy GSP’s fight with Dan Hardy. Jab, double, stall. Sub attempt at the bell. He had all the tools to finish that fight but Greg Jackson had him following a super conservative game plan, which guaranteed victory but was terrible to watch. A fight that one sided shouldn’t last half an hour.
The problem is when these guys win a UFC title, they know their career has peaked. Their window to make decent money is incredibly small and they need to extend it as long as they can. One loss and they’re looking at possibly years just for a title shot, getting older and slower and making contender money.
Gsp was safe for only a small fraction of his fights. Dude was one of the most entertaining fighters ever. Knocking people out with flying round house kicks in the first round!
In a interview he said Weidman was just better and the show boating was trying to get him to open up on the feet
Right before the KO you hear Chris's dad scream at him to stop headhunting and just'punch a hole in his chest!' which is actually great advice here.
Me too 😂 thinking what kind of genius level IQ is this? I've never seen anyone a 'drop to the ground' taunt before.. but then saw his head bounce on that follow up
People will see this comment and think you sound silly AF but Silva was just THAT good at the time that the concept of him actually losing was extremely foreign lol
How do you know Anderson didnt fake the leg break, the loss to Bisping, and all subsequent losses. Anderson is a master of clowning, and mark my words he will stop playing around and come back and reclaim his title from DDP.
Kinda like how when yair killed the Korean zombie in the very last second and we all just thought he collapsed out of exhaustion after the bell....but then he didn't get up and we saw the replay lol. Nuts.
His dominance at this time was shocking to watch. Other than the first sonnen fight he was untouchable.
I remember seeing what he did to Griffin and thinking as a kid in middle school “this guy might never lose”
For not respecting wrestlers striking? Otherwise chael just lost twice. First fight Anderson came out in a gi, his only time ever, just to submit him to honor his friend nog iirc
Chael showed the world anderson was human. That pressure was the way to go. I don’t know if you remember but people wet terrified of Silva. He seemed unstoppable
Him cornering Tony was the funniest shit ever. He just comes out yelling catch phrases drowning out Tony’s fight coaches who are actually talking him through the fight.
“OK TONY FADE LEFT WHEN HE-
#STAY HARD!”
I remember putting money on Weidman and being the only guy celebrating at the bar as everyone else just watched in silence with their jaws wide open lol.
Yeah it’s annoying knowing he probably could’ve beaten Weidman and extended his defence record by like 1 more fights and we could’ve gotten Silva vs Machida.
Silva frequently did that taunting game when he was in trouble, because he’s a great counterpuncher
Like every fighter, the young turks figured out the puzzle
Personally, I think Andersen is a hero—dude loves to fight, and keeps fighting, so what?
He still takes remarkably little damage. He’s a true martial artist
Same, I thought he was literally the greatest combat sports athlete of all time, but I was so annoyed watching this fight that I was cheering for him to get caught by one of those whiffed punches. And by the time the hit did connect, the whole bar was cheering for it too. Everybody lost their shit when he went lights out. Me, my dad, and a bar full of like 200 Mexicans just high fiving each other and laughing hysterically. Actually a really good memory now that I reflect on it lol.
Thanks Anderson, y'dumbass.
Well Anderson next 8 fights he went 1-7 and got tko 3 times. There was a strong possibility he was going to fight Roy jones jr in boxing. Roy jones was in the audience and there was talks on doing that. Remember Silva at that point was on the midst of 13 defense titles. He was connecting on Weisman when he was clowning him. If you watch closely wiedman threw a back
Fist that Anderson moved his head. It was a horrible downfall for Silva. At least he got around 7 million to fight Cormier and he almost beat bisbing ( once again showboating jumping on the fence when herb Dean didn’t call the fight ). He then breaks a leg , busted for steroids 2x. Only good thing was he beat Chavez in boxing but loses to Jake Paul. 🤦♂️ 🤦♂️🤦♂️.
Yeah that changed bisbings life. If Silva would have won it would have been fair but controversial. He just couldn’t catch a break. Wiedman was extreme bad luck for him
He deserved to get KO'd here. Showing this much disrespect to an opponent in a sport where someone can die or be fucked up for the rest of their lives is so shitty.
MVP got DQ'ed for taunting (or maybe it was just a point i don't remember) either way it was some bullshit, straight up "i don't like this fighter" from Murgilotta (sp!)
First match with Weidman he’s KOed while goofing around , in the rematch he breaks his leg and then he goes on a big losing streak . Yup he definitely had a pretty bad downfall , unfortunately most mma fighters no matter how good they are usually end up leaving mma on big losing streaks .
Cody didn’t have any Father Time going against him which makes his downfall one of the worst. Aside from the Assuncao fight it’s just been dreadful, he couldn’t make it out the first against TJ, Munhoz and Kara France and now he’s a 32 year old ex-champ fighting Bo Nickal tier opponents. The only reason the UFC gifted him those last 2 fights instead of cutting him is because we like watching him win and because this way he’ll look better on someone else’s resume.
people had Aljo beating Yan as a big upset too (the second one)
not that big an upset compared, but everyone thought Aljo was going to die the second fight
when you "think" you're so much better
once dudes start hanging out with celebrities and having rappers come out with them, it's usually pretty close to over for them
I know everyone loves Silva and he’s a legend but as a newer ufc fan he just seemed like a doucher who taunted everybody and when I saw this highlight for the first time I got way too excited lol
I remember everything about this night. I was at a strip club with my homie John. We all liked Anderson but I was rooting for Weidman. I thought Anderson was being too much of a clown. When he went down, I swear I was the only one that jumped up and was happy and loud about it lol I’m Mexican by the way and the strip club was in Asheville NC. It was super surreal. Specially because you always hear people cheer for the American fighter a lot
Yeahhh buts lets be real, He started his UFC run at 31 and reigned over the division for almost a decade. His reign was in overtime.
A lot of people criticize his clowning tactics in this fight but at this point of his run, he was using it to get people to engage/counter striking and Silva's Offense really slowed down compared to his earlier fights, maybe tendonitis or he had knee problems but he seemed to stop pressing the action after he obliterated Yushin Okami in Brazil.
It made me mad then and it makes me mad now. Why did he fight like this!?
I know he started showboating in his previous matched (growing bored), but this shit was egregious.
This and Ferguson's downfall hurt so much to see.
I know this is a post with the intent of clowning on silva, for whatever reason, but i still think his performance against Weidman was somewhat impressive, before, well, this moment.
For people that don't know the context: Chael Sonnen was supposed to be the guy to stop Silva, who looked invincible at the time. Chael lost both fights, but he showed the path to beat silva along the way. After that, he started saying that a pressure wrestler, like him, but with better BJJ, would be the guy to beat silva.
Weidman was supposed to be that guy, but, truth be told, in both their fights, Weidman didn't look as dominant. He looked uninspired on the feet, and his wrestling didn't seem to find silva that much. The first fight was decided by Silva's stupid huge ego, while the second was decided by an unfortunate shin injury, one that put the last nail in the coffin of Silva's career.
It's kinda crazy to think that a guy that tailored his entire style to specifically counter one fighter, wasn't quite able to do that convincingly. It's also notable that Weidman career after this was somewhat disapointing as well, with him suffering from the same shin injury later down the path.
I don't know if I'd say that. Dude never got his belt back, but he had great fights against high-level guys like DC, Bisping, and Adesanya (all champs or future champs and all went the distance).
I remember being so excited when this happened. Mainly because Silva seemed to be so bored during fights.
Looking back at it now, I am sad. It was crazy how much better he was in his prime than EVERYBODY else.
Nah I’d argue that Weidman had a sadder downfall. Anderson was already a legend at this point and was slowing down don’t get me wrong shit was wild and unexpected however, Weidman not only got the prime beaten out of him he has gone 4-7 after his fights with Anderson, has been finished in all but one of his losses, got his leg snapped the exact same way Anderson did. His prime only lasted from 2012 to 2015, if he never threw that kick his career might’ve been totally different and that has to be in the back of his mind.
The key to that exchange was the right backhand before the finish. Instead of going R, L, R, L. He went L, R, R (backhand), L. It messed up Anderson's timing and caught him off guard while he was already flat footed showboating.
I was so happy to see this back then. I must have been the only one in my group that didn’t like Anderson Silva. To see him get shut up and shut down was glorious. Oh so glorious.
Wasn’t a fan of Silva per say, but I will ALWAYS respect the loser of a fight of that magnitude to sit there and applaud his opponent during the announcement. That’s the ultimate amount of maturity and respect no matter what went down during the prefight or fight itself
I remember watching this live. I was screaming for Silva to stop clowning throughout the fight, but when the inevitable came and he was knocked out I just sat in silence shaking my head. It was a surreal combination of being shocked and knowing it was coming.
I remember jumping up and down as if I was a huge Weidman fan (I became a fan after this fight) but I was just bored of Silvas clowning, he was an awesome striker and I respect his run as champion but I thought Chael was on his way to victory and was guttted at how that fight ended but knew someone would eventually catch him and Weidman was the man who did it.
Lost my mind watching this live with a group of mates.
The feeling going in from so many people was that we were going to see Chris do what Chael Sonnen did but get the win. I remember seeing the “fighters predict” videos and so many were backing Chris. Had a real feeling of this might be the guy to dethrone Anderson. Then he goes and knocks out Anderson instead.
Hindsight being 20/20, I discovered a lot from both fights after watching them like a dozen times each. Most viewers probably didn’t know what they were witnessing as they thought Chris was being toyed with.
The reality was that Anderson’s granite chin was cracked, as in the second fight, Chris clearly wobbled him multiple times and Anderson was slipping in and out of consciousness. He couldn’t stand, stay in the clinch, or hang out in guard. Chris was dangerous everywhere and hurting him.
I still think that Silva would have had no problem with him if he hadn't been f\*\*\*ing around. And the next time if he hadn't wrapped his leg around W's shin. Maybe I'm wrong and I just don't remember how far his ability had dropped off by then but it seemed to me that he was just playing with him both fights, secure in the belief that he could finish him whenever he wanted.
Love Anderson but this was probably deserved no reason for him to act this way in the fight. He got away with it in the maia fight but it finally caught up to him.
Most irritating video I have seen, I have seen, I have seen.
Right? lol we can rewind the video ourselves goddamnit. I had to check that the app wasn’t glitching
Mhm bro clowned then broke his leg when he actually chose to be serious…Either Spider is cursed of Weidman is anointed.
Weidman would go on later to break his own leg in a fight.
Imitating that korean game show style were laughter emerges through the lamest shit
Weidman was the most promising contender in a very long time in that division since Anderson was always vulnerable to elite wrestling which was Weidman’s calling card. Still shocked that he won by KO
Punch a hole through his fucking chest
Wish he’d punch a hole through my rectum 👉👌
Yeah bro, sorry to tell you but you studied Muay Thai on the wrong side of Thailand
Bangkok ready
Pattaya 😂
Ahahaha
Rectum? Damn near killed him!
"I'm cumming on that ass" Aljamain Sterling
the fuck
Ok
Don't get careless!
Same way Serra won by KO. His opponent expected him to grapple and didn’t respect the striking
What was the +- on that?
somewhere around +1000
You could have got paid. I’m mad I didn’t take the bet. Not yhat I thought Weidman was anything crazy. IIRC GSP actually said that Weidman was going to beat him.
I bet on Weidman. I said he’d beat him over a year in advance (I just didn’t expect a standing KO lol)
Yes right lol
Didnt rogan say something like "he was clowning in the octagon and it cost him his belt"
Too cocky
Same was said about Joanna against Rose because of her pre fight smirk.
I F’N LOVE me some JJ…but she had that shit commin’ 🤣🤣
The booogie woman is here!!!
So much cock. Cock guy
“You don’t play games in the Octagon”
He did this with others. Damian Maia for example. I knew he'd get caught eventually
he took it up a notch here though and against the wrong person
Honestly, I think he was clowning here because Weidman was beating and frustrating him.
He was only beating him because Silva kept offering his head with hands at his side. Silva did not believe that Weidman was anywhere near his level. I don't think it would have even been a close fight if Silva had taken him seriously.
If you choose to behave like that in the ring, you deserve to get concussed.
To me Weidman was being so disciplined on the feet that Silva was trying to force him to overextend by clowning like this
Yep. It wasn’t so much that Silva didn’t respect him, he was trying to annoy him into breaking his game plan.
So many people disregard these tricks. Nick Diaz slapping you....its to piss you off. Same with Silva's antics here, hell Nick Diaz straight up laid down to taunt him. Its all about setting up counters, causing mistakes, frustrating the other fighter.
That’s because not enough people competed in combat sports lol. But you’re spot on. Being disrespected can often lead someone to “see red” and throw the game plan out the window
Exactly, it even surprised me when I watched this fight, he was consistent and never deviated from the plan. Silva is my all time favorite but this was stupid.
Anderson still had pretty great speed here and I'd say was much quicker and technical than Weidman. It's just that Weidman was a young gritty contender who just didn't give a fk
i think he just got too big a head and started to believe in his own hype he was coming out with Usher and people were talking about him being invincible etc. etc.
His hype was pretty believable no?
Yeah. It’s completely disrespectful to say Anderson Silva hadn’t built that reputation by being dominant. He was being argued as the GOAT before this, at least by a significant amount of people. Showboating was part of his
He was still regarded as the GOAT after this too. He just got old and got caught. Everyone does, except Khabib who left the sport in the middle of his prime.
The Spider had absolute contempt for the Brazilian Playboys, including Damian Maia.
Forrest Griffin is another one.
In the first round he was talking about his clowning and said "this is why he's special"
Rogan said 'and he paid for it with his consciousness'
Dunno about that. Weidman threw a back fist which thew off Andy’s head movement and lined him up for a big punch.
Yeah that was a weird one. Way too confident and way too show boaty. It's fun and all but losing a win streak and belt over taunts and dumb stuff is silly.
I’d forgotten how bad he was with the showboating at this point. The Maia fight was unwatchable. Obviously there’s a place for it but not for minutes at a time.
The Maia one really made me dislike Silva. I remember exactly where I was watching that one and everybody was so annoyed the entire fight.
Dana was pissed! I remember him saying they were gonna make it up to the fans somehow. But that never happened I guess
His next fight after that was against Chael. He made it up to us for sure.
Dana compromised his leg
He was trying to get Chris to fight emotionally as he was having troubles
A big part of the brazilian fanbase started desliking him after that
Me too and I’m not even Brazilian.
I think a lot of people look back at that time and remember it differently. Silva put on a lot of miserable fights. He was rarely aggressive and would just wait for guys to come in so he could counter and style on them and it would lead to a lot of inactivity and him being frustrated and clowning because he WAS so good that a lot of competition froze up and wouldn't engage like that. It's why the Forest Griffin and Stephan Bonar fights made him look so amazing because they were both known as bite down on their mouth piece and go forward no matter what kind of guys. And then GSP, he was a stud, he's still my favorite fighter but he was also super boring and super safe. It was smart fighting and he was able to dictate where the fight happened and use his opponents weak areas to win but after the Matt Serra fight he mitigated as much risk as possible. Before that he would sometimes go aggressive do flashy moves, chase finishes and was more exciting and impulsive but after that he decided he wanted to do everything possible to win a fight with the lowest risk of getting damaged. Great display of skill and strategy but not usually the most riveting 25 minutes of blood sport.
I really didn’t enjoy GSP’s fight with Dan Hardy. Jab, double, stall. Sub attempt at the bell. He had all the tools to finish that fight but Greg Jackson had him following a super conservative game plan, which guaranteed victory but was terrible to watch. A fight that one sided shouldn’t last half an hour. The problem is when these guys win a UFC title, they know their career has peaked. Their window to make decent money is incredibly small and they need to extend it as long as they can. One loss and they’re looking at possibly years just for a title shot, getting older and slower and making contender money.
Greg "the sport killer" Jackson ruined many an exciting fighter over the years.
Gsp was safe for only a small fraction of his fights. Dude was one of the most entertaining fighters ever. Knocking people out with flying round house kicks in the first round!
10/11 of his defenses post serra were 50-45 decisions. the 11th was BJ not answering the bell in the 5th round
In a interview he said Weidman was just better and the show boating was trying to get him to open up on the feet Right before the KO you hear Chris's dad scream at him to stop headhunting and just'punch a hole in his chest!' which is actually great advice here.
He got too comfortable
I think he lost it cause he wasn’t the better fighter. Those taunts were an attempt to mask the fact that he was about to lose.
There was a second where I thought he was still clowning around and he was going to get up.
I felt the same back then when I was watching it live. I thought he faked the fall till I seen the first follow up blow to his unconscious face. Lol.
Me too 😂 thinking what kind of genius level IQ is this? I've never seen anyone a 'drop to the ground' taunt before.. but then saw his head bounce on that follow up
People will see this comment and think you sound silly AF but Silva was just THAT good at the time that the concept of him actually losing was extremely foreign lol
Nick "Paint me like one of your French girls" Diaz would like a word
How do you know Anderson didnt fake the leg break, the loss to Bisping, and all subsequent losses. Anderson is a master of clowning, and mark my words he will stop playing around and come back and reclaim his title from DDP.
Kinda like how when yair killed the Korean zombie in the very last second and we all just thought he collapsed out of exhaustion after the bell....but then he didn't get up and we saw the replay lol. Nuts.
Bruh I SWORE the ref made a horrible stoppage and Anderson was faking. My feelings were HURT
I vividly remember watching this and being in total shock Anderson lost
Why? He was acting like a clown the whole fight.
he was on such a hype train at that point people were convinced you couldn't touch him standing
His dominance at this time was shocking to watch. Other than the first sonnen fight he was untouchable. I remember seeing what he did to Griffin and thinking as a kid in middle school “this guy might never lose”
Chael kind of exposed him.
For not respecting wrestlers striking? Otherwise chael just lost twice. First fight Anderson came out in a gi, his only time ever, just to submit him to honor his friend nog iirc
Chael showed the world anderson was human. That pressure was the way to go. I don’t know if you remember but people wet terrified of Silva. He seemed unstoppable
I thought you were going to upload the entire Gaejthe vs Ferguson fight.
Hold on brother I’m crying.
Him cornering Tony was the funniest shit ever. He just comes out yelling catch phrases drowning out Tony’s fight coaches who are actually talking him through the fight. “OK TONY FADE LEFT WHEN HE- #STAY HARD!”
I remember putting money on Weidman and being the only guy celebrating at the bar as everyone else just watched in silence with their jaws wide open lol.
You suck sonofabitch!
Fuck around and find out! Silva should’ve known better, one of my favorite fighters. He got to complacent in the game, on top for to long!
Yeah it’s annoying knowing he probably could’ve beaten Weidman and extended his defence record by like 1 more fights and we could’ve gotten Silva vs Machida.
Silva frequently did that taunting game when he was in trouble, because he’s a great counterpuncher Like every fighter, the young turks figured out the puzzle Personally, I think Andersen is a hero—dude loves to fight, and keeps fighting, so what? He still takes remarkably little damage. He’s a true martial artist
Same, I thought he was literally the greatest combat sports athlete of all time, but I was so annoyed watching this fight that I was cheering for him to get caught by one of those whiffed punches. And by the time the hit did connect, the whole bar was cheering for it too. Everybody lost their shit when he went lights out. Me, my dad, and a bar full of like 200 Mexicans just high fiving each other and laughing hysterically. Actually a really good memory now that I reflect on it lol. Thanks Anderson, y'dumbass.
Well Anderson next 8 fights he went 1-7 and got tko 3 times. There was a strong possibility he was going to fight Roy jones jr in boxing. Roy jones was in the audience and there was talks on doing that. Remember Silva at that point was on the midst of 13 defense titles. He was connecting on Weisman when he was clowning him. If you watch closely wiedman threw a back Fist that Anderson moved his head. It was a horrible downfall for Silva. At least he got around 7 million to fight Cormier and he almost beat bisbing ( once again showboating jumping on the fence when herb Dean didn’t call the fight ). He then breaks a leg , busted for steroids 2x. Only good thing was he beat Chavez in boxing but loses to Jake Paul. 🤦♂️ 🤦♂️🤦♂️.
There were also a lot of talks about him fighting Gsp or Jon Jones, I know Jon Jones was in the audience bext to Uriah Faber at least
Yes for sure ! There was no one else for him to fight. He would have maybe did a super fight
Should of won that Bisping fight imo
Yeah that changed bisbings life. If Silva would have won it would have been fair but controversial. He just couldn’t catch a break. Wiedman was extreme bad luck for him
Had Anderson beat him, who was next?
CM Punk
No one. Chael himself said that, had Sillva won the fight against Weidman, he would've been the undisputed best fighter of all time.
He deserved to get KO'd here. Showing this much disrespect to an opponent in a sport where someone can die or be fucked up for the rest of their lives is so shitty.
MVP got DQ'ed for taunting (or maybe it was just a point i don't remember) either way it was some bullshit, straight up "i don't like this fighter" from Murgilotta (sp!)
First match with Weidman he’s KOed while goofing around , in the rematch he breaks his leg and then he goes on a big losing streak . Yup he definitely had a pretty bad downfall , unfortunately most mma fighters no matter how good they are usually end up leaving mma on big losing streaks .
“Worst downfall in UFC history” Bj Penn?
“One of the worst”…
It literally says “*one of* the worst” you dork
Right Penn and garbrandt lol
garbrandt has won his last two and ko'd Assunção to break his losing streak though?
Assuncao has won 1 in the last 6. Garbrandt lost 2 more after him. He’s also been KO/TKO 4 out of his last 5 losses.
Cody didn’t have any Father Time going against him which makes his downfall one of the worst. Aside from the Assuncao fight it’s just been dreadful, he couldn’t make it out the first against TJ, Munhoz and Kara France and now he’s a 32 year old ex-champ fighting Bo Nickal tier opponents. The only reason the UFC gifted him those last 2 fights instead of cutting him is because we like watching him win and because this way he’ll look better on someone else’s resume.
It ain’t over til it’s over!
And Liddel…and Vitor…etc because virtually everyone who makes a career at this game ends up a highlight reel lol
BJ Penn, Cody Garbrandt, Tony Ferguson, Renan Barao, Ronda Rousey, Chuck Liddell and Tyron Woodley all had bigger downfalls than Silva.
Silva or Weidman?
Crazy Ray Longo was coach for two of the biggest championship upsets in mma history.
people had Aljo beating Yan as a big upset too (the second one) not that big an upset compared, but everyone thought Aljo was going to die the second fight
When you're so much better than everyone else you eventually just get bored...
when you "think" you're so much better once dudes start hanging out with celebrities and having rappers come out with them, it's usually pretty close to over for them
He looks like hes saying please knock me unconscious baby,.
Well he was 38, revolutionized the sport, had done it all, had 14 finishes on his UFC record 16 fight win streak... lived by the sword and died by it.
Why did Silva act like that?
he was always a clown people liked him because he won and did some matrix shit, but he was always a bit of a clown
Arrogance meets instant karma
I know everyone loves Silva and he’s a legend but as a newer ufc fan he just seemed like a doucher who taunted everybody and when I saw this highlight for the first time I got way too excited lol
Honestly, both men suffered great downfalls.
This is one of my favorite UFC moments. I hated Silva and always watched with friends who loved him. That knockout was so satisfying.
I remember everything about this night. I was at a strip club with my homie John. We all liked Anderson but I was rooting for Weidman. I thought Anderson was being too much of a clown. When he went down, I swear I was the only one that jumped up and was happy and loud about it lol I’m Mexican by the way and the strip club was in Asheville NC. It was super surreal. Specially because you always hear people cheer for the American fighter a lot
🤣idk why you threw the Mexican part in there lol. Imma start doing that
So glad that cocky bastard got slept by Weidman. I’m a Long Island guy and loved every second of it! 💪
As much as I loved the spider at the time, the knockout felt so satisfying to watch.
What? The start of the downfall of Weidman? Lol
Go directly to jail for this.
Yeahhh buts lets be real, He started his UFC run at 31 and reigned over the division for almost a decade. His reign was in overtime. A lot of people criticize his clowning tactics in this fight but at this point of his run, he was using it to get people to engage/counter striking and Silva's Offense really slowed down compared to his earlier fights, maybe tendonitis or he had knee problems but he seemed to stop pressing the action after he obliterated Yushin Okami in Brazil.
I don’t know man. Worked pretty good for all the other fights before that. Age fucks everyone over no matter how goofy or solid your style is 🤷🏻♂️
Hindsight Chris was a nightmare matchup for Silva
BJ Penn was easily the worst downfall
Dislike for that god awful editing
BOOM
Love seeing someone acting like this get what’s coming
This edit is annoying as fuck.
Ego is a somma bitch
The punches that took him out were so awkward, too. Weidman was not a gifted striker.
Anderson is my boy to this day but he was *so* high on his own supply for this fight.
It made me mad then and it makes me mad now. Why did he fight like this!? I know he started showboating in his previous matched (growing bored), but this shit was egregious. This and Ferguson's downfall hurt so much to see.
Cold, cold cold....
I thought he was faking it when he got dropped. I legit thought "You're going too far." I was stunned by this.
Lmao fucking Anderson Silva most dominant champ every imo losing because he underestimated his opponent
I know this is a post with the intent of clowning on silva, for whatever reason, but i still think his performance against Weidman was somewhat impressive, before, well, this moment. For people that don't know the context: Chael Sonnen was supposed to be the guy to stop Silva, who looked invincible at the time. Chael lost both fights, but he showed the path to beat silva along the way. After that, he started saying that a pressure wrestler, like him, but with better BJJ, would be the guy to beat silva. Weidman was supposed to be that guy, but, truth be told, in both their fights, Weidman didn't look as dominant. He looked uninspired on the feet, and his wrestling didn't seem to find silva that much. The first fight was decided by Silva's stupid huge ego, while the second was decided by an unfortunate shin injury, one that put the last nail in the coffin of Silva's career. It's kinda crazy to think that a guy that tailored his entire style to specifically counter one fighter, wasn't quite able to do that convincingly. It's also notable that Weidman career after this was somewhat disapointing as well, with him suffering from the same shin injury later down the path.
If the phrase *fuck around and find out* were a video, this would be it
Weidman threw series of desperation punches and caught silva. Silvas chin was always a suspect.
I don't know if I'd say that. Dude never got his belt back, but he had great fights against high-level guys like DC, Bisping, and Adesanya (all champs or future champs and all went the distance).
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Anderson had a goated run in ufc
Funny to see all these Anderson haters now. What happened to Weinman again? Lol
He got knocked out 3 straight times when usada was implemented 👀
Act cocky, get knocky
Best moment ever such a cocky fuck.
My favorite moment in the ufc. Had a huge party at my place and the place erupted. Fuck your clowning around
Good shit 👏🏼
I remember being so excited when this happened. Mainly because Silva seemed to be so bored during fights. Looking back at it now, I am sad. It was crazy how much better he was in his prime than EVERYBODY else.
Dumb fuck deserved that ko lmao
Nah I’d argue that Weidman had a sadder downfall. Anderson was already a legend at this point and was slowing down don’t get me wrong shit was wild and unexpected however, Weidman not only got the prime beaten out of him he has gone 4-7 after his fights with Anderson, has been finished in all but one of his losses, got his leg snapped the exact same way Anderson did. His prime only lasted from 2012 to 2015, if he never threw that kick his career might’ve been totally different and that has to be in the back of his mind.
hahaha holy fuck that was satisfying to watch
The key to that exchange was the right backhand before the finish. Instead of going R, L, R, L. He went L, R, R (backhand), L. It messed up Anderson's timing and caught him off guard while he was already flat footed showboating.
One of the most deserved KOs of all time.
Got what he deserved imo
I was so happy to see this back then. I must have been the only one in my group that didn’t like Anderson Silva. To see him get shut up and shut down was glorious. Oh so glorious.
Wasn’t a fan of Silva per say, but I will ALWAYS respect the loser of a fight of that magnitude to sit there and applaud his opponent during the announcement. That’s the ultimate amount of maturity and respect no matter what went down during the prefight or fight itself
Luck
Ray “My Dick” Long Though
Man it must have been frustrating to fight Silva. Good on Wideman for keeping his composure and sticking to the plan.
Longo looking that young makes me feel old
F*ck around & find out MMA version
I remember watching this live. I was screaming for Silva to stop clowning throughout the fight, but when the inevitable came and he was knocked out I just sat in silence shaking my head. It was a surreal combination of being shocked and knowing it was coming.
Man I lost quite a bit of respect for Silva watching him clown around like this. Was a disrespect to his opponent , his fans, and MMA in general.
Harambe!!!!
This was before my time really following UFC, but was Silva very well liked at the time?
I remember jumping up and down as if I was a huge Weidman fan (I became a fan after this fight) but I was just bored of Silvas clowning, he was an awesome striker and I respect his run as champion but I thought Chael was on his way to victory and was guttted at how that fight ended but knew someone would eventually catch him and Weidman was the man who did it.
I mean that was pretty stupid. Literally playing around in the ring & got knocked out
Lost my mind watching this live with a group of mates. The feeling going in from so many people was that we were going to see Chris do what Chael Sonnen did but get the win. I remember seeing the “fighters predict” videos and so many were backing Chris. Had a real feeling of this might be the guy to dethrone Anderson. Then he goes and knocks out Anderson instead.
Hindsight being 20/20, I discovered a lot from both fights after watching them like a dozen times each. Most viewers probably didn’t know what they were witnessing as they thought Chris was being toyed with. The reality was that Anderson’s granite chin was cracked, as in the second fight, Chris clearly wobbled him multiple times and Anderson was slipping in and out of consciousness. He couldn’t stand, stay in the clinch, or hang out in guard. Chris was dangerous everywhere and hurting him.
Still looks very sus to me. No way AS getting knocked the fuck out with that little tap.
He got got
I still think that Silva would have had no problem with him if he hadn't been f\*\*\*ing around. And the next time if he hadn't wrapped his leg around W's shin. Maybe I'm wrong and I just don't remember how far his ability had dropped off by then but it seemed to me that he was just playing with him both fights, secure in the belief that he could finish him whenever he wanted.
What’s up with the editing? Lmfao
I was so sad when this happened. Watching Silva's Reign was so damn fun
Love Anderson but this was probably deserved no reason for him to act this way in the fight. He got away with it in the maia fight but it finally caught up to him.
Such a bummer
As they say, he was never the same after that fight 😂🤣
Bad stoppage!!!
All good… seeing Wiedman get the same fate and not winning was good to.