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The Spider to Weave His Web Elsewhere

July 29, 2009

Because he-who-must-no-longer-be-named hogged the MMA world's attention towards it like black hole, this piece of news went by unnoticed. Might be of interest to some.

While the MMA world trains all it's senses on to He-Who-Must-No-Longer-Be-Named and the UFC deal, elsewhere a storm [equally astounding in its implications] is brewing. While it's too early to mourn, we might as well prepare ourselves for this unfortunate inevitability. Thank you Anderson Silva, one of [just so we allay debates] the best pound for pound fighters in the world.

echoed from: http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2009/07/29/anderson-silva-has-signed-to-box-roy-jones-jr/

I guess he'll wreak havoc elsewhere before he Brian Grant in boredom in the MW division. What will happen to the MW division? Can anybody in the present roster fill the void Silva will leave behind? Implications anyone?

As always, feel free to chip in or ignore if you will. Carry on ;)

15 Comments (Showing 1-6 of 15)

  • Photo of MBoo MBoo
    MBoo
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    Afraidor on the feet; Lesnar on the ground... where's it most likely to end up? Quebec for Lesnar
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    Posted 3 months ago by MBoo

    Mousasi won't come to the UFC. He's another M-1 Global fighter.

  • Photo of T_Mac T_Mac
    T_Mac
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    Davenport, NY
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    Shannon Brown for the Dunk Contest!
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    Posted 3 months ago by T_Mac

    Silva will most likely retire in 2010. By that time there could be an up and coming phenom to take his place. Lets hope and pray for that. =]

  • Photo of Gump420 Gump420
    Gump420
    Male, 24
    Valley Center, CA
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    "probably cuz he jealous, cuz t!tties got t!tties, and he aint got no t!tties" - Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
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    Posted 4 months ago by Gump420

    and ya gotta remember, Vitor is coming and hopefully Gerard Mousasi at some point, we can all hope.

  • Photo of Gump420 Gump420
    Gump420
    Male, 24
    Valley Center, CA
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    "probably cuz he jealous, cuz t!tties got t!tties, and he aint got no t!tties" - Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
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    Posted 4 months ago by Gump420

    I think the MW division will be fine. I've known for some time that Anderson has wanted to fight Roy Jones Jr. and I personally think its great. I'm just a little upset its more at the downside of Jones' career...woulda been nice to see him fight Silva in his glorious KO days.

  • Photo of bayofpigs bayofpigs
    bayofpigs
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    Quezon City, PH
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    it's a slaughter
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    Posted 4 months ago by bayofpigs

    as long as bj and lyoto stays, i'm sorted. too bad for some, i guess?

  • Photo of ton8e1 ton8e1
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    Posted 4 months ago by ton8e1

    wow, i didn't know about this... it seems a bit odd to me. is this going to be a trend? mma fighters being matched up against boxers? why is there such a desire for these fights to happen? are they trying to get the boxing fans who aren't interested in mma, to convert? i like boxing, but imo mma is far more exciting. if these match ups happen, i'd rather see the boxers convert to mma, instead of the mma fighters revert back to a one dementional sport... i hope silva pulls it off and wins, that would be awesome to witness!!

 
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