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A Tale of Two UFC Middleweights...
It is going to be the greatest MMA bout in the young history of Mixed Martial Arts.
UFC 82: Pride of a Champion is on tomorrow and for me, the 2008 MMA season starts. The headlining match is between current UFC Middleweight Champion, Anderson Silva and current Pride FC Middleweight Champion, Dan Henderson.
UFC 64: Middleweight title fight - Anderson Silva vs. Rich Franklin
Anderson Silva vs. Franklin II
Henderson has lost to both of the Nogueira brothers this way in the past and s...
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My Sportsman: Anderson Silva
Original at SI.com
• Fri, Oct 30
will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Dec. 1. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer. For more essays, click here. You love mixed martial arts. No, you hate mixed martial arts. It's the hottest, rawest, awesomest sport going, a video game come to life, the main c...
Live-chat: Vancouver UFC fighter Denis Kang answers your questions from 6 p.m.
Original at vancouversun.com
• Thu, Oct 29
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Soares: Silva-Belfort Up to Doctor, ‘Shogun’ Can Beat Machida
Original at Sherdog.com
• Mon, Oct 19
A proposed middleweight championship bout between titleholder Anderson Silva and Vitor Belfort at UFC 108 on Jan. 2 in Las Vegas has yet to be cemented as Silva recovers from recent elbow surgery.
Ups and downs
Original at Sportsnet.ca
• Wed, Oct 14
It looks like the Anderson Silva - Vitor Belfort title fight at UFC 108 is in jeopardy after doctors noticed more damage when he underwent arthroscopic surgery on his elbow on Monday.
UFC 108 deal not done, Silva says
Original at nationalpost.com
• Wed, Oct 14
Despite UFC president Dana White announcing last month that it was a done deal, Anderson Silva and manager Ed Soares say nothing is official regarding a title defence versus Vitor Belfort at UFC 108
Who should Forrest Griffin fight at UFC 108?
Original at SI.com
• Wed, Oct 7
Forrest Griffin re-emerged in the media last week for the first time since his demoralizing UFC 101 loss to Anderson Silva.
Wanderlei: Anderson Would ‘Destroy’ Belfort
Original at Sherdog.com
• Wed, Sep 30
Wanderlei Silva has fought Vitor Belfort and trained with Anderson Silva . Should Anderson and Belfort meet in the next UFC middleweight title fight, Wanderlei has no doubt about the result.
Silva-Belfort expected at UFC 108
Original at SI.com
• Mon, Sep 28
Anderson Silva is expected to defend his middleweight title for a sixth time when he faces Vitor Belfort at the yet-unannounced UFC 108 on Jan. 2 in Las Vegas.
UFC 103: Things I Learned Last Night
Original at MMA Ratings
• Sun, Sep 20
By E. Spencer Kyte(spencerkyte@hotmail.com) By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) 1. SOMETHING LIKE A PHENOM-ENON I have no problem admitting I was dead wrong about Vitor Belfort. While the trouble he had making the 195 pound catchweight limit still worries me, there are no questions remaining about what Vitor Belfort ha...
Rich Franklin: The Under-Appreciated Superstar
Original at MMA Ratings
• Fri, Sep 18
By E. Spencer Kyte(spencerkyte@hotmail.com) By E. Spencer Kyte (espencerkyte@mmaratings.net) How can a fighter with a professional record of 27-4 who has headlined three fight cards in the last eight months and is a former middleweight champion be under-appreciated? By being Rich Franklin. One of the early faces of the UFC, the form...
Anderson Talks Wanderlei, Future at 205
Original at Sherdog.com
• Thu, Aug 27
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10 Things I Learned Last Night from UFC 101
Original at MMA Ratings
• Sun, Aug 9
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Franklin-Silva: The Axe Murderer vs Ace
Original at Bleacher Report
• Thu, Jun 4
CA The winner of this fight will probably face the winner of the fight between middleweight champion Anderson Silva and the winner of Michael Bisbing vs. Dan Henderson. On Jun. 13, the middleweight title picture will be clearer and one fighter, ...
Anderson Silva Is Rich Franklin's Friend, Wanderlei Silva's Enemy
Original at The FanHouse - AOL
• Wed, Jun 3
A few years ago, Anderson Silva was a friend and training partner of Wanderlei Silva, and the chief rival of Rich Franklin. But when I asked both Franklin and Wanderlei on Tuesday what they think of Anderson now, it was clear that those roles have ...
Chuck Liddell sings with Brad Penny. Badly.
Original at Yahoo! Sports
• Tue, May 12
By Maggie Hendricks Chuck Liddell has never had a hard time cutting loose after a fight. From partying with Anderson Silva to ahem, courting two ladies at once, Liddell is quite comfortable in the role as the life of the party. ...
Couture's Replacement Revealed, UFC 102 Fighter Talks Silva Title Shot
Original at Impact Wrestling
• Fri, May 1
It'sa great fight for me, a great test and a match that will help build me. He'sa real well-rounded fighter, good at everything. A really aggressive fighter. I believe the winner of this match will become a candidate for Anderson (Silva). ...
DVD REVIEW: UFC 88, 89 and 90
Original at Cinematic Happenings Under Development
• Mon, Mar 9
NY He taunted Bisping most of the match and lost by decision to the fan favorite. UFC 90: Silva vs. Cote - the name says it all. While neither UFC 88 nor UFC 89 matched up to the spectacle of UFC 87, Anderson Silva promised to bring the noise for UFC 90. ... For the Love of Chuck Liddell Bleacher Report
Opinion: MMA by the Numbers More Statistics on MMA Finishes | Fight Ticker
Original at Fight Ticker
• Sun, Feb 8
By Fight Ticker The latest issue of FIGHT Magazinewith Anderson Silva on the cover has more good data on MMA finishes. On page 79 FIGHT does a statistical year in a review for 2008 One statistic the magazine calculated was the ...
UFC 94 fallout -- What's next for Penn and St. Pierre
Original at The Swamp
• Wed, Feb 4
By Mark Chalifoux Outside of the controversy surrounding the main event, UFC 94 was a solid card. Really, with a main event like that (on paper), it’s hard to find fault with the rest of the card. I expected more out of Nate... Outside of the controversy surrounding the main event, UFC 94 was a solid card. Really, wit...
GSP and BJ Penn: Post-Fight Review
Original at Bleacher Report
• Sun, Feb 1
By spinal manu In short, BJ is the only man who could march up an entire weight category and not be eaten alive by GSP within one round. He is an excellent mixed martial artist whose skill made him so bored at lightweight that he actually had to look up to another weight class where perhaps MMA's pound-for-po...
UFC 93 review
Original at MMAMemories.com
• Tue, Jan 20
By Dave Sholler With the loss to Henderson, Franklin continues his “almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades” campaign. Given the fact that he’s been beaten twice by middleweight champion Anderson Silva, Franklin is unlikely to return to the 185-pound division. Add his light heavyweight los...
MMA Top Five Pound-for-Pound Rankings
Original at Bleacher Report
• Sun, Jan 18
By joshua khan Everywhere across the MMA world you will find the pound for pound rankings who have many fighters, most of them having Anderson Silva and Fedor Emelianenko topping the charts, but I’m here to bring you my p4p rankings and ill put a detailed explanation for each fighter and ranking.
UFC 93 Thoughts And Commentary
Original at MMAFrenzy.com
• Sun, Jan 18
By Eric Shapiro I don’t mean to say that Michael Bisping isn’t that good, but…. There is just no real nice way of saying that Dan Henderson should tear through Bisping with mild to moderate effort. But I guess that’s the road one must travel to get back to Anderson Silva.
Opinion: UFC 93 Winners And Losers
Original at Bloody Elbow
• Sun, Jan 18
By Jerret Anderson Dan Henderson: This was Henderson's first win over a name opponent in the UFC since the Pride merger. This sets him up for a match with Michael Bisping and The Ultimate Fighter reality show will give him the chance to become more well known with more casual UFC fans. With that exposure and a win...
2008 Inside Fights MMA Awards
Original at Inside Fights
• Sun, Jan 4
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By Jeremy Botter 1. Georges St. Pierre 2. Brock Lesnar 3. Anderson Silva Anderson Silva gets third place after a year in which he defeated top challenger Dan Henderson and James Irvin. He also beat Patrick Cote, but that was due to a fluke injury sustained by Cote.
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Original at Bleacher Report
• Fri, Jan 2
By Rear Naked Knock-Out of the Year Rampage/Silva: UFC 92 Fighter of the Year Rashad Evans Shinya Aoki Frank Mir Gegard Mousasi Thiago Alves Winner: Silva vs Anyone Most Exciting Fighter Anderson Silva Eddie Alvarez Brock Lesnar Shinya Aoki Urijah Faber Miguel Torres Winner: Anderson Silva
The Half-Guarded Truth: "The Ultimate Preview, 2008"
Original at combat-hooligans.com
• Sat, Dec 27
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Original at Figure Four Weekly Online
• Fri, Dec 26
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Original at Bleacher Report
• Thu, Dec 18
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Opinion: Impatience does in 'The Next Anderson Silva'
Original at Yahoo! Sports
• Sat, Dec 13
By Steve Cofield Phillipe Nover may be the future of the 155 division in the UFC. Afterall, he's the guy that UFC president Dana White called "the next Anderson Silva" and reminded him of Georges St. Pierre. But on this night he just looked like another overly aggressive striker who couldn't defend the takedo...
News and notes from UFC Fight for the Troops [MMA Insider]
Original at baltimoresun.com sports blogs
• Sat, Dec 13
Rich Franklin is officially staying at light heavyweight. B.J. Penn will not be allowed to move up to middleweight, even if he beats Georges St. Pierre. GSP will be fighting Thiago Alves (if GSP beats Penn) before getting a chance at a superfight with Anderson Silva.
Podcast: vol 182 - The Lights Out Show
Original at TPSRadio.net
• Wed, Dec 10
By The Lights Out Show A Meeting of MMA Minds: M-1’s Vadim Finkelchtein, Fedor Emelianenko and Dana White Silva turns his back on America! UFC thins the herd - another fighter released Rich Franklin may not be through with middleweight after all Dan Henderson feels Brock Lesnar “Demeans” the UFC belt
Podcast: vol 181 - The Lights Out Show
Original at TPSRadio.net
• Mon, Dec 8
By The Lights Out Show WEC 37 results, salaries and bonuses Randy Couture vs Chuck Liddell: Unlikely to happen in German, if ever at all Anderson Silva wants to start 2009 off with a bang UFC’s Diego Sanchez gets cut! UFC Fight for The Troops preview
Podcast: vol 177 - The Lights Out Show
Original at TPSRadio.net
• Wed, Nov 26
By The Lights Out Show It’s Official, Dana White has lost it, thinks he’s God Dan Henderson or Rich Franklin as the USA coach in the next TUF has already been settled Rumor Mill: Chuck Liddell’s next opponent not Anderson Silva, and not even at light heavyweight!
UFC's 10 Most Anticipated Rematches!!!
Original at Bleacher Report
• Sat, Nov 22
By Sean Schimling One of the few to beat Anderson Silva, Yushin Okami has racked up a pretty impressive UFC record of 7-1, with his only loss coming from Rich Franklin. Although I don't think Okami was actually beating Silva, he does deserve his rematch, and people want to see it.
Randy Couture: The Hero a Sport Needs
Original at Bleacher Report
• Fri, Nov 7
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Podcast: Silva's hand out was insulting
Original at Yahoo! Sports
• Mon, Nov 3
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(Brief) Reflections on The Ultimate Fighter (and UFC 90) Week 7
Original at http
• Wed, Oct 29
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Opinion: White does not believe Silva was clowning around
Original at Yahoo! Sports
• Sun, Oct 26
By Steve Cofield You'd think that the MMA media paid $500 for their ringside seats by the way they went after UFC president Dana White and his middleweight champ Anderson Silva for what appeared to be showboating for two rounds of fighting in the UFC 90 main event. Patrick Cote suffered a fluke knee inju...
Podcast: Drunkcast#17 UFC & WWE PPV preshow - Oct 25,2008
Original at Fightline Radio
• Fri, Oct 24
Drunkcast#17 UFC & WWE PPV preshow - Oct 25,2008 Tags: Sports via Blogdigger blog search for "Anderson Silva" (UFC OR MMA OR "Dan Henderson" OR Cote OR "UFC 90" OR Leites OR "Thales Leites" OR Liddell OR "Rich Franklin" OR "UFC 97").
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Original at Bleacher Report
• Wed, Oct 1
By Jeremy Botter Silva and welterweight phenom Georges St. Pierre are, by most accounts, the two best fighters in the UFC regardless of weight class. Silva has completely dominated the middleweight division and is on the road to dominance over the light heavyweight division as well.
Podcast: Chris ‘The Crippler’ Leben: I’m going to make 20,000 people shut-up at UFC 89Original at MMAmania.com
• Tue, Sep 23
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Opinion: Sylvia over Fedor, Silva over Irvin
Original at The Swamp
• Wed, Jul 16
Anderson Silva over James Irvin by first-round TKO. In the other big fight of the night, it means one thing if you pick Irvin -- you are not good at life. This is the easiest fight to pick, ever. Now, I understand why you may be hesitant. Irvin isn’t the type of fighter that throws down with Kimbo...
Upon further review, the UFC has a deep middleweight division
Original at Five Ounces of Pain
• Tue, Mar 4
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UFC 82 Review
Original at Bleacher Report
• Mon, Mar 3
By D Wizzle Silva capped off the night in the main event against Dan Henderson. Silva showed everyone he is the most dangerous fighter in the middleweight division and saved the show with his dominating performance. Silva knows how to finish fights and entertain the fans.
Opinion: What Happened Dan? Post-UFC 82 Thoughts And Commentary [Editorial]
Original at MMAFrenzy.com
• Sun, Mar 2
By Kris Karkoski I cannot stress enough how much I do not want to have to see Dan Henderson grind things out in the UFC middleweight division. I hope that Dana and those in charge understand that the man simply performs better at light-heavyweight and deserves to be there. Also, for Dana White and Joe Rogan to r...
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Original at Five Ounces of Pain
• Wed, Oct 17
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On upsets and title changes
Original at Dave Doyle's FOXSports.com MMA
• Tue, May 29
46: B.J. Penn beats Matt Hughes for the welterweight title; Vitor Belfort beats Randy Couture for the light heavyweight title (on a fluke injury, but still a title change) 64: Sean Sherk decisions Ken Florian for vacant lightweight title; Anderson Silva beats Franklin for MW title
Podcast: "Beatdown" with TJ De Santis Episode 92
Original at Sherdog.com
• Wed, Nov 8
The Ultimate Fighter 4 was a perfect show for a guy like Cote. Hailing from Montreal, Quebec, the Canadian has an MMA record of 8-3, his losses Spike TV, UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva, and fellow Quebecer Georges St. Pierre"s chances against welterweight champion Matt Hughes at UF...
TV Review: UFC 64: Unstoppable - Anderson Silva Title Win Not Unexpected, But Not Easily Accepted
Original at Blogcritics
• Mon, Oct 16
By Rick Behnke At Saturday night's UFC 64: Unstoppable pay-per-view event, Anderson Silva expertly worked a Muay Thai clinch and let loose with lethal knees to register a first-round TKO win over Rich Franklin to become the new UFC middleweight champion. His win was decisive and destructive, and it re...