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Anderson is a better fighter than Belfort, always has been.

Silva by decision. There's just something about Anderson when he fights Brazilians...

Vitor is fast and has the power to (T)KO Anderson early but lacks the heart to compete late.

Got to hand it to a guy who has been around the top as long as he has though, he was one of the reasons that Saku was number 1 back in the day and now he is still fighting the best in the world 11 years later.

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Originally posted 01:02 PM ET  10.11 by Clouis_39

Vitor is fast and has the power to (T)KO Anderson early but lacks the heart to compete late.Got to hand it to a guy who has been around the top as long as he has though, he was one of the reasons that Saku was number 1 back in the day and now he is still fighting the best in the world 11 years later.

We've talked about Vitor before.

I personally stopped considering him a "Phenom" once I saw him losing all the important fights of his career.

Randy Couture (twice), Sakuraba, Alistair Overeem, Chuck Liddell, Tito Ortiz, Dan Henderson.

im gonna have to agree with Hyped. They made a big deal of him ko'ing linland...really?

im gonna have to agree with Hyped. They made a big deal of him ko'ing linland...really?

No need to comment here.

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Originally posted 06:32 PM ET  10.11 by Assassin: Simile Next year

No need to comment here.

You just did :)

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Originally posted 03:40 PM ET  10.11 by mlanzo

im gonna have to agree with Hyped. They made a big deal of him ko'ing linland...really?

Lindland was still top ten at the time.

In his last 12 fights before that he had only two losses: Fedor and Rampage. And the Rampage decision was suspect.

I'm not saying he is a great, but he is a very solid fighter with the skills you seem to need to take out Vitor.

One thing I do wonder about this fight is what gameplan Vitor will use.

He has in the past been a strict boxer, but also sometimes a wrestler. He has taken down and controlled the fighters like of Heath Herring (in his Pride Prime), Gilbert Yvel, and Daijiro Matsui.

Those aren't top level competitors I understand, but he is still a very impressive ground fighter and wrestler. He is a Carlson Gracie black belt and has a great ground game. His ground and pound and submission defense are on a whole different level than Sonnen, so this could be something he considers if the standup doesn't go his way.

Victor will be coming into the fight with ring rust and a huge layoff away from his last fight 17 months. If Silva is a 100% heathly then by submission.

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Originally posted 05:20 PM ET  10.12 by uno2343749

Victor will be coming into the fight with ring rust and a huge layoff away from his last fight 17 months. If Silva is a 100% heathly then by submission.

*healthy*

The only people that have really given Anderson problems are strong wrestlers who can overpower him (lutter had him mounted, henderson took a round, chael took three rounds). Vitor does not fit this description. Vitor is an agressive striker facing the best counter striker in the bussiness. I see Anderson knocking him out. Plus I agree with uno234, I think the time out of the cage will really hurt Vitor.

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Originally posted 03:25 PM ET  10.13 by HarryHood

The only people that have really given Anderson problems are strong wrestlers who can overpower him (lutter had him mounted, henderson took a round, chael took three rounds). Vitor does not fit this description. Vitor is an agressive striker facing the best counter striker in the bussiness. I see Anderson knocking him out. Plus I agree with uno234, I think the time out of the cage will really hurt Vitor.

Chael took 4 and 3/4 rounds.

That's true, he hasn't looked great in his last few fights. That being said, I have never thought Anderson looked vulnerable while standing in any of his fights. Although its quite possible he hasn't fought a striker of Vitor's caliber yet.

Don't forget that the standup in the first round was all Chael. If Anderson leaves holes in his game like that for Vitor he will find himself stumbling backwards while eating a flurry like Wanderlei.