TheCount;2738979 said:
Well that's not all your were saying exactly. I believe you proclaimed them sissies, fraidy-cats, and declared Silva should be an undercard in his next match in big, bold, red print.
Actually, no I didn't. I went back and brought back my negative comments and I will make it a lot easier to translate. From here it is entirely up to you to read it correctly and grasp my comments. It is no longer on me.
Hostile;2736268 said:
He wanted to kitty cat slap at his hands and throw very few punches? It was over a minute and a half into the first round before either of them did more than just dance around each other.
He dominated a sissy. Big deal. I admit to being a neophyte or casual fan. There was nothing about that fight other than the commentator's glowing praise of Silva's past fights that was exciting. It was my first time to see the guy fight. I wish I had got my wish. I saw a lot of dancing, one guy afraid to fight standing up and another afraid to fight if the other guy was flat on his back.
Not impressed.
Who did I call a sissy? The guy who got dominated.
Hostile;2736436 said:
I have no doubt the guy is one impressive fighter. Last night he was not. Like I said, he "whipped" a sissy. Big deal.
I do admit he was slick in avoiding a couple of takedowns. He also was not interested in fighting the man while he was flat on his back.
Yawn.
Praise for Silva and once again I call Leites a sissy, not Silva.
Hostile;2736785 said:
Because I have heard so much about him. He was going to drop my jaw he was so good.
Didn't happen. I think Leites was disgraceful.
Once again, where am I focusing the lion's share of the blame? Seems to be a theme here.
Hostile;2736793 said:
I watched it. It is impressive. He seemed like he wanted to put Leites away, but only if he could do it his way. I think it would have been more impressive to simply pu thim away whatever it took. 5 rounds against a guy who clearly did not want to fight was hard to watch.
Speaking of the Silva highlight video. I said it is impressive. I still maintain the fight I saw was not. It was boring. Who is the guy who did not want to fight that I speak about? Leites clearly.
Hostile;2736927 said:
Apparently Dana White agrees with me. His next fight would be on an undercard if it was up to me.
This is in direct response to the undercard accusation. If I were in Dana White's shoes and pissed that 2 straight fights were lackluster,
I would put him on an undercard.
I would.
Me. Not saying he should be. It is what I would do. To send a message.
I cannot get any clearer than that.
Hostile;2737979 said:
I didn't ignore what he said.
I just don't agree with him.
I am not saying the guy isn't skilled. I am saying that fight was not impressive.
Again, I clarify it. I undestand he is skilled. I just did not enjoy the fight.
Hostile;2738241 said:
And all I have been doing in the thread is saying I think the fight was boring, by both guys. If my opinion doesn't matter because I am a neophyte then don't respond to me.
I'm trying to enjoy the sport, not acting like some kind of friggin' expert.
That is the gist of my entire opinion in this thread. Boring fight. I feel let down. I expected to see a warrior and I did not. My opinion as an admitted neophyte.
Nowhere in this thread have I disrespected the great Anderson Silva other than to say he fought a boring fight and did not impress me. I did
not call him a Sissy. I called the other guy one. The most critical of him I think you can pin on me is my commentary that he took forever to throw punches. It was a full 1:30 into the 1st round before either guy threw a punch or kick. All they did was feint and dance. That doesn't impress me.
If this isn't clear now, oh well...I at least tried.
