Originally posted by Epicurus
I said he was beaten down like a punk. He couldn't even mount up a proper defensive. Cain owned him completely in that scenario imo.Anderson also got humiliated by Weidman. Fact.
Why did he fail to replicate it then, despite getting 2 opportunities and immense prep-time to do so? He shamelessly passed it off on over-training and a recent divorce for the first loss, and didn't learn any humility after the second loss, what with him claiming that Cain hits like a girl and all, and that he is still the better fighter.
You refused to admit that Cain had his number despite 2 epic beatdowns. I laughed at your obstinacy then, I am laughing at your flip-flopping now.
Your tear-filled concession that Anderson was inferior was orgasm-worthy. I broke you down. Nothing gives me greater glee.
Cain has already layeth the smackdown on him for 10 rounds continuously. Cain is his undoubted superior. Maybe if someone else manages to get lucky enough to beat Cain like JDS did, Dos Santos might have a chance of regaining the title. Until then, he'll have to be content to be number 2 or number 3 in the heavyweight division. That is of course unless he decides to cut weight and fight in the lhw division, against guys that are usually much smaller than him, just like your idol Silva, lol.
I still accept your concession with the warmest of regards.🙂
JDS fought with more heart than 90% of fighters ever have. Sure, he was getting smashed, but he got back up until he physically couldn't. That's heart, not "losing like a punk".
38 years old is far past an athlete's physical prime, particularly one like Anderson who relies on his quickness and reflexes more than anyone else does. I'm well aware that Weidman beat him twice.
"I wasn't myself in the first fight, I was injured"
That was Cain after the first fight. Those are also excuses, but I'm sure you're ok with Cain making them.
The fact that JDS lost the rematches doesn't mean that the first fight was luck because A: professional fighters don't get "lucky' and B: JDS capitalized on a weakness in Cain's defense. Cain made this weakness more difficult to exploit in the rematches by using a far more aggressive game-plan designed to wear JDS down. It's not rocket science.
Ask any respectable trainer if JDS got "lucky" and they will laugh in your face. Go ask Jack Slack about it. Go educate yourself, your lack of knowledge is hilariously apparent.
You can't say you have your opponents number if he's already beaten you. Cain proved he couldn't beat JDS every time by getting put to sleep a minute into the first fight. If you said Cain is better than JDS, I would agree. But he does not have his number. I've explained this numerous times, if you don't get it by now then you have trouble with reading comprehension.
I said 38 year old Silva was inferior. Not prime Silva. How many more times will I have to repeat this? And like I said before, there is more to my life than MMA.
You again demonstrate your lack of knowledge by assuming that JDS is capable of cutting to LHW (lol) and assuming that Anderson is larger than his opponents (lol). The last person Anderson fought that was smaller than him was Demian Maia, in April of 2010. Everyone else was noticeably bigger.
Oh and btw: I never said Cain wasn't better than JDS. Please understand this, you're the only one who hasn't picked up on this yet.
I can't help but laugh that you actually think the only way Cain loses is if his opponent gets lucky. Cain has many weaknesses in his striking defense and has never proven that he knew how to defend a submission. He's not perfect, just like any other fighter.
I recommend you read these articles:
http://fightsgoneby.blogspot.com/2012/05/ufc-146-fight-like-dos-santos.html
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/12/21/3791428/ufc-155-cain-velasquez-junior-dos-santos-jack-slack-judo-chop