bssite Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 A noob poster said it best " I would have thought Anderson was a big enough draw for any fight". How dare Anderson disrespect Weidman and refuse to fight him when he, himself is the most dominant champion of all time and he can't draw enough interest off of his own name. This shows he failed at promoting himself. He hasn't done any more than Weidman he leaches off his opponents charisma and takes home the big paychecks. How the **** can a champion "refuse" a fight anyways. Last time i checked a fighter isn't the boss and doesn't make the last call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fobar Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 It is quit simple really, Silva is a coward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Me_Against_The_World Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 Let Weidman win 1 more big fight first....I hate it when guys try to tell the fans and the UFC they deserve a title shot, like they want to take the easy road instead of undeniably earning it. Maybe he has to sit out to get the right number 1 contender's fight like Bisping or Vitor/Belcher. The Middleweight division is on pause anyways, Anderson is in no hurry he's at the end of his career and only wants huge fights. Anderson gets a solid chunk of the pay per view's he headlines, so lets say he gets 10% and there's 800,000 buys that's 32,000,000 that means he gets 3,200,000 from the ppv cut and then his purse and sponsors and bonuses and so on. If he fights Weidman he'll probably only sell 400,000 or so, make a lot less money. Also I just don't think Weidman has earned it quite yet, he needs 1 more big win over a guy like Bisping, Franklin, Sonnen, Vitor ect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bssite Posted August 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 Let Weidman win 1 more big fight first....I hate it when guys try to tell the fans and the UFC they deserve a title shot' date=' like they want to take the easy road instead of undeniably earning it. Maybe he has to sit out to get the right number 1 contender's fight like Bisping or Vitor/Belcher. The Middleweight division is on pause anyways, Anderson is in no hurry he's at the end of his career and only wants huge fights. Anderson gets a solid chunk of the pay per view's he headlines, so lets say he gets 10% and there's 800,000 buys that's 32,000,000 that means he gets 3,200,000 from the ppv cut and then his purse and sponsors and bonuses and so on. If he fights Weidman he'll probably only sell 400,000 or so, make a lot less money. Also I just don't think Weidman has earned it quite yet, he needs 1 more big win over a guy like Bisping, Franklin, Sonnen, Vitor ect.[/quote'] Im not saying Weidman deserves it im saying why does the ufc allow this clown Silva to refuse a fight. Id say listen you're fighting "enter name" and that's the way it ****ing is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderlei_Silva_fan Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 It is quit simple really' date=' Silva is a coward.[/quote'] Exactly. out of all the guys Silva has fought, he's afraid of Chris Weidman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12еr Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 Let Weidman win 1 more big fight first....I hate it when guys try to tell the fans and the UFC they deserve a title shot' date=' like they want to take the easy road instead of undeniably earning it. Maybe he has to sit out to get the right number 1 contender's fight like Bisping or Vitor/Belcher. The Middleweight division is on pause anyways, Anderson is in no hurry he's at the end of his career and only wants huge fights. Anderson gets a solid chunk of the pay per view's he headlines, so lets say he gets 10% and there's 800,000 buys that's 32,000,000 that means he gets 3,200,000 from the ppv cut and then his purse and sponsors and bonuses and so on. If he fights Weidman he'll probably only sell 400,000 or so, make a lot less money. Also I just don't think Weidman has earned it quite yet, he needs 1 more big win over a guy like Bisping, Franklin, Sonnen, Vitor ect.[/quote'] I think Weidman has earned it because they were looking to feed him to Munoz to bump him into a title fight. He went and wrecked Munoz who some had ranked at #3. Since Silva is waiting til the end of the year I'd like to see him take on Bisping vs Stann winner for title eliminator though. Instead of spending months discrediting every opponent maybe he camp should work at promoting events if they're so concerned about their cut of the PPV. If they really wanted big PPV money with no risk to his title he should fight Jon Jones at a catch weight. That's his pay day there but they won't do it. Instead they say they'd be interested in Nick Diaz? C'mon son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PakaL Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 Let Weidman win 1 more big fight first....I hate it when guys try to tell the fans and the UFC they deserve a title shot' date=' like they want to take the easy road instead of undeniably earning it. Maybe he has to sit out to get the right number 1 contender's fight like Bisping or Vitor/Belcher. The Middleweight division is on pause anyways, Anderson is in no hurry he's at the end of his career and only wants huge fights. Anderson gets a solid chunk of the pay per view's he headlines, so lets say he gets 10% and there's 800,000 buys that's 32,000,000 that means he gets 3,200,000 from the ppv cut and then his purse and sponsors and bonuses and so on. If he fights Weidman he'll probably only sell 400,000 or so, make a lot less money. Also I just don't think Weidman has earned it quite yet, he needs 1 more big win over a guy like Bisping, Franklin, Sonnen, Vitor ect.[/quote'] How many fights did bones have to wait?And chances are he will fight anyone put in front of him.Either way he will eventually have the belt like jones did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Los_Polo_Hermano Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 Lol. That's great. HAHAH That is hilarious. Who would rather see Silva fight GSP next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furiousmat Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 A noob poster said it best " I would have thought Anderson was a big enough draw for any fight". How dare Anderson disrespect Weidman and refuse to fight him when he' date=' himself is the most dominant champion of all time and he can't draw enough interest off of his own name. This shows he failed at promoting himself. He hasn't done any more than Weidman he leaches off his opponents charisma and takes home the big paychecks. How the **** can a champion "refuse" a fight anyways. Last time i checked a fighter isn't the boss and doesn't make the last call.[/quote'] champions refusing a fight is a common thing in boxing as well. Why the **** should a champ fight everyone that calls him out. Every fight, he has to spend months of preparation, strict diet, hardcore work and all. If he's gonna do it he'll do it for someone who's worth it. Who the **** is Weidman? most people even on this forum didn't have a ****ing clue who that guy was before he beat Munoz. Nowadays everyone think they can ask for a title shot as soon as they get a good win. You said it best, Silva is the most dominant UFC champ of all time. He's only got a couple more fights left in his carreer if any. Can't blame him for not being willing to spend them on every single nobody who shows up to knock at his door. Sonnen got himself 2 shots out of trash talk only. A title shot at silva for barely beating Bisping? you gotta be kidding me. Silva said he wants the best fights and he doesn't think Weidman is gonna bring anything to his carreer. Is he wrong to think so? certainly not. It's no wonder everyone is calling him out. They know he's on the downhill side of his carreer due to his age. Everytime he fights there's a risk that it's gonna be that "Oh **** I'm old" happening for Silva. Who wouldn't want to risk being the guy to end his streak and pick up all the fame? Silva's very aware of that and he refuses pointless fights because he's the one with everything to lose and nothing to gain from these fights. Good for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bssite Posted August 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 champions refusing a fight is a common thing in boxing as well. Why the **** should a champ fight everyone that calls him out. Every fight' date=' he has to spend months of preparation, strict diet, hardcore work and all. If he's gonna do it he'll do it for someone who's worth it. Who the **** is Weidman? most people even on this forum didn't have a ****ing clue who that guy was before he beat Munoz. Nowadays everyone think they can ask for a title shot as soon as they get a good win. You said it best, Silva is the most dominant UFC champ of all time. He's only got a couple more fights left in his carreer if any. Can't blame him for not being willing to spend them on every single nobody who shows up to knock at his door. Sonnen got himself 2 shots out of trash talk only. A title shot at silva for barely beating Bisping? you gotta be kidding me. Silva said he wants the best fights and he doesn't think Weidman is gonna bring anything to his carreer. Is he wrong to think so? certainly not. It's no wonder everyone is calling him out. They know he's on the downhill side of his carreer due to his age. Everytime he fights there's a risk that it's gonna be that "Oh **** I'm old" happening for Silva. Who wouldn't want to risk being the guy to end his streak and pick up all the fame? Silva's very aware of that and he refuses pointless fights because he's the one with everything to lose and nothing to gain from these fights. Good for him.[/quote'] This is so full of fail. Fighting is a young mans game if you can't do it that means it's time to retire, not clutter up the division and give 1 man a shot at he belt per year on your own terms. No doubt people are following Sonnens lead lately and asking for a title shot left and right but so what? Do you want to be the Weidman fighting on the undercard making 10 grand a fight for the next few years because you were to timid to go after your dreams or do you want to call out some big names and actually make a living. Sonnen earned his rematch i won't even get into the arguement with you on that based on how outrageous your statement was. I can see an arguement for a guy like Randy Couture being able to pick and choose his opponents near the end but he wasn't the champion holding up the entire division Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdWorkKen Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 From a Financial standpoint when you get PPV % of your fights in the UFC you know how much PPV money you pull just off your name so its important for Silva to want to at least have an opponent be half of his % or match to get a real payday. He is in the last part of his Career fighting Weidman and Silva KO's him in the first just will make the haters say Weidman is a can and Silva doesn't get the % of PPV he wanted. **** that noise. Ducking Weidman? In a way because Weidman isn't marketable enough to fight the Spider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bssite Posted August 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 From a Financial standpoint when you get PPV % of your fights in the UFC you know how much PPV money you pull just off your name so its important for Silva to want to at least have an opponent be half of his % or match to get a real payday. He is in the last part of his Career fighting Weidman and Silva KO's him in the first just will make the haters say Weidman is a can and Silva doesn't get the % of PPV he wanted. **** that noise. Ducking Weidman? In a way because Weidman isn't marketable enough to fight the Spider. Yushin Okami, Maia, Leites, Lutter, Cote are marketable? I almost just cringed looking up Andersons opponents over the years haha WOW the mw division has been weak at best for some of these guys to step into a title fight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rule_abiding_poster Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 How can anyone still respect Anderson? He is nothing but a big fat joke and the biggest coward in the world since mike tyson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdWorkKen Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 Yushin Okami' date=' Maia, Leites, Lutter, Cote are marketable? I almost just cringed looking up Andersons opponents over the years haha WOW the mw division has been weak at best for some of these guys to step into a title fight[/quote'] No they are not thats my point he is at the end of his career and wants some marketable fights before he retires Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdWorkKen Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 How can anyone still respect Anderson? He is nothing but a big fat joke and the biggest coward in the world since mike tyson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chanman20 Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 Im not saying Weidman deserves it im saying why does the ufc allow this clown Silva to refuse a fight. Id say listen you're fighting "enter name" and that's the way it ****ing is guess you can't read bss Silva never said any thing like that his manger good old ed did.. Weidman doesn't deserve to fight on the same card as silva atm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furiousmat Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 This is so full of fail. Fighting is a young mans game if you can't do it that means it's time to retire' date=' not clutter up the division and give 1 man a shot at he belt per year on your own terms. No doubt people are following Sonnens lead lately and asking for a title shot left and right but so what? Do you want to be the Weidman fighting on the undercard making 10 grand a fight for the next few years because you were to timid to go after your dreams or do you want to call out some big names and actually make a living. Sonnen earned his rematch i won't even get into the arguement with you on that based on how outrageous your statement was. I can see an arguement for a guy like Randy Couture being able to pick and choose his opponents near the end but he wasn't the champion holding up the entire division[/quote'] seems you missed my point entirely. Weidman is no1. Period. He has 2 significant win on his record and that's his last fights, one of them being against Maia, who then decided to go down and who should have done that long ago. Silva knows it, I know it, everyone knows it. Silva is the champ and is so far very deserving of asking to fight guys who are worth it. What does "worth it" means? it means guys who can add up to his legacy. Why would Silva fight someone he has nothing to prove to? The UFC don't care a **** to put on fights that mean something. All they want is surf the hype wave and send any no-name dude who can rack up a single highlight reels against a decent opponent directly to the champ while the sauce is hot for him. And then you've got Silva on the other hand who's like "you've gotta me kidding me right what the **** do I have to gain to fight that dude nobody's ever heard about". Everytime someone fights there's a risk he gets injured, there's a risk he's gonna be on an off night, that he's gonna get clipped or that a fluke would occur. When guys get at the top they want to fight other top fighters. They want fights that will be also a learning experience for themselves. They want the juice to be worth the squeeze. Weidman isn't worth the squeeze at all. He might be a great fighter. But he definitely has nothing to bring to the table. No good reason to be faced. Let him win more fights, become relevent, become famous for something, and then maybe Silva will be interested into proving he's still the one who has it. Right now that fight would just bring an unquestionned answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePack19 Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 Whatever....Silva is just gonna sit on his belt for awhile so he can get closer to retiring with it. After all....loosing his belt to a "rookie" fighter would just be so embarassing for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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