RogerJones620 Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Honestly, the dude has stuffed more take downs than any other fighter in UFC history. Even Dan Henderson struggled to take him down. I keep hearing guys like Jon Jones make it sound like anyone who has a wrestling background can easily put Anderson on his back. Dan Henderson, and Yushin Okami failed to do so, and Chael is the only one who has been able to pull it off and even he got stuffed in the second round of their last fight. If Anderson Silva is a middle weight with horrible take down defense, then how do you explain almost every other middle weight in the entire sport ending up on their back at least once per fight? Anderson Silva has been taken down once per career.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carnages Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Honestly' date=' the dude has stuffed more take downs than any other fighter in UFC history. Even Dan Henderson struggled to take him down. I keep hearing guys like Jon Jones make it sound like anyone who has a wrestling background can easily put Anderson on his back. [b'] Dan Henderson[/b], and Yushin Okami failed to do so, and Chael is the only one who has been able to pull it off and even he got stuffed in the second round of their last fight. If Anderson Silva is a middle weight with horrible take down defense, then how do you explain almost every other middle weight in the entire sport ending up on their back at least once per fight? Anderson Silva has been taken down once per career.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParaffinAlien Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Honestly' date=' the dude has stuffed more take downs than any other fighter in UFC history. Even Dan Henderson struggled to take him down. I keep hearing guys like Jon Jones make it sound like anyone who has a wrestling background can easily put Anderson on his back. Dan Henderson, and Yushin Okami failed to do so, and Chael is the only one who has been able to pull it off and even he got stuffed in the second round of their last fight. If Anderson Silva is a middle weight with horrible take down defense, then how do you explain almost every other middle weight in the entire sport ending up on their back at least once per fight? Anderson Silva has been taken down once per career..[/quote'] Silva has defended 70% of attempted takedowns. Lidell has 81% takedown defense. Machida has 80% takedown defense. Silva is pretty good at defending takedowns but not so good that it's really worth making a thread about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyFeet Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 His TDD is like an 8 out of 10, Sonnen just happens to have some powerful takedowns, but in Round 2 he couldn't get it done in their last fight. Silva actually has pretty good TDD, but on a scale with the likes of Machida, and Erick Silva, his TDD is not as good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McMod_FUCKS_his_FAT_DISGUSTING_MOM_in_the_ASS_BEG_is_a_CUNT_too_LMFAO Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Silva has defended 70% of attempted takedowns. Lidell has 81% takedown defense. Machida has 80% takedown defense. Silva is pretty good at defending takedowns but not so good that it's really worth making a thread about. What's JDS, Jones, and Aldos TDD numbers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParaffinAlien Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 What's JDS' date=' Jones, and Aldos TDD numbers?[/quote'] Go to fightmetric.com and check them out for yourself matey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabri1985 Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Silva has defended 70% of attempted takedowns. Lidell has 81% takedown defense. Machida has 80% takedown defense. Silva is pretty good at defending takedowns but not so good that it's really worth making a thread about. just had a look at that site gsp has the best total amount of sig strikes, best takedown acc and 3rd best takedown defence, oh and most strikes landed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McMod_FUCKS_his_FAT_DISGUSTING_MOM_in_the_ASS_BEG_is_a_CUNT_too_LMFAO Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Go to fightmetric.com and check them out for yourself matey. Jones = 100% td def Aldo = 95% td def JDS = 88% td def i might have screwed those up a lil bit but damm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaricBob Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Honestly' date=' the dude has stuffed more take downs than any other fighter in UFC history. Even Dan Henderson struggled to take him down. I keep hearing guys like Jon Jones make it sound like anyone who has a wrestling background can easily put Anderson on his back. [b']Dan Henderson[/b], and Yushin Okami failed to do so, and Chael is the only one who has been able to pull it off and even he got stuffed in the second round of their last fight. If Anderson Silva is a middle weight with horrible take down defense, then how do you explain almost every other middle weight in the entire sport ending up on their back at least once per fight? Anderson Silva has been taken down once per career.. Dan Henderson took him down and held him in side control with little effort. He got rocked in the second because he was trying to brawl. Sonnen took him down at will, and Lutter took him down and mounted him. In fact, Lutter took Silva down with one of the sloppiest singles I've ever seen! It's no secret that Silva's weakness is his wrestling. But the fact is he manages to pull off a submission from his back, so it doesn't matter too much until he fights a guy like Weidman with good wrestling and good BJJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sajeitto Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Because he once did have mediocre takedown defense, but it has improved a lot especially in his last two fights. In Silva's last two fights he got taken down once in four total rounds against two of the best middleweight wrestlers in MMA. Plus part of it is just hating on greatness, it's like saying GSP has a glass jaw because he got TKO'd once in his career and the blow that initially rocked him appeared to be to the back of the head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaricBob Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Also, for the record, the majority of Silva's opponents in the UFC have been strikers or BJJ guys (Leben, Franklin, Leites, Irvin, Griffin, Marquart, Maia) and the couple guys he fought with any kind of wrestling background (Lutter, Sonnen, Hendo) all took him down. So he doesn't have terrible TDD. But of all the champs, I'd say he has the worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParaffinAlien Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 just had a look at that site gsp has the best total amount of sig strikes' date=' best takedown acc and 3rd best takedown defence, oh and most strikes landed [/quote'] Yer I remember being astounded by GSP's stats, absolutely outstanding. Going by stats alone there is a very strong arguement to suggest that GSP is the best MMArtist of all time. Most people that have a problem with GSP seem to come from the idea that GSP is not entertaining. Being entertaining to a specific individual is a matter of personal taste and really not something that can be argued against. To say that GSP lacks skill or some other such absurdity is ridiculous beyond belief. One can only assume that anyone who takes a stance that GSP is without skill has little or no real idea of what it means to be skilled in MMA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newyorkgiant1 Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 I just think Silva is very confident with his Jits and doesn't mind being taken down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamaw Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Silva has defended 70% of attempted takedowns. Lidell has 81% takedown defense. Machida has 80% takedown defense. Silva is pretty good at defending takedowns but not so good that it's really worth making a thread about. I think he was just stating that Silva's TDD is underrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot12815 Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Honestly' date=' the dude has stuffed more take downs than any other fighter in UFC history. Even Dan Henderson struggled to take him down. I keep hearing guys like Jon Jones make it sound like anyone who has a wrestling background can easily put Anderson on his back. Dan Henderson, and Yushin Okami failed to do so, and Chael is the only one who has been able to pull it off and even he got stuffed in the second round of their last fight. If Anderson Silva is a middle weight with horrible take down defense, then how do you explain almost every other middle weight in the entire sport ending up on their back at least once per fight? Anderson Silva has been taken down once per career..[/quote'] TRAVIS LUTTER/thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vendur Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Honestly' date=' ..[/quote'] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidStateLogic Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 just had a look at that site gsp has the best total amount of sig strikes' date=' best takedown acc and 3rd best takedown defence, oh and most strikes landed [/quote'] And the least amount of finishes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaksame Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Honestly' date=' the dude has stuffed more take downs than any other fighter in UFC history. Even Dan Henderson struggled to take him down. I keep hearing guys like Jon Jones make it sound like anyone who has a wrestling background can easily put Anderson on his back. Dan Henderson, and Yushin Okami failed to do so, and Chael is the only one who has been able to pull it off and even he got stuffed in the second round of their last fight. If Anderson Silva is a middle weight with horrible take down defense, then how do you explain almost every other middle weight in the entire sport ending up on their back at least once per fight? Anderson Silva has been taken down once per career..[/quote'] Hendo take down was about a 10% effort,unless his opponent falls down he won't follow up on TD's because he has horrible cardio and cannot afford to wrestle anymore,Silva has ONLY faced ONE true wrestler that actually wrestled and that is Sonnen.Sonnen is not very quick or athletic,so Silva has yet to face a really top notch wrestler.Weidman is that YOUNG better wrestler and Silva knows it ,that is why he blatantly ducked that fight,yet took a extremely low rated Bonnar fight. If i hear Dana mention anything about Silva being p4p best after he KO's Bonnar,i will puke.That is maybe the biggest gimmee fight a title holder has ever got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rule_abiding_poster Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 vitor took anderson down with ease but he got back up rather quickly due to blatant greasing pre-fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor_Obviously Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 vitor took anderson down with ease but he got back up rather quickly due to blatant greasing pre-fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StompGrind Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Anderson has better TDD than most people say that's for sure. OP is incorrect about Dan failing to take him down. I don't believe his Greco/Judo type bodylock trips/throws defense is all that good though. He's actually pretty good at defending singles and ok at defending double legs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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