Topic: All-Time Greatest Fighters
Soares: I truly believe Anderson is the greatest of all time
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04.18.2011 | 10:55 PM ET
http://mmaweekly.com/anderson-silva-doesnt-want-to-be-the-best-he-wants-to-be-the-best-ever
“What he’s done is going to be very difficult for anybody ever to repeat… eight title defenses, 13 consecutive wins in the UFC. I think the way the sport is evolving and how much better these athletes and all these fighters are getting, I think for you to roll off 13 wins consecutively in the UFC is something almost next to impossible.”
Silva’s reign of terror has been nothing short of remarkable.
In those 13 wins, Silva has finished 11 of his opponents with either strikes or submissions. In nine of those victories, the fight never made it past the second round.
Silva is often touted as the top pound-for-pound fighter on the planet by UFC president Dana White, and his manager believes that he’s not only on his way to being considered the greatest of all time, he might already be there.
“I really truly believe in my heart that Anderson Silva is the greatest fighter of all time,” Soares commented.
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04.18.2011 | 10:58 PM ET
"Tell her I'm rich, and I'm good looking, and I have, uh, a ******'s wit."
04.18.2011 | 10:59 PM ET
"Break a deal, spin the wheel"
04.18.2011 | 11:01 PM ET
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04.18.2011 | 11:04 PM ET
"Tell her I'm rich, and I'm good looking, and I have, uh, a ******'s wit."
04.18.2011 | 11:20 PM ET
Haven't updated my greatest fighters ranking in a while, but Anderson probably deserves to nudge up a couple spots on my list at this point, with the wins over Sonnen and Belfort.
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04.18.2011 | 11:25 PM ET
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04.19.2011 | 12:37 AM ET
04.19.2011 | 1:08 AM ET
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04.19.2011 | 1:17 AM ET
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04.19.2011 | 1:27 AM ET
@winningone when choosing a goat you go off of current achievements not what a true goat could potentially do. Goat means best ever so far, not best ever potentially until eternity or else there'd be no point in choosing.
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04.19.2011 | 1:32 AM ET
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04.19.2011 | 3:06 AM ET
"Tell her I'm rich, and I'm good looking, and I have, uh, a ******'s wit."
04.19.2011 | 6:03 AM ET
"I really feel like I'm the most dangerous guy out there" BJ Penn........... UFC on Fox 2 event winner :)
04.19.2011 | 6:20 AM ET
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04.19.2011 | 6:22 AM ET
Anderson is the obvious #1 imo as of this moment. Mr. Soares is correct.
@reef, I see a few have commented.. I just wanted add my question.. why no GSP in your top 10?
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04.19.2011 | 11:56 AM ET
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04.19.2011 | 12:15 PM ET
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04.19.2011 | 12:20 PM ET
Tough to deny that statement, the only thing I would contend with is his utter lack of defending Sonnen's takedown and domination in that fight. It definitely proves that the Spider has weakeness in his takedown defense. Other that that, I think he is a ghost.
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04.19.2011 | 12:27 PM ET
"All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved" – Sun Tzu, "The Art of War"
04.19.2011 | 12:35 PM ET
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