Ed Soares: Anderson Silva's physique is closer to GSP than to Jon Jones

Excuses..

of course these are excuses,...he's silvas manager and won't his man loosing! ...but his facts are right. you can't doubt that.

some one on this site has posted the comparison, between age, reach, etc and gsp and a.s are closer

Height, reach, age...none of those matter at all. The only stat that has ever mattered is the weight of the person on the day of the weigh-ins.



Right now, presumably, Silva can't make 170 and has no business calling out a fighter in a weight class that he himself can't make.



He can, however, make 205 and has had 3 first round KO's in that weight class.

Silva has more to lose than Jones. Silva is looking for the big pay days but not Jones lol

Damm right EXCUSES....

besides, who is Ed Sores kidding...get your facts right ED...



AS

Black male 37yrs- 6'2- 185lbs - 77'6 reach-

rumors say he walks around at 215-220



GSP

White male 31yrs- 5'10- 170lbs- 76' reach-

rumors say he walks around 190



JJ

Black male 25yrs- 6'4- 205lbs- 84' reach-

rumors say he walks around at 220-230



You be the judge....If your that bad, pick a fight with someone bigger than you... AS vs JJ

How exactly do height reach and age not matter?

Especially when people (not me) say the only reason both Anderson and Jones win is cause of their size and reach?

SImple...because no fight has ever been cancelled between two fighters that made weight in the same division because of any of these factors that Ed listed other than weight.

Ummm so by this logic Jon Jones can't make 185 so he has no business fighting Anderson? And GSP couldn't make 155 so I mean he had no business fighting BJ penn either I suppose. And JDS and Overeem can't make 205 so they sure don't have any business trying to welcome Jon Jones to the HW division. Do you see how odd your stance is? A super fight is between two weight classes...and odds are (not always) the bigger guy can't make the lower weight...or else he would be in that weight class.



Also purely a logical standpoint, JJ is injured, has TUF on the docket, and a show down with Chael. Which super fight would happen sooner? Regardless if AS fights JJ later on or not...why shouldn't he fight GSP now? I mean, is that going to prevent a fight with JJ any more than a regular tittle defense would (which would be inevitable by the time JJ is even ready to fight Anderson?

You have the statement ass backwards. Anderson is the one calling out the smaller fighter that he can't fight unless the challenged fighter puts on weight to fight him.



The difference with the BJ Penn and GSP fights that have already happened is that it was BJ that made the move up not the other way around. This is the opposite of what Silva has done.



Jon Jones or GSP have never pursued a fighter from a lower weight class.



None of the HW fighters are calling out Jones (exception maybe Cormier). You don't see JDS, Cain Velasquez, or Overeem sitting ringside waiting to fight a smaller Jones. The time for Jones to move up to HW will come and then he is fair game.



But what other champion is looking for fights in a lower weight class?

Anderson is not calling anyone out...this fight has been entertained by Dana and the fans for a long time. If anything he is giving in (for the longest time he didn't want to fight GSP at all). My point is the premise behind super fights (past or future) one guy is going to be smaller. it is pretty much unavoidable. If that is your basis for argument (and that there is an unspoken rule that the big guy can't be interested in fighting a little guy), then your statement is presenting its ass to everyone on this thread.



Who cares what other champions are doing? What other champion is in a position like Anderson? And again, why not fight GSP now and then work on fighting JJ after TUF? Either he waits a long time.... or the alternative is doing a tittle defense agains an 185 lb contender...or he fights a top P4P fighter who is a bit smaller then him in a historic super fight in the meantime.

I'll third that. GSP and Silva are closer in size.

I agree with the size comparison Choke,but neither is close. The guy in the bigger weight class will always have an advantage.

GSP has the highest PPV numbers in the ufc Thats why Silva wants to fight him. Show me the money! Don't blame him a bit , he's earned it.

Really interested to see how gsp deals with Condit, another tall muay thai striker with good bjj ,very similar to Silva in style and size.

If GSP can't take out Condit decisively he better stay away from Silva

I disagree, Edward.

Ed Soares and his ridiculous nonsense... I rather hear Tito excuses in MMA ... Dana just make the F.u*k!ng fight happen...

Bones vs The Spider.... and GSP vs Nick Diaz..

You see!!! He doing this all the time, making excuses, like Chael said he probably have private excuses school.

mma fans are such malcontents, for YEARS we wanted gsp silva but now its actually happening and silvas trying to make it happen, its suddenly because hes scared of another guy and hes running....

amen

yuuuuuuuuupp

its the gsp nut huggers that dont want this fight

Its because people found a better more interesting fight in Jones vs Silva.



It's been known months before Silva openly tried to fight GSP, that Jones vs Silva is more anticipated.





Silva IS scared of Jones (Not knocking him, its not a bad thing). Jones is a huge threat. And I am sure Jones is pretty worried about Silva as well.





But it's lame to have a bigger guy trying to goad a smaller guy into fighting him at a higher weight.



Kinda like if JDS was calling Jones a wuss for not coming up to HW a year ago. Smaller guys should be the one calling out the bigger guys.

because jones vs silva makes way more sense and is wanted more. simple as that.

I agree.

Silva is only going to redeem himself by accepting a fight with Jones and stop bumbleclarting around.



I'd love for GSP to accept the fight and then win. He'd be wishing he hadn't taken up the bully game.

Wow, I google'd "bumbleclarting" and was surprised to see it is a real word: "An English adaptation of the Jamaican slang word "bumbaclaat", which is used to describe a rag or piece of cloth one may use to wipe ones soiled bumhole"



Ouch! Hard to argue with your sentiment though

If they are so similar, then Anderson should have no problem fighting GSP @ 170 lbs.



In other, un-related news, Chris Weidman still weighs in @ 185.

What he was saying was the the difference between height, reach, and weight between Silva and GSP are closer when you compares Silva's height, reach, and weight to Jones

Silva is too old to cut to WW.

That is weird. This was response to MMA Truth

Quoting Ed Sores @ 1:18



"Anderson told me he can make 170."

and age

Then Anderson should come down to 170 and show us the comparison. I'm not interested in the comparison @ 178. I'd rather see GSP fight Diaz, all day long. It's a sucker's bet, IMO, for Rush to take the Silva fight at anything other than 170.



Anderson should go back to his own division and defend his belt against people who want it and have worked to earn a shot, at it. Either that or make us all happy and fight Jones.

Every joke you hear of Chuck Norris was based on Ed the enturpetater Soares dudes a bi lingual legend!

Not saying Ed Soares isn't making excuses, but Anderson straight up told everyone Jon would be a tough fight for him. Anderson is scared of no man. But as a 37 year old goat why take the risk of fighting a young wrecking machine like Jon, who has stopped almost every single top ranked competitor at 205. When he knows Georges only chance would be to take him to the ground. It may be hard to see from the fighters perspective, but being afraid and knowing there's a chance you could lose are not the same thing. And Anderson's making the smart move for his legacy,

if im anderson i would fight jones. i am the goat but everyone thinks jon cant be beat. thats who i would want to test myself and proove i am the best period. not a much smaller man like gsp. the spider all around is much closer in size to bones then george.

The "best fighter in the history of MMA" doesn't look for excuses to take the easier fight. He cuts weight to fight at MW and that's all that I have to say about that bullsh*t argument!

Bull shit some chicken run again it is not ewen shore if GSP will win his next fight.Best fighter in MMA history my ass in UFC mabe in Pride he was raped from worst fighters with most embaresing losses in MMA history

Silva's physique is closer to JDS than GSP.Soares said him self Anderson alks over 225

Think about it...if anderson fights jones and beats him...the fight with GSP would be pointless. If he fights Georges and Wins, then it actually Validates his fight with Jones. Anderson's legacy would be unmatched forever..

GSP - 5'10", 76" reach, 170 lbs.

Silva - 6'2", 77.5 reach 185 lbs.

Jones - 6'4", 84" reach, 205 lbs.



Height, Silva is closer to Jones. Reach, Silva is closer to GSP. Weight, Silva is closer to GSP.



I hate to say it, but I'm actually agreeing with Soares.

The weight part is a total wash. The weights reported inside of camp THE MOST (I hate captilizing things but that needed to be said, as multiple different weights have made reports in the past) are GSP 180-190, Silva anywhere from 195-205, and Jones at 215-225.



I honestly don't see Silva being that much closer to either weight wise. IMO they are all champs at 205, 185, and 170 for a reason.

We can all guess what weight guys are at on fight day, but no one knows.



So normally on weigh in day, GSP is 15 pounds less than Silva, who is 20 pounds less than Jones.

If you actually had the real walking around weight you would see Soares is full of shit ... GSP 190lbs - Silva 220-225lbs & Jones 230-235lbs, now how is 30-35lbs GSP & Silva closer than 10-15lbs for Silva & Jones?!? To go laong with 4 inches of height deff Silva has on GSP & only 2 inches difference between Silva & Jones. The age ....WTF does that have to do with anything?!? I forgot, when your in the Octagon & someone is on top of you, that age sure does go through the fighters minds. STFU Soares you retard, Silva & Jones both walk around at HW weight class, while GSP wlkas arounf MW-LHW weight, hummmm another same for Silva & Jones, but you keep telling yourselves GSP & Silva are much closer than Silva & Jones ................. eventhough the numbers prove differently.

Silva and GSP are closer in size and slightly a more even fight that Silva vs Jones FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE no one can really argue that. I am going to say I believe Silva has a better chance at beating Jones. Silva will be quicker than Jones where he may not have that advantage against GSP. Silva is a much better striker than Jones and has way better jujitsu. Now I come to experience Jones is still a relatively new champion where as GSP and SIlva have both been around much longer and have had great careers and experience in title fights. This being said I do believe Jones would be an easier fight for Silva than fighting GSP.

okay lets look at this

gsp 5-10 and a reach of 76 inches 195 pounds

silva 6-2 reach of 78 inches and 225 pounds

thats a four inch height advantage 30 pound weight advantage and a two inch reach advantage on paper. although it is highly unlikely that gsp would want to punch silvas shoulder so you have to factor the 4 inch height advantage when you compare reach of the top of my head i would say for gsp to hit silva in the head he would have to punch at a 10-20 degree angle which would take anywhere to four to seven inches off his reach.



so what we are really looking at is

gsp -4 inches -30 pounds -6-9 inches reach

where as silva -jones is

-2 -15 pounds -8 to 10 inches reach



silva is clearly the much larger man than gsp while jones is only slightly larger than silva

if silva wants to fight gsp so bad fight him at 170

LMFAO - Ed you sure are funny, and is anyone surprised by this? He's not going to say Silva & Jones are much closer, b/c Silva wants to fight the smaller fighter. Also, the height Silva is 4 inches taller than GSP - Jones & Silva = 2 inches difference & the weight, which is the MAIN issue ... GSP walks around at 190lbs, Silva is about 220-225lbs & Jones is roughly 230-235lbs. Now explain to me, how a 30-35lbs difference between GSP & Silva is less than 10-15lbs between Silva & Jones?!? Silva has a 4 inch reach adv & a 30lbs adva over GSP, but thats all ..... BAHAHAHAHA give me a break. Soares you make me laugh & so do Silva nut huggers.



Wonder what you would be saying if GSP challenged the LW/Ben Henderson to a fight? You'd be crying about GSP only wanting to fight smaller oponents blah blah blah .....

Silva fights at 205, GSP never fought at 185 so how does that make any sense? I also think its incredibly low for the fighter in the higher weight class to keep challenging the lower weight class fighter without even considering going down to that weight class himself.



I think we all realize that Jones would crush Silva and that is the reason he wants to pick on someone smaller then himself rather then stepping up to the challenge of a bigger fighter.



However I personally HATE super fights with all my heart unless it's between the same weight class from different organizations. I have absolutely no interest in seeing GSP vs Silva or Silva vs Jones.



Last point I'd like to make is that GSP ain't exactly calling out Benson to fight, that is because he isn't a bully(and Penn might have been a 155p but he always wanted step up and it wasn't GSP calling him out).

GSP vs Silva is the better fight I think and its th fight the fans have wanted for over 3 years. Don't count out GSP the guy is an amazing athlete with no wrestling background he dominated Hughes, Josh and Fitch I am pretty certain he could take Silva down. This super fight has to happen it would be great for the sport

This fight is a win-win for GSP. If he wins he just beat the greatest fighter to date and is now considered to be one of best if not the best. If he loses he proves that he is a true fighter and fights for the sport of it.



Anderson's case is different. It's a lose-lose. He's forcing this fight so we get off his back about the Jones fight. If he wins cool.....he just beat GSP whom is in a lower division and never fought out of his division. If he loses than his plan backfired and his legacy is kinda ****ed.



Only solutions.

A- Silva fights Jones

B- Jones moves to heavyweight immediately after Chael fight.

C- Ed Soares vs Dana White

so GSP beats Condit...yes I'm not expecting Condit to win, then gets humiliated by AS



....what next Woman's MMA in the UFC?



Oh...guess that happened too

Silva never gona be the best fighter in the world and never will be the badest man on planet right now is JDS.If Silva wans to be the best shuld fight JDS not ewen Jones losing weight to fight smaler devision dosent make you the best showing that he is chicken wana fight GSP.If Soares is saying Anderson walks over 225 he culd be 250 on the street who nows he didn't looked that fat in 205 fighting Bonnar

anderson and jones walk around at 230ish. gsp walks at 190 I get so tired of andersons bullshit man just accept that you dont wanna lose I hope gsp beats your ass and you learn not to take the easy fights

plus AS has alot of wins against cans......