Silva didn't lose his last two fights.. He lost to Arona last year (by lay n pray of course) then he beat Arona in the title fight a few months later, he then beat heavyweight Fujita in the first round of the tournament. Dana White knows better ,Chuck Liddell is not that great of a fighter, and would most likely lose to Silva (always has a chance to knock Silva out of course), it would look bad to have Liddell lose to Silva who just lost to Cro-Cop.. No shame in that of course, Cro-cop would have a field day in the UFC....
I agree with MMF I really dislike Tim Sylvia.. He hasn't got a whole lot of talent, he's just a big guy.. I don't think you can even make a case for him being in the top 6 or 7 in pride. Fedor Emelianenko, Nog, Cro-cop, Aleks Emelianenko, Josh Barnett, Kharitonov, Fujita, Werdum and even guys who aren't heavyweights like Shogun, and Arona would give Sylvia trouble. I don't think Sylvia could beat any of the first 7 guys I listed. He beat Arlovski, but a fluke knee injury in their last fight, kept Arlovski from taking it to the ground or putting much pressure on Sylvia.. Ausserio Silva would have easily taken his fight with Tim Sylvia had he not grabbed the fence to prevent the take dhatown (the UFC really needs to take points away for this). The UFC HW division is pretty weak overall, so hopefully Monson, or Vera can finally beat Sylvia. I'm going to keep my eye on Cheick Kongo, he's looked good in his last few fights... I don't think he is all that special, but as long as someone beats Sylvia soon, and for god sakes take off the goddamn belt when you go out in public..
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