Drooke Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Anderson Silva will meet Forrest Griffin in a light heavyweight co-main event at UFC 101 on Aug. 8 at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia. MMABay.com was the first Web site to report the matchup Tuesday. UFC President Dana White confirmed the bout with Yahoo Sports shortly after. Touted as the sport?s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter after a string of knockout victories inside the Octagon, Silva handily earned a five-round unanimous decision over Thales Leites at UFC 97 on April 18 in Montreal. However, the Brazilian?s performance against his out-gunned opponent polarized fans and media. Silva?s controlled strategy was also questioned in his October 2008 victory over Patrick Cote at UFC 90. With his UFC 97 victory, Silva, 33, now holds the record for consecutive wins (nine) inside the Octagon. His bout with Griffin will be his second at 205 pounds. Silva starched light heavyweight James Irvin with punches in just over a minute at UFC Fight Night 14 in July 2008. The winner of season one of Spike TV?s ?The Ultimate Fighter,? Griffin (16-5) became the UFC light heavyweight champion at UFC 86 in July 2008, where he took a hard-earned unanimous decision over Quinton ?Rampage? Jackson. Griffin lost the title to Rashad Evans via a third-round technical knockout at UFC 92 last December. I'm pretty pumped for this fight. Whattya think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drooke Posted April 29, 2009 Author Share Posted April 29, 2009 Also on the card is B.J. Penn vs. Kenny Florian. I think I want to see this fight more then Silva - Griffin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midwest Wrestling Fanpage Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 I am thinking this might be the fight of the year! Great match up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyandky Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 This sounds like a good night.I think maybe Silva(not to sure though) and Penn will get the wins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smooth34 Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Griffin is the perfect guy to face Anderson Silva. He's so tough and won't back away from Silva. They will stand and exchange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allyourbase Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Silva can, and will, crush Griffin. I love Grif, but we are not making a wishlist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drooke Posted April 30, 2009 Author Share Posted April 30, 2009 I completely agree with ya AYB. Griffins willingness to stand toe to toe will end very badly for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdanteague Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Make that 3 in a row for Silva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeandBreighton Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Make that 3 in a row for Silva 4. Forrest likes to get hit, Silva likes to hit..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drooke Posted August 4, 2009 Author Share Posted August 4, 2009 The fights are just a few days away so I thought I would resurrect this thread UFC 101: Declaration Date: Aug 08, 2009 Location: Philadelphia Venue: Wachovia Center Broadcast: Pay per view MAIN CARD Champ B.J. Penn vs. Kenny Florian (for UFC lightweight title) Champ Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin (non-title fight) Johny Hendricks vs. Amir Sadollah Ricardo Almeida vs. Kendall Grove Josh Neer vs. Kurt Pellgrino PRELIMINARY CARD Shane Nelson vs. Aaron Riley John Howard vs. Tamdan McCrory Thales Leites vs. Alessio Sakara Dan Cramer vs. Matthew Riddle George Roop vs. George Sotiropoulos Jesse Lennox vs. Danillo Villefort I'm really looking forward to the prelim card. I hope that Riley, McCrory, Riddle, and Sotiropoulos get the W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smooth34 Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 The fights are just a few days away so I thought I would resurrect this thread UFC 101: Declaration Date: Aug 08, 2009 Location: Philadelphia Venue: Wachovia Center Broadcast: Pay per view MAIN CARD Champ B.J. Penn vs. Kenny Florian (for UFC lightweight title) Champ Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin (non-title fight) Johny Hendricks vs. Amir Sadollah Ricardo Almeida vs. Kendall Grove Josh Neer vs. Kurt Pellgrino PRELIMINARY CARD Shane Nelson vs. Aaron Riley John Howard vs. Tamdan McCrory Thales Leites vs. Alessio Sakara Dan Cramer vs. Matthew Riddle George Roop vs. George Sotiropoulos Jesse Lennox vs. Danillo Villefort I'm really looking forward to the prelim card. I hope that Riley, McCrory, Riddle, and Sotiropoulos get the W. It will be nice to finally see Amir Sadollah. Griffin has fought guys who hit harder than Silva. I really like Griffin in this fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drooke Posted August 5, 2009 Author Share Posted August 5, 2009 I'm a big Sadollah fan as well, he won me over on the show. But, I've gotta go with the wrestler (heart speaking) here. I hope he does it but Amirs sub's are so slick I don't know if Johnny's defense is there yet....I hope so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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