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CCM:

--- Quote from: shardian on August 11, 2009, 09:47:34 am ---
--- Quote from: ChadTower on August 11, 2009, 09:37:12 am ---
I replayed it about 45 times and disagree.  The ref stopped the fight without any immediate danger because of his signal.  Since when did the UFC stop fights with a knockdown where the other guy isn't following up?  I could see it if he were out like Bisping but he's not.  And Silva isn't pounding him in the head.  There's no reason for the ref to wave this off when he did other than submission.

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Chad is correct. Silva had absolutely no intentions of going to the ground. The ref probably stepped in because it was getting embarrassing for the organization. Hell, he was probably gonna offer him a hand again!

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That may well be, but no where did Forrest motion to the ref to stop the fight.  Watch the replay, Forrest never even looks at the ref.

ChadTower:

Because it looks to me like he said it.  And he WAS waving his hands with arms extended, which isn't an effective defense against strikes.

CCM:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on August 11, 2009, 09:19:23 am ---
I look at it this way... when even Joe Rogan almost blurts out "WTF was that" watching the replay it's pretty bad.  The UFC needed Silva to win this dominantly in order to set up his next fight which may be their biggest money fight to date.  They put in their biggest company man to get it done.  Sadly, he's not that smart, and apparently wasn't willing to take a beating in the process.

The best next fight available is Machida but I bet they give him Henderson.  Bad news for anyone in the division for which Silva is champion as there isn't much talk of him defending his belt any time soon.

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I'm not buying into your conspiracy theories.   I think Forrest was out-classed, frustrated, and completely forgot his game plan, if he even had one to begin with.  Granted, the last punch that put him out didn't look like much, but he was probably still fuzzy from the 2 prior knock-downs.

I admit that Forrest didn't look quite right in the fight, but there is no denying how hard Silva can hit.  You rarely see Henderson, Marquardt, or Leben rocked as badly as what Silva did to them.

In the post  fight press conference Silva said that there is no way he would ever fight Machida, he said they are brothers and that fight will never happen...  For the right amount of money and pressure from Dana, who knows.

CCM:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on August 11, 2009, 10:19:49 am ---
Because it looks to me like he said it.  And he WAS waving his hands with arms extended, which isn't an effective defense against strikes.

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Waving his hands?  Are you watching the right fight??  Forrest goes down, arms flat out to his side.  He immediately brings his left arm straight up towards Silva, and brings his right arm over and across his face.  How can you interpret that as waving his hands  ???
 

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