i lost a lot of respect for anderson silva during the demian maia fight to be honest. admittedly, maia was one of my favourite fighters at the time (so it may have been a bit of confirmation bias going on there!) but he was outright disrespectful the way he was goading and taunting him that night. even dana white went over and blasted his seconds during it. i mean, it is fine for the greatest stand up fighter ever to say "come on! come on! lets bang!", but i didnt see him challenging maia's bjj….
i was very pleased when weidmann knocked him senseless while he was doing that in their first fight!
i will say however, that in every interview i have seen with silva, he has been modest and respectful. it is just his in cage antics i cant stand.
i saw 168 (couldnt believe harnett got owned by browne! and sad that meisha tate lost again - used to like rousey until i saw her on TUF...) and as soon as it happened my dad said he heard his leg break and said it was broken. i had to see the replay, but when i did i just cringed... ugh. i hope he recovers soon.
sad way to end probably the best ufc career to date, but thats sport, and its time for him to retire. in any case, i think he had been winning for so long that he was getting bored and he has just done it all now.
a jon jones fight was not the best thing for silva anyway.
as for GSP, well i am extremely sad to see him retire, but he obviously has a lot of stuff going on outside mma.
i am a huge gsp fan (my dogs name is Rush!) and even though he probably lost to hendricks, i was incredulous that dana white came out and flat out criticised the judges over the decision - regardless of what he thought, GSP was the winner and the champion and it was just a huge slap in the face imo. no wonder he has had enough!
i will miss him at his peak (last couple he wasnt the same after his injury) and his great attitude and sportsmanship.