What do you think of anderson silva moving up to light heavy weight?

Question

I just read that anderson silva is moving up to light heavy to fight james irvin in an event there doin on july 19, even tho he is still defending the middleweight title later this year. my question to you is, do you think he can clean out that divison just like he's done with the MW divison? who would give him the toughtest fight? or whats the dream fight you would like to see?...im curious

Answer 1

I think Silva will do fine at 205.  He is naturally around 210-215 before cutting down to 185, so the size shouldnt be a big issue.  In fact, he looked larger then Henderson in their fight and Henderson fights at 205 frequently.  I think Silva can beat most of the 205lbs'ers out there and will probably outclass Irvin in their fight.

Answer 2

i'm excited to see what silva can do at LHW.  i'm sure he'll beat irvin, but i don't know if he will clean out the division like he did at MW.

its alot easier to clean out a division that really only has 2-3 really really high quaity fighters.

the LHW division is stacked, and also very unpredictable.  if you look at the history of the division, it really seems that on any given day, any of the top ten fighters caan beat each other.

jackson beats liddell who beats wanderlei, wanderlei beats jardine who beat liddell, but wanderlei has beat jackson,  jackson beats henderson, henderson has beat wanderlei.  griffin beats shogun and shogun has beat jackson.

...and around and around we go.  my point is, i think there's too many talented fighter at LHW for anybody to totally dominate, and it would be even harder for some moving up from MW, even if it is anderson silva.

oh and as for a dream fight, how about:

anderson silva vs. wanderlei silva

wow!

Answer 3

That would be sweet, I think he would own that division. Can you imagine Quinton Jackson vs Anderson Silva

Answer 4

I'm pretty sure Irvin will get murdered. He got a pretty lucky shot on Mr. Omaha(alexander) and  I don't think alexander is quite ready for a title shot. So I expect Irvion to be TKO 1:25 in 1st.  I would love to see forest griffin  and spider go at it.

Answer 5

he will get spanked once he fights the better competition at LHW

Answer 6

His striking power and strength can't match up against the light heavies who are heavyweights in actuality. He could be knocked down.

Answer 7

Let Silva fight Chuck. That would be great. My prediction is that the Spider would get Iced, but it would be spectactular

Answer 8

I'm not sure but I'm looking forward to seeing how he would do.