If i were a betting man i'd put my money on Silva. His striking is out of this world
But Weidman has a pretty good change at winning. In the first fight between chael and silva, chael beat silva for 4 and a half rounds and lost in the last round by submission. In the second fight he won the first round and was winning until silva grabbed his shorts (which is illegal) and threw some punches, then chael went for a moronic spinning elbow, fell, and got kneed to the face when he was on the ground (which is also illegal) and then got tko'd. I'm NOT saying chael would have won by the way. Anyways before the chael Jones fight Jon Jones said something very interesting in an interview, he said that no matter what chael could never beat him and will never be champion because he does not have the heart or mindset of a champion. I agree with this. The reason i'm giving Weidman a chance at this is because he poses similar problems Chael did to Silva but in addition to that, i believe he has the heart and mindset of a champion that Chael did not.
I believe silva will win by knockout/tko. Weidmans striking isn't developed enough to where if silva can stay on his feet he won't last very long. Weidman doesn't have the top control that Chael had so I don't think he'll be able to keep silva down for long. Chris has a great submission game but I don't think it will be enough to submit a guy like silva. Im predicting a 2 or 3d round tko by Anderson silva.
Lets be honest the chances of Weidman winning are slim, Silva one of the most dominant of all time against a relative newcomer, I know he is undefeated but he has never faced anyone close to the Spider. I'm not counting Weidman out completely but I can't see him lasting with the Spider, his only chance is taking Silva down and lay and pray, but the only man left to stop Silva is Jones. But we will see tomorrow night.
Anderson silva is the pound for pound best fighter in the world for a reason. His striking is the best the octagon has ever seen. Top that off with a black belt in Brazilian jui jitsu and the heart of a lion, he is virtually unstoppable. The only fight he would lose is Jon jones.
Who do you got in this?
