UFC 108 Results: Rashad Evans Defeats Thiago Silva Via Unanimous Decision
by Kelvin Hunt on Jan 3, 2010 12:33 AM EST
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It was a fight that featured a wrestling based fighter with a muay thai specialist, it was the wrestler that imposed his will for the majority of the fight. Rashad Evans effectively used his striking to set up great take downs for the first two rounds to dominate Silva. He acheived the mount position once and had Silva's back once or twice. However, the larger Silva was able to get up each time without taking much damage at all.
In the first round Rashad was very aggressive landing multiple strikes on Silva as Silva retreated. Rashad then moved in close and scooped Silva with a take down. This was a repetitive occurance through the first round with Silva offering very little in the offense department.
The second round was more of the same, but Silva seemed to defend a little better and was able to get up from each take down a bit quicker than the first round. He did land a couple of legitimate strikes on Rashad in the round. However, it was more of the same as Rashad dominated the early part of the round and seemed to coast toward the end of the round.
The third round was Rashad seemingly playing it safe with a lot of movement. WIth about half the round gone, Silva began to taunt Rashad as if he wanted to get him to stand and trade it out. Rashad kept his cool, but Silva was able to hurt Rashad in an exchange. Evans was in DEEP trouble, but Silva allowed Evans to recover. It seemed as if Evans was still hurt when they engaged again, but Evans was able to brave the storm it seemed by clinching with Silva or dropping down for a take down attempt that Silva defended well. Silva probably cost himself the fight as he allowed Evans time to recover once he was hurt. The judges agree with a unanimous decision victory for Rashad Evans.
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Not much to say about it except that Thiago was able to shrug off Rashad once on the ground… Shad looks like he’s fighting Godzilla everytime around at LHW and while he has the speed, explosiveness and power to accomplish alot of things in that division he doesn’t have the weight to effectively hold people down methinks.
He should move down to MW.
Bloody hell.
Thiago Silva is a quitter
which is ironic for a guy sporting “i never give up” tattoos on his forearms. i could not, and still can not, believe he didnt go in for the kill in the 3rd round after clearly seeing that suga was doing the chicken dance. i mean all one has to do is think of the machida title shot and how he capitalised on a similar situation. its history now.
i still believe Rashad is overrated and now look to Rampage to once more exploit his lack of a chin but this time capitalise on it. also his takedown defence is going to nullify shads shot i reckon… in saying all this, congrats to shad for wrestling his way to a UD, pretty shitty and unconvincing way to win, but he did and he proved me wrong
"I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch." ~ Ty Cobb
Rashad did virtually nothing with the takedowns. Nothing. he did very little up against the cage. The last round should have been a 10-8 round. What more can you do other than KO or submit the guy to deserve a 10-8 round. it should have been a draw……each round is scored independently, and when a fighter is visibly almost finished…..it shold not be a 10-9 round. period. Rashad will likely revert to this safer strategy to get the belt back….people forget there was a lot of talk about how boring he was with his wrestling before get KO’d Salmon and finished Lambert. I have nothing against wrestling or GNP…..but I want to actually see something happen after you take the guy down.
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by theworldsoldestsport on Jan 3, 2010 2:07 PM EST reply actions
i would agree
except it kills me to say that silva didn’t pour on off to tip the balance in favour of a 10-8 round…he looked like he could finish him, but never went for the kill and therein lies the problem
in the sanchez v guida fight diego poured it on like a rabid dog. i mean the dude was all over him like a rash!! here tho, silva just wanted to taunt him and pose instead of going for the kill. i lost on my betting cos of it, but naturally silva lost out more…he’s a proper fool and hope he felt as much when he woke up. for a fight he looked like he had lost, he had it sewn up with minutes remaining but bitched out…worst case scenario was a 10-8 round and a draw if he hadn’t
"I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch." ~ Ty Cobb
by RearNakedPoke on Jan 3, 2010 2:33 PM EST up reply actions
No
No way the last round should have been 10-8…Silva’s offense only lasted like a minute if that…he didn’t do much the other 4 minutes…you are right he didn’t do anything with the take downs…but it was moreso because he couldn’t keep the larger Silva down…moreso than just laying on him and doing nothing…I mean he did mount him in the first round…
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