UFC 134 Recap – Silva still the man

nullIt’s hard to know what to say after watching Anderson Silva run through another opponent (AP Photo).

The first thought is, Wow! This guy is amazing.

But, then, you chew on the fight for a little while and you are left with this thought: What was Yushin Okami doing?

Coming into this fight I said all that stood in Okami’s way of winning this UFC Middlweight Championship fight was his aggression.

Sure enough, Okami played right into Silva’s hands. He didn’t pressure. He didn’t attempt a takedown. He didn’t get into a “fight” as Chael Sonnen would call it.

What part of standing around and letting Silva pick you apart did Okami think was going to help him win?

Even he had to know when Silva stood right in front of him with his hands down that he was screwed.

Sure enough, just moments later, Silva landed a big right counter that sent Okami down and then he finished him with ease from there.

If I am Okami, I am asking myself if I really did my best. I am wondering if that was the most I made of my title opportunity?

Why haven’t people realized that you can’t let Silva get comfortable? Sonnen gave everyone the blue print, but neither Vitor Belfort or Yushin Okami seemed to want any part of it.

There’s no doubt that Silva is the best fighter in the world. But, he has a pretty clear flaw that nobody seems ballsy enough to want to expose.

If the UFC wants an interesting fight, they will put Silva against Sonnen once again. But, Sonnen has to beat a tough opponent in Brian Stann first.

For Okami, he is probably going to be relegated to undercard fights after that showing.

In the co-main event on Saturday, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua knocked out Forrest Griffin in a big win for the former champ.

Antonio Minotauro Nogeuira also earned a big KO win over Brendan Schaub. But, I will get more into those tomorrow.

For now, here are the results for UFC 134.

UFC 134 Results

Saturday, Aug. 27

HSBC Arena – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Anderson Silva def. Yushin Okami via TKO (Strikes) Round 2

Mauricio Rua def. Forrest Griffin via TKO (Strikes) Round 1

Edson Barboza def. Ross Pearson via Split Decision

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira def. Brendan Schaub via TKO (Strikes) Round 1

Stanislav Nedkov def. Luiz Cane via TKO (Strikes) Round 1

Thiago Tavares def. Spencer Fisher via TKO (Strikes) Round 2

Rousimar Palhares def. Dan Miller via Unanimous Decision

Paulo Thiago def. David Mitchell via unanimous decision

Yves Jabouin def. Ian Loveland via split decision

Erick Silva def. Luis Ramos via knockout in round 1

Yuri Alcantara def. Felipe Arantes via unanimous decision

Raphael Assuncao def. Johnny Eduardo via unanimous decision

  

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