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AFLW 2024 - Round 10 - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
I almost thought this was Anderson's version of a **** you to Dana for giving him Maia to fight.
It was like a cat toying with a mouse and I think Anderson wanted to show everyone just how superior a fighter he was... and piss off Dana in the process. Absolutely disrespectful and irresponsible act though given the money punters fork out for PPVs like this.
Why wouldn't he destroy Maia in 30 seconds? Surely that would prove his point much better than making a joke of everyone involved?
My guess is that Silva will fight for a little while at LHW while the dust settles at MW. They might even build an 'interim MW' champ with a fight between Sonnen and Belfort while Anderson has a couple of fights at LHW against some proper fighters there (Shogun, Rampage or Rashad). Agreed that it's just too risky to have Anderson take a fight at 170 for the championship (cant risk him holding to ransom two belts), so perhaps a 'catchweight' superfight could happen (non-title)?
The other option is to do a deal with the devil and have a one-fight co-promotion with M1. Crazier things have happened. This is the time where it really is a win-win for the UFC. If Fedor lost it would be massive as it would pretty much kill the Fedor hype and Strikeforce. If Anderson lost, well he's gotten the flogging he so richly deserves and Fedor can be introduced into the UFC at a later time (which would be more likely to happen if the event went well). Oh and the fans would go crazy, it would be a huge event.
Post I saw on the UG:
BJ said on O and A today that his rematch will be around August. He wanted to fight a top contender in 6 weeks, but UFC wanted an immediate rematch due to the controversy.