posted on Oct, 18 2007 @ 12:19 PM
I agree on Franklin-Silva. Rich says he's changed his gameplan but I think we're going to see basically the same thing. He can not battle it out in
clinch/tieup range with the Spider.
If he's smart he'll note that a severely dehydrated and weakened Travis Lutter almost got the win v Silva on the ground, but ended up triangled and
elbowed and tapped out.
Rich has a little better chance if he can take Silva down and establish top control, but I can't see him doing this - it's not his game.
If Tim Sylvia has slowed down some, I think it's possible for a much smaller Vera to snipe at him and wear him down for several rounds. But if Vera
gets caught, he's in for a rough night. He can not afford to get into a straight up slugfest (which he won't) nor a G&P on the bottom.
If I were betting, I'd have to pick Anderson "Spider" Silva and Tim Sylvia for the win, though my favs are Rich and Brandon Vera.
[edit on 18-10-2007 by Badge01]