Is Anderson Silva still the same fighter that once ruled supreme among middleweights? For UFC 237 opponent Jared Cannonier, he’s not.
He’s even better in 2019.
“The Spider” will collide with “Killa Gorilla” in the upcoming pay-per-view event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 11, and Cannonier doesn’t buy the theory that Silva, who’s won only one of his last seven bouts inside the Octagon, is past his prime and an easier matchup.
Sure, Silva lost most of his recent fights since 2012, but those losses came against some of the best there is, from current heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier to future middleweight champions Michael Bisping and Chris Weidman.