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| I'm not sure in which problems Wandi could present, I'm not doubting you, I'm just wondering... |
If he is aggressive, Wanderlei will pressure - that's not something Silva has really faced of late. And pressure from Wanderlei is a bit different, because of the weird way he throws punches. He is also capable of throwing some nice knees, something which I don't think most of Anderson's opponents have been able to. And Wanderlei is plenty capable with the Muay Thai clinch, though he's shown it rarely in the UFC. It means that Anderson won't have the significant advantage with the clinch he usually does. Simply the fact that Anderson trained with Chute Box back in the day means Wanderlei may have a degree of familiarit with his style, timing, etc, that other opponets wouldn't have.
This would've been a very very interesting fight if this was Wanderlei from 5 years ago, when you could stun him but couldn't KO him. As it stands, its one of the more interesting and likely exciting fights that the UFC and put together for Anderson Silva at 185.