Joe Rogan on Anderson Silva in His Prime

Like Anderson Silva when he was like 30 to 32 Going I remember that Rain you would watch him you just like put your hands to your head and go The first one I saw alive was UFC 90 he fought Patrick Ote Yeah, but like for me that far is very smart But that first round he's like probably seven different styles to just hit him and then I keep saying he uses telekinesis on his knee He just blowed it out for like Patrick had a fucked-up knee going into that fight I think already hard to tell but it seemed like he gave out good fight. It was a good fight Okay, he just stood on it and it's like ah, yeah I think I went to like throw a front kick and it just buckled on it popped out Yeah, no, but like that fight that first round the way just handled them. I was like that. Yeah, that's the guy You know what? It really did open up the recipe to giving Anderson trouble though because the recipe to giving Anderson's tahla's latest Opened it up and so did Patrick Ote. No, but the real key was Don't engage because if you chase after him, he's gonna fuck you up I think like Forrest Griffin all these different people that came at him up for sure Chris Leiben That was not the first one 90 the recipe for disaster. I mean, I knew when I saw that fight on paper I was like, oh, this is crazy You got a guy who's like the most reckless Iron-chinned Marauder in the UFC and you're putting up him against a guy who's like a ninja This is gonna be crazy This is a perfect fight it was a perfect fight in terms of like you want to see like the effectiveness Yeah of like high level timing speed and perfect technique like whoa Yeah, and the way he did it as well was clean. I think you only got hit once that fight He landed like hundred percent of his shots. Yeah in that fight. Yeah, it was beautiful crazy And that's our style. I was a counter striker at first. That's when I started I was always like I wait for guys to come in Yeah, here it is right here. I remember calling this I remember telling people because I was afraid I was a fan of Anderson's from Watching him fight. Look at that jab Oh, I was a fan of watching him fight in England and cage rage and watch him fight in pride And I I remember saying this ladies and gentlemen, this is a different kind of striker Mmm, like this is this is one of the first times you've got a high level Look at the looks he's giving him as well the shoulder faints and the brain is feet man. I like this that bounce He's on people forget man. Look how good his pain is already. He's over. Yeah, pom pom pom Look at that. Come on son. It's for him to get up again. Yeah, and then he ping pang pang pang pang This is beautiful, bro. Let me come on man. Almost every shot lands. He's not getting him. It's incredible It's over Insane and Chris was a beast man. He could take a shot. He could take it all the time There was one with them might was not my Easton It was a guy rocked him and he as he's moving back as he's hurt and he drops the guide knocks him out dude Yeah, no Chris could take a tremendous shot. He was had unbelievable heart But Anderson I feel like in that that's my argument for Anderson being the goat. Yeah, it's there's moments Yeah, it's him and fade or right. Yeah, I saw his kid the other day after my fight I didn't record. I was like in the elevator. I was like your Anderson son. He's like, yeah, baby goat