Dana Dana good old Dana really hit the panick button after he could not sign FEDOR--
Understanding that the UFC was embarassed and took a huge blow in their goal for GLOBAL expansion and by shutting down all competitors failed. By signing FEDOR they would have basically killed all competitors with ORTIZ coming along also--
Now the UFC cannot say it has the best fighters in the world, because they dont have the BEST POUND for POUND fighter in the world in FEDOR-- His record speaks for itself--
Now bring on Anderson Silva vs Forrest Griffith? Let's look at this match a little closer-- DANA knows that his Best fighter in the UFC is ANderson SIlva, he is ranked 2nd in the pound for pound rankings and is huge for marketing, next to FEDOR---
So DANA knows a loss by Silva is a disaster to the UFC, and also a lacklustre win is not good either again. He knows that Forrest basically is a feeder for other fighters- Forrest is not really that good- They fixed the first fight vs Quinton jackson to get a Champion from the ULTIMATE fighter SHOW to give it credibilility.
Remember the UFC was at its peak popularity when CHUCK Liddel was champion and Forrest was a great marketing PLOY as he was the average white bar fighter scrappy labourer type of fighter--
Dana approaches FORREST explains to him that he needs him to tank this fight and be cautious and let SILVA win the fight within the first 3 minutes-- This way everyone forgets about FEDOR, which is what is happening as we speak- WHO IS TALKING ABOUT FEDOR NOW? FOrrest accepts the money because he is a businessman first and a fighter second--- All fighters are in this for the money not for the wins and losses-- DANA owns the fighters and what he says you do and he will PAY you large when you obey him.
Forrest in the match if you watch carefully is throwing nothing, and even Joe ROGAN knows that he is going to throw a high leg KICK, I bet DANA told him that. So then FOrrest gets hit falls and wants to get finished but SILVA backs off and lets him back up, Forrest not sure what to do, approaches and gets hit by the softest punch ever and just falls and then does this weird QUIT symbol like no more--
Then he runs off to the changing room becaue he is pissed off for throwing the fight-- REAL fighers when they lose face the music and talk about it. He couldnt talk about it because he threw the fight.
Just like any good SCAM then the bullshit about broken jaws or Forrest was blind during the fight or Anderson had 3 arms or Forrest suffered a concussion, standard bullshit to JUSTIFY what you have SEEN--
Does that look like he suffered a BROKEN JAW in there???
After the fact its easy to make up injuries and say FOrrest was DEAF now----
This is what happened- It had to happen, they could not risk a loss to SILVA and also they had to have this fight end VERY FAST--
If it did not end this way, then Strikeforce is laughing and saying Silva is overrated, we have FEDOR and he is the BEST--
This was a strategic move by DANA to secure global expansion for fighting--
He tried his hardest to get FEDOR and because he didnt he knows that Strikeforce and MI will be around, he could not have his PRIZE and best fighter LOSE---
I think he had no CHOICE but to fix this FIGHT, also he won at 205 which makes a case for him being the best pound for pound figher in the world--
Having the best fighter in the world sells a lot and is huge in marketing--
So this is what happened- IT is so obvious that Forrest was paid to tank the fight-