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Caged Spider: The 25 Best Photos of Anderson Silva from Around the Web

Anderson Silva is the kind of fighter that comes by only once in a lifetime.He went from being an exciting journeyman competing in promotions all across the globe, to finding a home in the UFC and becoming the most dominant champion it has ever seen.UF…

Anderson Silva is the kind of fighter that comes by only once in a lifetime.

He went from being an exciting journeyman competing in promotions all across the globe, to finding a home in the UFC and becoming the most dominant champion it has ever seen.

UFC President Dana White recently called Anderson “the greatest fighter in MMA history”.

With unparalleled movement and creativity, commentator Joe Rogan famously dubbed Silva’s fights a “ballet of violence.”

His speed is often on another level than his opponents, again compelling Rogan to say, “It’s like he’s moving inside the Matrix.”

When Anderson Silva fights, you never know what is going to happen, but chances are it is going to be something you have never seen prior.

Later this summer Silva will defending his belt yet again, this time in his home country of Brazil and against probably the best Japanese fighter currently competing in MMA—Yushin Okami.

Here are the top 25 photos of Anderson Silva from around the web.

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UFC 132 Fight Card: Wanderlei Silva & the 25 Most Intense Staredowns on YouTube

After more than a year on the shelf, Wanderlei Silva will return to the Octagon at UFC 132 on July 2nd. With every appearance Silva promises two things, an exciting fight and one of the most intimidating staredowns in the sport.Silva’s opponent at UFC …

After more than a year on the shelf, Wanderlei Silva will return to the Octagon at UFC 132 on July 2nd. With every appearance Silva promises two things, an exciting fight and one of the most intimidating staredowns in the sport.

Silva’s opponent at UFC 132, Chris Leben, is one of the few fighters in MMA who can match the intensity of “The Axe Murderer” inside the cage. Therefore, fans should expect nothing less than a slugfest and a fight of the year candidate.

In honor of Silva’s fear-inducing gaze, we present you with the 25 most intense MMA staredown videos on YouTube.

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MMA’s 25 Worst Cheap Shots

MMA is lucky.Despite its fearsome reputation, the sport is chock full of fighters who work hard, love their families and honor their profession and each other. In nine cases out of 10, MMA fighters are respectful and respectable people.This slideshow i…

MMA is lucky.

Despite its fearsome reputation, the sport is chock full of fighters who work hard, love their families and honor their profession and each other. In nine cases out of 10, MMA fighters are respectful and respectable people.

This slideshow is about the other one.

It seems that no apple barrel is immune to a little spoilage. And when your chosen source of income entails hitting, kicking and twisting another man’s body parts, there’s going to be some bad seeds in the mix.

Every now and then, the result of that equation is a cheap shot. What follows are the 25 dirtiest, nastiest cheapest cheap shots the sport of mixed martial arts has ever produced. Some are cringeworthy, some are strange and most are, to be frank, rather hilarious, in that easy-for-me-to-say kind of way.

Please enjoy.

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MMA: The 11 Most Compelling "What Ifs" in the Sport’s History

Despite the relatively short history of modern mixed martial arts there have been many crucial points at which the fate of the sport—as well as the fate of the athletes within the sport—was decided.From events taking place before the UFC wa…

Despite the relatively short history of modern mixed martial arts there have been many crucial points at which the fate of the sport—as well as the fate of the athletes within the sport—was decided.

From events taking place before the UFC was created up until more modern times, there have always been junctions where the swelling popularity of MMA could have taken a turn for the worse or been catapulted even further into popularity or some other calamitous/favorable could have happened.

What are these “what if” moments embedded throughout MMA history? What alternate reality would have unfolded if the historical choices/circumstances did not occur?

Read and find out!

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Brock Lesnar, Tito Ortiz and the 10 Most Controversial Fighters in MMA

A dirty player inside the cage or a loudmouth on the mic outside of it. A man with a rap sheet or a few run-ins with the law or a guy you just plain love to hate.What makes a controversial fighter in MMA today? It is all those things mentioned and more…

A dirty player inside the cage or a loudmouth on the mic outside of it. A man with a rap sheet or a few run-ins with the law or a guy you just plain love to hate.

What makes a controversial fighter in MMA today? It is all those things mentioned and more and when you can mix and match a little bit of each, then you’ve really had a Hall of Fame career to be proud of.

With that, let’s take a look at the 10 most controversial fighters in MMA today.

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5 Fights That Could Be a Bummer This Summer

This summer was looked at as the biggest in MMA history, and one month into it we’ve had a plethora of meaningful fights go down. But after a lot of hype, some of the more high profile fights have fallen flat, most notably the fight between Alist…

This summer was looked at as the biggest in MMA history, and one month into it we’ve had a plethora of meaningful fights go down.

But after a lot of hype, some of the more high profile fights have fallen flat, most notably the fight between Alistair Overeem and Fabricio Werdum last weekend.

The last thing we want as fans is to have a fight that we’ve been looking forward to fall flat, but much like Overeem-Werdum, there are likely to be at least a few more this summer.

I looked through the upcoming events and found five big time fights that have the potential to be a bust. 

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