"Anderson Silva: The Most Dominant Sports Figure Today"

Wow!!!!! That is one of many words that I think of after watching Anderson Silva fight, and him beating Yushin Okami the way he did was no surprise. Prior that fight Anderson was a heavy favorite, but at the same time he had lot to lose. Yushin's small chance of beating Anderson Silva would have made him the first UFC champion from Japan, and it would have taken Anderson's mystique away from him in front of his home crowd. Anderson losing his title in front of his home country was pressure that he faced, and he handled it like "Cool Hand Luke."

His victory against Okami continues to add to his legacy in many ways. This victory adds to his undefeated streak in the UFC that's the longest in UFC history, it also adds to his UFC title defense record of 9, and it allowed Anderson Silva to avenge his last lost that took place in 2006. His overall record is 31-4, and it is the same as Fedor Emelianenko. At one point in Fedor's was argue by MMA fans to be the best fighter in the world with a record at the time was 30-1, but that's not the case anymore. The world's best fighter is Anderson Silva, and those that deny it do it cause they hate the man. His record not only makes him a dominant figure in the fight world, but it makes him the sports world as well.

The last athlete I can think of that dominated sports world the way Anderson Silva is doing it now was Michael Jordan, and that was over a decade ago. Anderson Silva is the Michael Jordan of the fighting world, and punching someone in the face means more than scoring points, hit home runs, and putting golf balls in holes. Knocking someone out, or making them tap out not only puts a win for a fighter, but it also takes someone else's psyche away from them. That person that loses is hoping that he does not lose his job, and if not he has began again at training camp. It is not like he can redeem himself the next day, next weekend by winning. The last time Anderson Silva lost was in 2006, and since than he has a 14-0 record in the UFC. UFC is where all the best fighters come to fight, and Anderson's 14 victories have gone against many different fighters that had different styles. His second fight in the UFC was against Rich Franklin for the UFC middleweight title, and Rich at the time was consider the man to beat. Anderson walks in the cage against Franklin, and dominates him to become UFC middleweight champion in the 1st round. Anderson's first two UFC victories made him the best striker at that division, so UFC makes his next opponent to be Travis Luetter that had great grappling skills. Luetter was expected to get Silva on the ground to submit him, but it was Anderson Silva that submitted him in the second round. That's been the tune that Silva's opponents been singing before their fight that they think their fighting skills was the formula to beat him, and that includes Dan Henderson. Prior to fighting Anderson Silva Dan Henderson was consider the world's best fighter by holding the Pride welterweight and, middleweight title at the same time. Henderson felt his wrestling, and boxing hands thats knocked out people was the right formula beat Silva. Well Anderson defeated Henderson in the second round via submission, and within Anderson's 14 victories are two from defeating two fighters in the light heavy weight division. They are James Irvin, and Forrest Griffin. Forrest Griffin, a former light heavy weight champ, was suppose to put pressure on Silva, but it was Silva that put the pressure on him to knock him out in the first round with a backwards jab. Again Anderson's Silva 31-4 record makes him the most dominant sports figure today.

The first thing that makes it dominant is that it's in a one on one competition, and no one in one on one sports like golf, or tennis has a player that is dominating it. Anderson's victories come from a sport that does not have time outs, halftime, so he is in a competition that goes 25 minutes. Throughout those 25 minutes he only gets up to 5 minute rest, and that comes when the 5 minute rounds end. Throughout those five minutes he uses his cardio, muscular endurance, muscular strength, flexibility, speed, explosion, timing, and accuracy. Now throughout his 14 victories in the UFC he's only had 3 fights that went five rounds, so most of his wins have come in dominant fashion in form of knockouts, or submissions. That's another thing that makes Anderson Silva the most dominant figure in sports, because that's like the New England Patriots winning all their games including the Superbowl by at least 4 or more touchdowns each game they played. Anderson's UFC winning streak is impressive as the 72 Dolphins undefeated streak, and his 9 title defense is as impressive as the New York Yankees 27 world series pennant.

No athlete of any other sport is having a dominant era like Anderson Silva is in the UFC. I mean there are sure great athletes of different sports like Tom Brady of football, Kobe Bryant of basketball, and Jimmie Johnson of NASCAR. They are great athletes of their sport, but they do not have the dominance aura like Silva. Tom Brady last championship game he was in was 2005, and his success depended upon someone else. All three of his Superbowl rings came in close games, and his first two rings came from Adam Vinatieri kicking game winning field goals. The same argument could be made for Kobe Bryant, because his success depended on how good his team was. Now Jimmie Johnson has won 5 NASCAR titles in a row, but he only had to win less than 20% of his races to do that. So there are no athletes that can measure their success against Silva's, and that's another reason why Anderson Silva is the most dominant sports figure in sports today.