Article Tweet Perhaps it’s a sign that Anderson (The Spider) Silva is the greatest of all time when fans and critics often wonder aloud why he even bothers fighting the lion’s share of his opponents. You can almost set your watch to it. As soon as the UFC middleweight champion’s next bout is announced, message boards light up with users claiming his opponent has a snowball’s chance in hell of winning. There have been a few exceptions, of course — Dan Henderson, Vitor Belfort and Chael Sonnen ahead of his rematch with Silva, for example — but more often than not, 185-pound contenders are quickly labelled sacrificial lambs. It’s tough to knock this...
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