{"id":47000,"date":"2012-12-10T11:00:43","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T19:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=47000"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:24:15","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:24:15","slug":"dana-white-people-dont-grasp-how-good-anderson-silva-really-is-ufc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/dana-white-people-dont-grasp-how-good-anderson-silva-really-is-ufc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White: People Don&#8217;t Grasp How Good Anderson Silva Really Is | UFC NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Anderson-Silva3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Anderson-Silva3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Anderson Silva3\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Anderson-Silva3.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Anderson-Silva3-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Anderson-Silva3-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>\u201cAnderson Silva is so far the best fighter in the world, (expletive) pound-for-pound, they ought to make a whole other list for him. I don\u2019t know what you call it, but he should be on that list. That\u2019s how good this guy is. This guy is 38 years old and still performing at the level. Bonnar went the distance with Jon Jones and he said to me after his fight with Anderson Silva, he was in total shock. Not to mention the fact that we find out he was on steroids. He\u2019s on steroids. He\u2019s already the bigger, stronger guy. Anderson Silva has 36 days to prepare for that fight. He (expletive) annihilated him. So after the fight, he says to me, \u2018That guy lives in the Matrix. Nobody\u2019s ever done that to me in my life. I felt like I never fought a day in my life when I went in there with this guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen has Anderson Silva never stepped up to the plate and done what we asked him or needed him to do? Even fighting at 205 on a month\u2019s notice. That\u2019s how good Anderson Silva is. 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