Wanderlei Silva Versus Keith Jardine – UFC 84
Our third pick for UFC 84 is the Keith Jardine, Wanderlei Silva matchup. This fight screams thriller with two guys who just love to pound the shit out of their opponents. Wanderlei is coming off a loss with Chuck Liddell and Keith Jardine recently beat Liddell, but this fight is still going to be a barn burner!
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Wanderlei Silva is the Pride of Pride fighting and one bad-ass fighter. He is a brawler with amazing skills and an intensity which drove the name ‘The Axe Murderer’. He has heavy hands and is a black belt in jiu-jitsu under the famed Carlinhos Gracie.
Keith Jardine is a former Ultimate Fighter Season 2 fighter. He has brutal leg kicks and loves to stand against his opponents and drive kicks into their body while waiting for the knockout punch.
FIGHT ANALYSIS: Both fighters are intense. Jardine kicks hard to the body and will look to stay on the outside of Silva’s reach much like he did in the later rounds against Liddell. Wanderlei Silva can take the fight to the ground, but loves to get in close and use a Thai clinch to drag even his biggest opponents down. Look for Silva to get inside Jardine’s outer range and begin throwing hard punches while readying for his massive knees. While Jardine WILL try to keep Wanderlei on the outside, it will not stay that way. Silva is too aggressive for this tactic. Silva is going to get inside and come out with one of the most brutal knockouts in recent history…. In the end… SILVA BY TKO.
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saludo (May 24, 2008 @ 5:16 am)
tough pick. I like the Wanderlei for this. He is tough. Jardine is tough too, but not like Wanderlei. Jardine will lose. I am betting.
jacobstakes (May 24, 2008 @ 6:33 am)
Jardine is way tough. Just because he came from the Ultimate Fighter Series, don’t count him out. His leg kicks are among the most devastating in the league. Liddell had no counter for that at all and he beat Silva.
I still think that Silva will prove his dominance outside of Pride and he NEEDS to win this fight to look like much of anything anymore. I see him getting inside and scoring a good nockout, like you say… but I would not be surprised if Jardine came out strong and won either. Tough call, but I am betting Silva.
admin (May 24, 2008 @ 9:46 pm)
This fight was 36 seconds worth of quick action and, just as we predicted, Silva by a brutal set of punches! What a fight – Silva is the man!