Technical Breakdown of Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin

When Frank Mir stated that he thinks Forrest Griffin can beat Anderson Silva by bullying him, and being aggressive, my first thought was that Frank Mir must have fallen off the wagon. That particular decision could only result in disastrous consequences. That being said, let's be a little bit more reasonable. Let's think about what's actually going to technically happen in this fight to make an informed decision. When I broke down the BJ Penn/Kenny Florian fight, I brought up the point that BJ doesn't really make gameplans for specifc opponents, while Florian does. Anderson Silva and Forrest Griffin both create gameplans. Despite what most people think, Anderson Silva's plan against Cote was to damage him early, and look for the knockout in the later rounds. A knee injury stopped the knockout from happening. His plan against Leites was to score points from the outside, avoid Thales' dangerous BJJ game, and strike back hard when Leites is forced to fight on t...