Anderson Silva Secures Highlight-Worthy KO Win Over Forrest Griffin | UFC 101, 2009

Anderson Silva Secures Highlight-Worthy KO Win Over Forrest Griffin | UFC 101, 2009 | On This Day

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On this day in 2009, former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva added another finish to his many Octagon victories, ending the fight with opponent Forrest Griffin via first-round knockout to earn Performance of the Night honors.
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@captain4229 Жыл бұрын

“Anderson Silva looked at me like I was stupid for trying to hit him.” - Forrest Griffin

@s.h.723 7 ай бұрын

I’m at a bar right now and I just watched this back outside while enjoying some luxuries and honestly this was a Masterpiece. Hope I can tell my kids about Anderson Silva, Demetrius Johnson, and Jon Jones one day. Three of the greatest fighters that ever lived.

@JoeyCentral 5 ай бұрын

@@s.h.723Jon Jones still fights though

@vazorta 2 ай бұрын

@@JoeyCentralthat’s why he said one day

@danielbattle7620 Ай бұрын

@@s.h.723what are luxuries

@philosopher0636 Ай бұрын

Its like things you do to enjoy but at this point he meant smoking and drinking maybe im also not a native speaker @@danielbattle7620

@slowdrivinggg000 Жыл бұрын

This is what set Anderson apart from other GOATS of mma, he didnt just perform but he put on a show. In his prime i believe him to be the best fighter i've seen.

@bensonbright Жыл бұрын

Agreed ,wholeheartedly ! No one can match his highlight reel finishes.

@jameshughes525 Жыл бұрын

He put on a lot of duds as well, he was feeling himself that night though

@fxckyoutubehandles Жыл бұрын

@@jameshughes525 no shit they would smash the average person but they are tomato cans for ufc standard

@unholylemonpledge9730 Жыл бұрын

Izzy wouldve kod forrest too

@jikjlmvjtcakktbmnjjrsnjsca1770 Жыл бұрын

@@jameshughes525 Silva had 2 decision wins in his 16 fight win streak, in his prime he was outrageously exciting

@devonjones5200 Жыл бұрын

Silva had the greatest prime in ufc history 2006-2012

@francisayala9310 Жыл бұрын

I was only in high school when this fight happened. Silva was straight out of the Matrix in this fight. This was peak Anderson Silva.

@Mike_McP Жыл бұрын

The duck/weave/knockdown combo is still the craziest thing I’ve ever seen in the octagon. Real life Matrix shit. Anderson in his prime was something else.

@user-yr3kd2ig2m 9 ай бұрын

And Anderson Silva did it in the middle of a real freestyle fight too. Not an MMA spar or a boxing match. This is the closest thing to a one on one street fight.

@CyanideSublime 2 ай бұрын

He's the greatest like Ali.

@h1murashi 26 күн бұрын

Its literally like he turned on a scouter in his eye, predicted all the moves, and saw the off button, and hit it.

@JRF1004 Жыл бұрын

Best single performance in UFC history, I got to meet him in a seminar he did in Mexico City this weekend, such a great guy and he was an absolute phenom inside the cage, he’ll forever be one of the GOAT’s

@skitzcunt4213 Жыл бұрын

good to see the airplane dance to celebrate... so under utilised these days

@juniorj.baptiste9205 Жыл бұрын

I was at the seminar !!! Hahaha. A 🐐 for sure

@gigglesworthproductions4032 Жыл бұрын

@TheWolf_757 yeah and before that he was literally the fucking world champ having beat Prime Shogun and Rampage before that.

@jaymike3302 Жыл бұрын

Was this for real? Griffin looked like he was in slow-motion. And knocked completely out win an arm-punch.

@SeynoMMA Жыл бұрын

Yeah im agree , But Conor vs Alvarez is a fucking masterclass too , Dodge everthing and hit like 2-3 punch in counter , so many knock down godness

@stepriver8877 Жыл бұрын

When he dropped his hands at 1:21 smh. The head movement. The reaction and awareness was so fucking crisp. He was like Bruce Lee and Ali. You had to be there. I was in my 20s when I witnessed his prime, so lucky. What a time to be alive it was. We'll never see anything like him again...

@bobdebuilda3877 Жыл бұрын

Same here! Absolute greatness!!

@Davivd2 Жыл бұрын

To me, that's what set Silva apart. He could drop his hands and his reaction time and head movement was second to none. Now his punches are coming up from the hip and fighters don't know how to handle that. To drop your guard like that just goes against all conventional wisdom and Silva made it his strength.

@DrSpaceman69 Жыл бұрын

Yes he’s like the Jimi Hendrix of mma for me. When he first came to the ufc nobody saw anything like it

@citygames249 Жыл бұрын

معك حق ،انرسون سيلفا حقق ما في الأفلام على أرظية الواقع.

@connerp6878 Жыл бұрын

The greatest of all time. Jones was on steroids during his run and GSP wasn’t on this level in my opinion. In his prime no one comes close. He should’ve been the first double champ.

@profightsinfo Жыл бұрын

I still get goosebumps watching this, just an incredibly flawless performance.

@robhill4352 Жыл бұрын

This is my favorite knockout ever.

@letitgrow1846 Жыл бұрын

The crazy thing was, going into this fight, Forrest was known as the most durable and mentally tough guy in the UFC. Silva didn't just obliterate him. He broke him and made him quit.

@alexpearson2920 Жыл бұрын

I was 12 / 13 years old & my dad took me here in Philly for my first UFC fight. When Anderson entered the matrix.. bro I literally jumped out of my seat. It was uncontrollable. That was the most excited I’ve ever been in my life. What a moment

@lazarusmv1973 Жыл бұрын

This fight was the epitome of "There are levels to this game".

@TheBigBadBuffaloDug Жыл бұрын

Still a mesmerising performance.

@mouadhmouadh8649 Жыл бұрын

One of the best legend who step in mma world

@Kilmer07 Жыл бұрын

a masterpiece by Anderson Silva

@jacobalamo5911 Жыл бұрын

Best performance in UFC history.

@skitzcunt4213 Жыл бұрын

what about keith hackney's ball busting win against joe son? gotta be up there

@jaidenrivera1652 Жыл бұрын

Not knocking this claim but I guess it’s always easier to claim a striking masterclass as the best performance in history (Cody vs Cruz) (Mcgregor vs Alvarez) as oppose to khabibs 21 takedowns or any dominant wrestler (Not a khabib fanboy btw lmao I actually would choose striking over wrestling 10/10 personally)

@jacobalamo5911 Жыл бұрын

@@jaidenrivera1652 Only reason I say that is because Silva did this at 205. Khabib is great, but he didn't move up like Silva. If he would've went to 170 & did something similar but with wrestling, it would be close. Nobody could do one offs in a higher weight class & get stoppages like Silva did.

@jaidenrivera1652 Жыл бұрын

@@jacobalamo5911 agree, we’ve yet to see a champ since Silva who finishes fights like him, best highlight tape OAT

@redsoxfox Жыл бұрын

I don’t know, it looked so easy for Silva because Forest was obviously nervous asf didn’t know what to do. It was like watching a little kid take a the ball away from a professional soccer player.

@georgecoull1883 Жыл бұрын

So much respect and love for this man

@skengbiscuit279 Жыл бұрын

And the thing is, Forrest Griffin was great! He just ran into a GOAT! Forrest was a tough fight for anybody in the weight class on his day, but Anderson made him look like a toddler. Scary scary man in his prime, I'd still take prime Silva over prime Izzy any day of the week

@TheBlackKakashi Жыл бұрын

I’d take Silva over anyone

@GoodStuff1992 Жыл бұрын

yes, he was great for that generation

@fabiokaya202 Жыл бұрын

how you even mention Izzy in that sentence lol

@JimMelanson Жыл бұрын

Izzy is more concerned with the look at me showman stuff outside of the fight than fighting itself

@fabiokaya202 Жыл бұрын

@@JimMelanson yeh like nicely painted nails 💅 pearl necklaces and corny disney channel disses 🤡🤡🤡

@TStephens21274 Жыл бұрын

Silva fighting like he’s in the Matrix lol. That movement was incredible.

@TheBlackKakashi Жыл бұрын

This fight always gives me a good laugh. Watching Silva dodge Griffins punches like they were nothing and Silva telling him to come on is honestly hilarious. Greatest Fighter of All Time.

@mychannelnotyours2356 Жыл бұрын

GOAT. Don’t care what forgetful peeps say… I’ve watched MMA for 20 years and there’s never been a fighter like Silva. The style made us believe in fantasy shit. I’ve always thought Silva was a major part of that early draw for the ufc. Everyone wanted to se the greatest fighter that ever lived. At the time, there wasn’t a debate. That’s how good he was.

@TheDragonBloom Жыл бұрын

The only person I've seen that is even remotely similar to Silva is the current champ, Adesanya. BUT, and that's a huge but, Silva was lighter on his feet, faster with his strikes and overall much more evasive than Adesanya. Adesanya is also quite a bit more durable than Silva overall.

@mychannelnotyours2356 Жыл бұрын

@@TheDragonBloom Adesanya is nowhere near as durable as Silva. You gotta remember, Anderson fought through the steroid era in Pride. lol His career in the UFC was the end of his career. Adesanya has a long ways to go to prove that durability. He's young still. Zero comparisons to Silva so far except both are cool strikers. But SIlva was the GOAT cuz he was a GOAT in every fighting style, and he finished people in spectacular style in each of those disciplines. Every fighter is kinda like SIlva in some way, but that's why there's only 1.

@vitorcastro42 Жыл бұрын

What about Izzy in his prime?

@mychannelnotyours2356 Жыл бұрын

@@vitorcastro42 No chance. He's great, but when Silva was around, there was no debate on who was the best cuz he was so far ahead of everyone. That's why the debate is so relevant now for discussion is cuz there's no one that's just insanely better than absolutely everyone. Back then, there was.

@Uuyrijies1123 Жыл бұрын

@@mychannelnotyours2356 Not to mention Adesanya got beat by his deepest and darknest nightmare, Alex Pereira, whom he lost to 2 times. Then Pereira stalked him down into MMA and beat him 3rd time. Izzy isn’t on the same level as Silva.

@prithviraj6172 Жыл бұрын

He’s best no one even close to him. what he did in octagon against middle weight and even LHW was amazing. 🐐

@69urmomyes71 Жыл бұрын

Him and George goats all time no questions asked any weight class

@PathFinder1490 Жыл бұрын

🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐

@thelastspartan5377 Жыл бұрын

So amazing he was roided out the whole time.

@Childofbhaal Жыл бұрын

@@thelastspartan5377 Everyone was roided in that era and he still dominated tf out of them don’t be delusional

@myatken1491 Жыл бұрын

@@thelastspartan5377 It's not cheating if everyone is doing it

@cattalkbmx Жыл бұрын

Kids got a bright future ahead of him.

@TylerMCA Жыл бұрын

He will never get knocked out

@kireba268 Жыл бұрын

@@TylerMCA Surely he wont break his leg.

@PathFinder1490 Жыл бұрын

I hope he continues to have fun in there. 😄 Go break a leg!!

@genesiscruz2000 Жыл бұрын

He'll be "unbeatable ".

@DJButterSmooth Жыл бұрын

I love the moment in Silva's fights where you could see that he flipped a switch and was just like "aight i'm done making reads now, time to put on a show."

@moeeeee99 Жыл бұрын

The greatest MMA fighter to ever exist!!!

@GoodStuff1992 Жыл бұрын

jon jones

@ItachiUchiha_44 Жыл бұрын

Khamzat chimaev loading..

@mateof2536 9 ай бұрын

@@ItachiUchiha_44😂😂😂😂

@lessthanthreemetal Жыл бұрын

Those dodges in sequence are just nothing like I've ever seen. It was like Griffin was punching in a dream.

@bwr921 Жыл бұрын

Prime Silva was on another level

@ricardobjj24 Жыл бұрын

My all time favorite fighter is Anderson Silva for stuff like this. This fight is why I think he's the GOAT

@diesto-vg5jz Ай бұрын

How did this stuff work out against weidman?

@tesseneyaligidir8631 Жыл бұрын

Anderson silva will always be the GOAT👏🐐

@jopo7996 Жыл бұрын

The original Spider-Man. Legend.

@sterlingarcher2653 Жыл бұрын

Anderson Silva fights how we would imagine fighting in a street fight

@JHDIII Жыл бұрын

That's right!!! That's how I grew up as a kid watching animals fighting. I used to think fighting was so easy back then.

@chriscripplercruz1833 Жыл бұрын

Silva was so freaking dominate back then that he had to fight people a weight class above the weight that he was the title holder of.GOAT is the only adjective that can describe Anderson Silva

@chriscripplercruz1833 Жыл бұрын

@TheWolf_757 lol haha well I can't confirm nor deny these allegations lol but yup but still fighting title holders that were champs at one time or another

@samme79 Жыл бұрын

@TheWolf_757 Forrest was one fight removed from being the champ lol. If he was a can, then the whole division was a can.

@dt089 9 ай бұрын

It's hard to describe how significant this moment was for the UFC and MMA in general if you didn't experience it in real time. You were watching a modern day samurai who would break every rule in the Octagon and would somehow make his opponents pay for it in spectacular fashion. You can make arguments for a select few fighters being ahead of Anderson in the GOAT debate, but I'm telling you as someone who watched his career closely from the start and has been a diehard MMA fan for a very long time, there is simply no other fighter that has bent reality like Anderson.

@modiggady Жыл бұрын

Anderson Silva and Fedor Emelianenko's Decade reign were something else man... to me they will always be the G.O.A.T.S🍻

@josebqz5146 Жыл бұрын

YES

@cdb5001 Жыл бұрын

Love both guys, but neither compare to GSP who was dominant and won belts in 2 weight classes. No one touches GSP.

@josebqz5146 Жыл бұрын

@@cdb5001 Agree GSP, fedor and Anderson the top 3 all time

@eZPlayMicRo Жыл бұрын

i remember that was the first thing i ever saw of mma. how silva avoided 3 punches with different head movements and then counters and drops him. that just blew my mind and since then i was a fann of MMA and Anderson Silva. And Anderson is still killing it in boxing. Living Legend..

@EaglesWind1 Жыл бұрын

I wish I could get into the current fights as much as I was back in this era

@waylonjensen3120 Жыл бұрын

I remember watching this live, when Griffin ran out of the cage it was heart breaking but the performance Silva put on was incredible.

@moseshanon7060 Жыл бұрын

Did he run outta cage bc he was depressed?

@waylonjensen3120 Жыл бұрын

@@moseshanon7060 He ran out because Silva broke his jaw and ruptured his ear drum

@JHDIII Жыл бұрын

@@waylonjensen3120 OUCH!!!

@Stephen7764. Жыл бұрын

1:50 you know it's over once the commentators start saying how tough you are or how big of a heart you have...

@fredericodeazevedo Жыл бұрын

This fight was state of art.

@ademalic7903 Жыл бұрын

The GOAT doing GOAT things

@stevesilva1986 Жыл бұрын

The GOAT 🐐 🙌

@mikeross111 Жыл бұрын

This is what makes him a GOAT...It's these unforgettable performances...

@hooxoo. Жыл бұрын

this. this match got me into watching mma.. it was so unreal like watching a well choreographed action movie. anderson silva GOAT!

@LtChubzy Жыл бұрын

This is and always will be the most smooth and badass knockout ever 😎

@VagabondiOfficialTV Жыл бұрын

Woow Silva is a LEGEND 👑🚀

@buubuufigs Жыл бұрын

I remember stumbling onto Silva clips on youtube before I even knew what the UFC was and being like "damn, are there other fighters that are this technical & flashy?" Turns out there wasn't lol.

@anthonyb9226 Жыл бұрын

I remember being a kid and watching this masterpiece in total awe ufc 101

@lisaadler8896 Жыл бұрын

The spider is my favorite fighter of all times! Always will be!

@itsjustiz Жыл бұрын

I’ll never forget seeing that happen. That moment is frozen in my mind forever.

@leizafranco3182 Жыл бұрын

Frozen like Elsa

@vitorlucaspimentelsandis2045 Жыл бұрын

GOAT🇧🇷

@Thebrave_taco078 Жыл бұрын

He could’ve got a shot at the LHW championship and been a double champ but he was built different back then

@fartzr.schmelli3351 Жыл бұрын

The UFC was not ready for, but needed a guy like Anderson Silva.

@JG-zs8tr Жыл бұрын

Griffin talked about this fight on someone’s show and it was hilarious. Made me a much bigger fan.

@mitweakz866 Жыл бұрын

LoL, love Forrest, the interview he made telling that moment and why he just run away was hilarious AF, Forrest is another GOAT in his own way for me

@kidk007 Жыл бұрын

The fighter who made art in the cage

@VolksDragon Жыл бұрын

Listening to Forest Griffin talk about this fight, he's absolutely hilarious recalling what happened.

@Diegoo98 Жыл бұрын

Master class beat down from Silva on fan favorite Forrest

@TransitionedToAShark 11 ай бұрын

It’s hard not to laugh so much at this. Such a master class performance

@jamesfullard Жыл бұрын

watched this live and was like . . . wow

@merlinoner Жыл бұрын

That finish is legendary.

@futbolusa Жыл бұрын

Heard stories that Forest was KOed twice in the week leading up to this fight. From how easily he went down, I don't doubt it

@utkarsh2746 Жыл бұрын

The way Forrest talks about the fight he kind of broke mentally seeing how Anderson was playing with him and smirking. He mentioned a sequence where Anderson just looked at him while easily moving out of the way and how it still haunts him. It has to be weird being at the to of the game and suddenly you run into a GOAT.

@gabrielmoutinho6112 Жыл бұрын

Idk bout that, but what i know is, since silva wanted a fight at 205 he was deep on his training and his coach told him to go light on sparring cause he used to knock his partners out quick

@gabrielgarciaferraz632 Жыл бұрын

there will never be a performance like this again, this is a master fucking piece

@domsdabomb4560 Жыл бұрын

Don’t even care, Izzy “frozen like Elsa” Adesanya is going to need a few more actually exciting fights to even be debatable with Anderson Silva in the goat conversation.

@merlinoner Жыл бұрын

Izzy is good but he's nowhere near Anderson...

@GoodStuff1992 Жыл бұрын

@@merlinoner adesanya is better, but silva did dominate his generation too

@jonesdan85 Жыл бұрын

And to see him now doing so well in boxing just shows his greatness even at the later stages of his fight career. All hail the real GOAT.

@XionAzura1 Жыл бұрын

I remember watching this fight on AFN from our patrol base in Afghanistan. That head movement had me mesmerized.

@DJButterSmooth Жыл бұрын

Prime Anderson Silva is the greatest fighter of all time. The amount of disrespect I see thrown his way online is infuriating.. Recency bias in MMA is the worst in all of sports.

@yohi398 Жыл бұрын

very few can enter the "flow state" in the octagon and see things as soon as the opponent has decided to do something. Forrest was still game as ever at the time and silva read him like a book

@microshaft3109 Жыл бұрын

The greatest KO ever. He literally looks like Neo in the Matrix. Time and age finally got him but it took a while and that time in between was majestic.

@Mr.BMC2763 Жыл бұрын

I watched this fight live. I knew Anderson Silva was the man, but after I watched him play with Forrest like this was when I realized he was a MMA God!!! He made Griffin look like they pulled some random guy out the crowd to fight.

@Toreju7240 Жыл бұрын

This is the fight that officially made me a fan of fighting, anderson will always be a polarizing figure in my mind ill never forget about

@neelshah6528 Жыл бұрын

One of the best performances ever. Forrest was a recent former champ at a division 20lbs heavier and he looked like an amateur vs Anderson

@Esnake17 Жыл бұрын

Era el mejor en ese momento nadie podía contra el . La araña Silva 😎🔥

@sayandeepghosh8538 7 ай бұрын

Absolutely legend 🔥💪

@KuyaArbee 7 ай бұрын

Bruh Anderson Silva was such next level in his prime! Incredible! Made such fights look so easy!

@brycemcelhaney4052 7 ай бұрын

Always gets me how effortless he made that TKO look

@RonMcdon. Жыл бұрын

the matrix. back when the ufc was in its primal years and silva was 'the one'.

@tylerscott2116 Жыл бұрын

I actually cried when Forrest lost like this, and both Griffin AND Silva were my favorites but it just really hurt my feelings to see dude get brutalized like that. Later on I would go on to appreciate Silva's victory as a pure exhibition of virtuouso striking.

@DavidSantos-zb2ik Жыл бұрын

Anderson had that crazy crisp striking where it looks like he barely touches fools and they fold

@Markito85 Жыл бұрын

The real GOAT!

@neveroffended45 Жыл бұрын

Sam Alvey is fighting for the belt next

@dusher7448 Жыл бұрын

At the time Forrest was my fav fighter. This really hurt 😢

@EscanorChi Жыл бұрын

The fight that turned me from a casual to a stan, I fell in love with the sport. Real life ninjas

@fobkingdingaling Жыл бұрын

He fought at 205 for this fight. A weight class above his normal weight class

@starlingermosen5815 Жыл бұрын

I just love the UFC ....danm this sport has grown..wow 🔥I love it....

@fatmanjonestv7143 Жыл бұрын

I remember this fight so well - this was GOAT Silva he put on a display that night. There was no beating 2009 Anderson Silva

@xMister.Misterx Жыл бұрын

I saw that live when it happened. That was my favorite HL of Anderson 🙂

@kapatidnaarleneburner2203 Жыл бұрын

i wish anderson could've had more activity in light heavyweight, i swear in his prime he had the chance to be the first ever double champ, it's just how good prime anderson was

@headkicked 24 күн бұрын

It always felt like Anderson was letting the fight go on, for the fans. And when he felt like the crowd hype was at an all time high, he ends it in a way that makes you think, he could have ended it whenever he wanted to. What an absolute legend.

@falafiote8169 Жыл бұрын

Legendary

@superchili9057 Жыл бұрын

The full version where Forrest running away from the ring and crowds after a lost.

@BrokeSpike Жыл бұрын

It's the complete disregard for anything Forrest was throwing makes this so legendary.

@Brucelee-pv6uf Жыл бұрын

0:20 check kick 0:33 l step 0:53 blitz 1:24 headmovement /pull back too 1:45 backward hook /slap 2:33 blitz 2:40 ( punch backward ): Anderson back foot back first /front foot like shuffle 1