UFC 134 took place last night in Rio, with the main event a fight between Anderson Silva and Yushin Okami. I didn't bother with predictions as it was already a forgone conclusion: Anderson Silva would win. He did win, obviously, with a second round TKO of Okami. Anderson Silva is quite literally unbeatable at the moment, and Dana White even called him the greatest of all time in the post-fight press conference.
Is truly the greatest though? As far as I'm concerned, no. Or at least not until he has beaten Georges St. Pierre. The UFC have for some unexplicable reason been putting off this fight to end all fights. It would make them a massive amount of money, and it would decide quite simply who the greatest UFC fighter is today.
If the fight were to happen, I do think Silva would win, which would in my mind make him the G.O.A.T, however, it would still be a very close fight.
Nevertheless, Anderson Silva clearly is today the best fighter in the UFC. Nobody can really argue that it is not the case. He has the longest undefeated streak in UFC history and is #1 pound for pound according to Sherdog.
Another things to think about is his age. It is still reasonably surprising that at 36, he is still at the very top of his game, and that he hasn't declined at all, unlike other fighters such as Mirko Cro Cop. I think it's almost guaranteed that Silva will retire Middleweight champion, and who knows what he will achieve before the end of his career.
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