Anderson Silva: No Brazilian Can Beat Jon Jones

[No More Sorrow]

"Jon Jones is having a good phase, he's improving a lot. He's getting more and more experienced, he's very young, but he's getting more experienced," Silva told Portal TV.


"He's making his opponents fall into his game. He knows how to use his size very well. There's not much to say about Jon Jones.


"I don't see any Brazilian in conditions to face him, even more so because Brazilians don't tend to completely study what happens in there, there needs to be more studying done by the Brazilians in that division so that they can understand what really is going on in there.


"But it's hard for me to say this, because I'm Brazilian and I wish there was a Brazilian with the conditions to beat Jon Jones, but, this is a personal opinion of mine, I don't see anyone in Brazil that can beat him, at least not for now."

Kind of think this is in response to Lyoto saying he wanted a rematch from Jones, either way it's one hell of a compliment from Silva.

 

[The Cork]

Machida was the only guy I thought had a chance with him, and we saw how that fight went.

 

[Slim]

Machida was the first one to really get any real shots in on Jones. But that was it. Only a few shots but Jones was able to capitalize and get him down. After he slit his forehead open with that elbow... it was over from there. Machida wasn't the same.

But yeah I don't see any Brazilians in that division that can beat Jones. And to have a compliment like that from Anderson Silva... now that is saying something.