Rumble Johnson vs Anderson Silva

VS

Rules:

- Anderson is in his prime

- Light Heavyweight bout

- Rumble is his blacksplosive current self

- 5 rounds, unified rules in the standard UFC Octagon

I know I just made the Gus vs Andy thread, but this is worth discussing too. The DC fight surprised a lot of people, so I figured we can actually discuss Anderson vs current LHWs not named Jon Jones.

Depends if rumble stands and trades he will loose but he could pull off a win of he utilizes his wrestling in conjunction with his power.

Anderson is/was very good but many people fail to realize he ruled over a very weak middle weight division.

Anthony beats him up harder than he beat up his ex's.

Anderson Silva (In his prime).

I think he would pick him off in stand up/striking. Destroy him in a clinch. And he was good enough working off his back defensively/ jujitsu to weather an attack if/when Johnson takes him down. Nor would it be easy taking Silva down.

I think Silva takes it 8/10.

**Edit** And lets not forget that Silva has been pretty Impressive when he has fought at light heavy. Including against DC at 200 especially given the circumstances.

@flumox56: rumble is too strong for Silva clinch game to work.