After all the hoo-hah of the recent title fights, has it affected the Champions Legacies?
13 Apr 2010 11:56
By Jamie Kennedy
A legacy can take years or even decades to build, yet all it takes is a matter of 25 measly minutes to jeopardise the foundations that have been built up for so many years, ruining a fighters God like presence forever. Over the last two months Georges St Pierre, BJ Penn and Anderson Silva have all defended their titles and all three have faced immense criticism. Rightly or wrongly their legacies and legendary status' have come under scrutiny with the fickle media and internet fan base.
There is a reoccurring theme that seems to be seeping into every major UFC event since the turn of the year and I'm not talking about an injury list that would make Darren Anderton blush. What has remained the same is anti-climatic main events, particularly title fights.
It's these fights that I'm going to focus on and I'll start with BJ Penn versus Frankie Edgar. Now let me start by saying that this isn't a swipe at Edgar as he went in there did his job, fought the fight how he...
Whether the debacle last weekend tarnishes Anderson's legacy will depend on his next couple of fights. If he continues in the same vein, then yes, he will probably still be champion but with a severely damaged legacy. If however he does what he did after the last doubts were aired about him, i.e. knock out James Irvin and Forrest Griffin in spectacular fashion, then fight fans will forgive him and his legacy will remain intact.
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