Silva has finished every fight bar two decision victories since coming to the UFC.
Exactly what I was just checking. He's won 11 fights in UFC, 9 by KO/TKO/Submission.
The crowd can shit on the fight all it wants. Dana can shit on Silva all he wants. The fact is you can't force him to finish the fight. If he doesn't want to take the risk of getting caught with something when he goes in and prefers to see out the five rounds and win on points, that's up to him. If he wants to showboat while he's doing it to intimidate his opponent, then apparently there's nothing in the rules to stop him. It's a sport, not entertainment - if you want exciting fights, that's what WWE is for.
"If you want exciting fights, that's what WWE is for."
...are you fucking kidding me? That is likely the worst excuse that I have heard yet - the top guys in the sport go out there to have exciting fights. Every last one of them will state that. If Silva is only interested in having a long reign, and ducking away from opponents to keep his win record going that's fine. But Dana's not going to want to showcase him when the fans don't want to see the shit that he pulled the other night.
It's a sport, you go out there to win. No it might not be pretty, it might not be entertaining but the guy won by unanimous decision, so he must've done something right. It happens in every sport, some teams might not be enjoyable to watch sometimes, but if they win then I'm sure they don't care and would be quite happy to take it. My WWE comment was basically that if you want entertainment then watch an entertainment show. Sport can be entertaining to watch too, but obviously not all the time, so you're taking a gamble there.