We know that your opponent Saturday night went to the ground easier than LA Rams QB Jim Everett being phantom tackled. In fact, at times it looked like he was begging for an excuse to quit.
But we desperately want dominance in our UFC Champions. Your act at UFC 97 was reminiscent of the high school bully that was two years older and stronger than the underclass victim he picked out, taunting and embarassing at every available opportunity.
The UFC doesn't have anyone in your weight class to give you a decent challenge, but in the absence of a pedigreed contender would you mind putting your opponent away in a dominant fashion so we don't have to hear people wonder out loud about your heart and whether or not you are simply trying to prevent injury to yourself?
Although you showed you have kicks, if I wanted to see someone do trick kicks (like when you went behind your own leg to kick Thales Leites with your other leg) I can go to youtube and watch people of all ages do that.
We simply want to see the "pound for pound best fighter" as many call you, instead of the Cirque Du Silva routine you've given us during your last two fights.
To make it worse, UFC 97 proved to be ex-champion killer night with the defeat of former Light Heavyweight champs Steve Cantwell (WEC), Brian Stann (WEC), and Chuck Liddell (UFC). We desperately needed you to represent and knock someone out.
We don't spend hundreds of dollars or sixty of dollars to watch you fight in person or via pay per view. Let me make it clear that the boos you heard rising from the crowd on hand in Canada and from homes and clubs at locations around the world, were not booing with you, but booing at you.
As far as Thales Leites, the UFC needs to set this turtle on his back to the pastures offered by other smaller and less relevant promotions than the "Ultimate Fighting Championship". The two fake "my eye was gouged" did not help this sitch.
Sincerely,
MMA Fan
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