Lyoto Machida: Anderson would knock Fedor out

In an interview with Tatame Magazine, Lyoto Machida says he believes his middleweight training partner Anderson Silva would knock out unbeaten heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko.

"Anderson has much more technical quality than Fedor, He'd knock him out", said Machida.

On the other hand, Conan Silveira, American Top Team's leader and one of the most experienced in MMA, don't see any chances for the Spider in this fight. "Fedor is way more strong and explosive. Besides loving Anderson, I can't see any result on this fight besides Anderson being knocked out", bets Silveira.

Of course Lyoto is biased since he trains with Anderson Silva, but I do believe Silva would present serious problems for Fedor. Fedor has only ever shown weakness against strikers, and Anderson Silva is about as good a striker as you can get. If I had to put money on it I'd still go with Fedor, but a fighter like Silva always has a striker's chance. I mean, c'mon, betting against Fedor? It'd be like betting against a bear armed with a machine gun. Or, I dunno, God?