Anderson Silva did not throw his fight with Chris Weidman

I'm hoping Silva takes an interview before we reach round 5 so we have more concrete evidence to work with.1) This gif shows the same thing larger, so you can see it better (1). As I stated before, Silva's strategy is to roll with the punches, as in move in the same direction as the punches. The straight right, then the right back fist forced him to lean back as far as he could. At this point his head was well past his centre of gravity. When hit while bending backward at the waist, you can't absorb the force of the blow as well as in other positions. The hook may not seem really powerful, but it was accurate and landed when Silva was at his most vulnerable, leaning way back and to the right. For a more in depth explanation of why the hook knocked him out, read this article (2).2) How would a real knockout look then? Under that logic a good portion of MMA knockouts could be fake. Besides, if he wanted to lose, why not just let Weidman pull off his attempted knee bar or heel hook? Why not "pretend" to be knocked out by Weidman's ground and pound?3) After watching the gif I can see how you can think this, but he grabbed Herb Dean's leg and stuck his hand out as if to ward off any blows, kind of like how Forest Griffin did after Silva knocked him out. Griffin was then aware enough of his surroundings to know what happened and get up shortly. In both cases they were hit by a punch that while not too powerful, was accurate and caught them in the worst position, and they reacted in a similar manner (3). As to why he woke up speaking in English rather than Portuguese, I'm assuming Herb Dean asked him if he was okay in English and not Portuguese. "I'm okay. " isn't really a hard phrase to remember.4) Post fight interview: Joe Rogan asks him if he's going to retire, he says no. While he may have to face better opponents and train more, he could supposedly still beat them. If not why would he have to throw a fight he could have just lost? That doesn't make sense. As for the marginally less money to win, he would have gotten paid 200K(4) to win. Does that seem like a marginal amount, even for Silva?5) Silva was still scoring, not missing kicks by "8 inches" as you previously stated. Once more, Silva isn't the kind to constantly be throwing knockout strikes, and if he does (such as against Leben) he does from the very beginning. He looks for openings while picking apart his opponents mentally. Look at his fight with Belfort. He didn't hurt him with any strikes before stunning him with the front kick to the face. It is logical to assume he was waiting for another opportunity like that with Weidman. Or watch this fight against Bonnar (5). In the clinch at the beginning Bonnar is constantly throwing knees and punches whereas Silva doesn't seem to fight back, until he starts to hit him with good shots and puts his back up to the cage and lets Bonnar hit him a few times without striking back with all his force like Bonnar. Bonnar got sloppy due to Silva's games, Silva saw an opening, and KO'd him with a great knee. He was waiting to do the same to Weidman, except his games didn't phase Weidman as much because he had been preparing for them, and a big opportunity never arose. Which leads into point 6.6) There were openings in his other fights which he didn't take for the same reason as with Weidman. They were openings, but not great openings. And taking those openings would cause his opponent to be more wary, which would be counterproductive to his mind games, which he does to make his opponent get their guard down more and more as they exchange. Reasons for why the fight was thrown:1) This is as you said, an argument left up to interpretation. It's possible he didn't want to keep up the title fights, but to the point where he would intentionally lose a fight he could have won? I don't think he wanted to stop that badly.2) That he was clowning around and being flashy to prove a point supports my theory that he got caught. Roy Jones was already in town to talk with Dana, supposedly about fighting Silva. Silva made 600K, not 200 in the Weidman fight (4). I agree that makes sense, however I don't believe Silva would intentionally lose a fight when he's not exactly starving. He's stated before he fights because he loves to, not for money. If he did want to lose, again, why not let Weidman submit him when he wanted to?3) Dana White is a pretty frank guy, indeed his frankness is what often makes people dislike him. If he didn't want superfights or if they didn't make sense he would have likely said so. How would superfights cost UFC money? If the Roy Jones fight would make the UFC/Silva so much money, why not let him fight him in the first place? Additional points:I refer you to the gif (1). At the end, Weidman looks downright hysterical. Afterwards he calms down and seems to be in shock. In the post-fight press conference he stated he it still felt unreal to him. He was likely in a state of shock. What more do you want? According to this logic, if Weidman doesn't celebrate enough it was a fix, if he does celebrate Silva let him win. This is just interpretation. As to the first question being if the fight was fixed, many people were in shock. I personally was in shock. I never thought I would see Silva get knocked out. In fact, I started this debate to try to find answers as to why he was. Questions:1) Could you please provide a video/gif of this moment? I don't recall it and can't find a video of the full fight. Since it "appears" to be something, it could be something else.2) Again, can't find video of the full fight to be able to debate this. I remember him closing his eyes only when he wobbled, and then opening them as Weidman began to strike. As to why he would close his eyes, his usual mind games weren't getting to Weidman, so he had to amp it up.3) Just because he doesn't want a rematch doesn't mean he intentionally lost. I can see how his lack of interest in a rematch would arouse suspicion. Perhaps he was tired and not totally focused. However, being tired and unfocused isn't the same thing as actively trying to lose. I have a question of my own: Why not let Weidman knock him out with the ground and pound? Why not let him pull off the kneebar or the heel hook he attempted? Thanks to my opponent for consistently making thought provoking arguments. Sources:1: . http://4.bp.blogspot.com...2: . http://bleacherreport.com...3: . http://www.youtube.com...4: . http://forums.sherdog.com...5: . http://www.youtube.com...