It's easy! He doesn't have a 6 pack like many overhyped fighters in the UFC who have a huge fan base.
How to have a huge fan base:
1. Fight in the UFC
2. Have a 6 pack, and/or a tan.
3. Ex-TUF member is a bonus!
Sylvia has none of those 3, and SINCE he has none of those 3 he's vulnerable to being underrated and stepped on by MMA fans. (Especially the new ones who came over from WWE where tans, 6 packs, and wrestling were how fans picked their favorite character!)
Many people forget Tim started his career 16-0, and his record since that 16-0 start is 10-6! Let's put this in perspective by comparing Tim's last 16 to the last 16 fights of many "nuthugged" fighters.
Randy Couture? 9-7
Wanderlei Silva? 9-7
Chuck Liddell? 10-6
Tito Ortiz? 10-5-1
BJ Penn? 10-5-1
Frank Mir? 11-5
Forrest Griffin? 11-5
Many also forget his Top 10 wins over
1. Ricco Rodriguez
2. Andrei Arlovski x2
3. Jeff Monson (Monson was ranked. LOOK IT UP!)
4. and an UNDEFEATED Brandon Vera
Not to mention he was a mouse fart away from TKO'ing Nogueira, when Nogueira still had some of his prime left!
I hope this clears things up. TIM IS A HALL OF FAME MIXED MARTIAL ARTIST! I know people will bring up Ray Mercer, but a puncher's chance is a puncher's chance. Sylvia would beat Mercer 9 out of 10 times and that's just a fact.
Oh yeah. I'm not a Sylvia fan either. Just want to help educate people as to why Tim's getting so much hate.
-Todd
