Granted, both his losses are submissions, but neither one of them were exactly from the "ground game." Against Mir, he got too aggressive and pretty much gave Mir his arm, which wasnt a problem, as he was about to slam his way out of it. The fact that his arm couldn't stand the pressure was a problem, though :P. And against Arlovski, I think that was more a case of "Uh Oh....He's gonna friggin clock me, I know he is..." only to have AA do the smart thing and avoid trying to "go to the ground" with Sylvia and into his guard, who I'd bet would actually fair quite well on the ground. Instead he grabbed the ankle and that was that.

But Sylvia has such long legs that I'd honestly bet he could be pretty damned efficient on the ground. With legs that long, it'd be hard NOT to triangle your opponent. But the fact of the matter is, from what I've seen, Sylvia has yet to REALLY be tested on his ground game. Assuerio Silva was supposed to take him down because of his insane BJJ skills, but he never got a chance to do get Sylvia down, and when he did, Sylvia just held him in place to get the restart.