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GSP: “I Would Fight Anderson Silva”
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If you’re like me, the thought of a potential showdown between Anderson Silva and Georges St. Pierre would usually conjure up the feeling of a dream fight that would be one of the biggest in the history of mixed martial arts but would ultimately not take place for one reason or another. However this one feels a little different.
We’ve already seen that Silva isn’t afraid to go after the big-time fight. After all, we’re only a week removed from UFC President Dana White reportedly preventing a much-anticipated and likely history-making boxing match between Silva and former pound-for-pound phenom Roy Jones Jr.
A different kind of fight that White has been keen to though is between Silva and St. Pierre. Provided St. Pierre avenges his last loss to Matt Serra next weekend, the two kings of their respective divisions are quickly running out of legit contenders to test their skills against.
But even more key to a fight actually being put together is both fighters wanting to do it. I think we can already assume that Silva will be game. Is St. Pierre? According to his comments from today’s UFC 83 pre-fight conference call, there’s no doubt.
From MMA Weekly:
“I’ve been thinking about it. It’s going to depend on the scenario. I have a lot of training partners at 185 and my weight class is 170. I would never get into the way of one of my training partners,” he stated. “I would never fight somebody I train with. But if one day, I have the opportunity, the way is clear, and I did everything I had to do in my division, of course I will (fight Silva).”
A fight between the two probably wouldn’t happen until next year. Silva has Okami next and then who knows. St. Pierre would have Fitch and Alves to a lesser extent. In order for the fight to have that “superfight” feel, both would have to win their next couple of fights. If both perform to their potential, it shouldn’t be much of a problem.
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from Stuart, FL
Apr 10, 2008 11:16 PM
I wasn’t aware of a Silva/Okami match-up being official, or even rumored. How did I miss this?
from Philadelphia, PA
Apr 11, 2008 7:56 AM
At the post-fight press conference for UFC 82, Dana White stated that Okami was first in line for a shot at Silva’s middleweight title.
from Stuart, FL
Apr 11, 2008 12:43 PM
Gotcha. Thanks.
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from Vancouver, B.C.
Apr 10, 2008 5:18 PM
That fight would be awesome of course, but I sure hope GSP is not looking past Serra. To hear these comments so close to his upcoming fight is not a good sign. I’m sure he’ll come out on top this time though.