Dana White: Anderson Silva could end his career with a fight vs. Jon Jones or GSP
Posted on December 20, 2011, 10:09 AM by Anton GurevichUltimate Fighting Championship president Dana White revealed he would like to see the promotion's Middleweight Champion, Anderson "The Spider" Silva, ending his career against either Georges St. Pierre or Jon Jones. According to White, Anderson Silva has two more title defenses at Middleweight, before he can get to his "super fight duties".
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“He’s probably the greatest fighter in history. He hasn’t lost and has been champion since 2006. I think he has two more title defenses and I do not know what he’ll do next or if he will retire. He could end his career with a super fight against Jon Jones or Georges St. Pierre. He could end his career like that – fight in a different weight class. I would be happy with that. Then he could take a boat and sail into the sunset.”
Thirty-six year old UFC Middleweight Champion is currently 31-4 in his career, enjoying an unbeaten run inside the Octagon since his debut against Chris "The Crippler" Leben at UFC Fight Night 5 event, back in 2006. Since then, Anderson Silva defended his title 9 times. Silva ended 9 of his fights inside the Octagon via KO/TKO, and 3 via Submission.
Anderson Silva's next opponent is expected to be determined at the conclusion of UFC on FOX 2 co-main event collision between Chael Sonnen and Mark Munoz. One of the original Ultimate Fighters, Michael "The Count" Bisping, is also currently in the mix for a title shot, looking to prove his worth against the former title challenger Demian Maia, also at UFC on FOX 2.
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Well yea, he doesn't want Chael to end his career lol.....well you knew someone was going to say it 8P
cleared the way for new discussion.
Well....not to end his career but to loose...yes maybe
If you consider their last fight...Chael has what it takes to beat Anderson...
Chael almost act like a bully towards Anderson and i feel thats what get into Andersons head,,,, makes him vulnerable...
Chael doesnt deserve a shot...his fight record doesn't stand up to criticism
Bisping 25 with 22 wins 3 losses.4 fight win streak
Munoz 14 with 12 wins 2 losses..4 fight win streak
Sonnen 39 with 27 wins 11 losses....11 losses..1 fight win streak...
I wish Silva would avenge Machida loss against Jones. And Carry on punching Jones a little bit more after the Ref stoppage to make him pay for his bad sportmanship and ****yness. But I think that jones would take him down easily .
I would also enjoy seeing Silva Punish GSP's face from the outside and knee him in the face whenever gsp would try to take him down.
lets not forget Hector lombard .
35 with 31 wins 1 draw 1 no contest ,2 losses and a 20 fight win streak ....get hector into the ufc Dw
non of those guys have more notable wins then Chael, I dont care about padded records
Is that you ed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ??????????
Chael is a steroid cheat ...is one of his notable wins his "win" against silva ? according to Chael if you tap you win.
Well losers do what they have to do to win
Lombard has a better streak than most other fighters in MMA but because he fights outside UFC everyone will call them bums because that is the knuckle dragging mindset of many fans.
so you prefer 20 wins against terrible fighters than dominant wins over okami, marquaid, stann and a great first fight against AS???
use your common sense please and dont be a hater
He also has that streak because he fights outside of the UFC. Same argument, same facts.
Hector is avoiding the drug testing that the UFC will require and he knows why hes built like a pitbull. Anyone here can refute otherwise and that's their right to do so.
Ufc picks fights....no one earns shots ...if they did Fitch would be on for another title shot ......the facts speak for themselves Hunter there are many fighters from other promo's who would beat their counterparts in the ufc...anyone who thinks differently is either arrogant,naive or stupid.
By the way Jason miller is a Ufc fighter and he looked terrible...what I'm trying to say is just because a fighter fights under the ufc banner doesn't mean he's a better fighter than those in other promo's it means they are lucky enough to be in such a great organisation fighters are judged by fight records.
Alexander Shlemenko is another fighter who would have beat most of the middleweights in the ufc ...Sonnen and Bisping included.
51 fights 44 wins 7 losses he would out strike Bisping and frustrate then ko Sonnen ..just too tough for them.
jorge santiago was supposed to be the best MW fighter out side the UFC and look what happened to him... i agree were you say jason miller looked terrible. but he was one of those top fighter outside the UFC that tried to make it here. the UFC is a whole other league and the only middle weight that right now will be a top 5 if he signs with the UFC will be lombard IMO. and he will need a couple of big wins to fight for the title because kalib starnes and jared hess arent the kind of fighters that gives you a title shot
remeber jake shields?? he was supposed to be one of the biggest fighters outside UFC and he is 1-2. nad could easily be 0-3. i think shields is a top 10 WW but what happened to him just proves that UFC level is really high. i do think that there is great talent like barnett, nick diaz, overeem, melendez that will do great on the ufc. and probably a lot of new comers. but i dont agree that those MW youve named deserve more a title fight than SONNEN. even bisping!!! the guy doesnt has a win over a real top 10. dont be afraid of chael... he will be gentile with AS
What happened to Shields is hes a grappler and not a striker I guess thats why I was amazed GSP could even do anything to him. Sheilds didnt look as bad as GSP. That fight was the first fight that made George look very beatable.
totally different styles...shields hugs nuts...lombard crack nuts....sonnen stuggles to finish and take steroids...id rather back a loser that loses honestly that a cheating con man.
Well, Anderson says he will never fight Jones because they are "friends" and Gsp will not move up and risk to ruin his career, so I don't see any of this superfights happen, and honestly I don't care anymore.
with a happy ending ;) hehehe
hopefully doing porn with Brittney
your a good man Saucier
good man
richer than Chael Sonnen .
Wow Highlife, three Chael Sonnen comments in one thread. You must really like him.
I really dont like what he stands for and how his crap talk"lies" have people fooled into thinkinghe's a great fighter...he is dumb...have you not seen the worlds dumest criminals...he cheats on mortgages..gets caught...cheats with steroids ...gets caught....and beat...then tells everyone that he won "that fight" and they all believe the hype ....he is like a less powerful,less skilled GSP without the ground game and sub defence....He stand for whats wrong with our society ...we seem to hero worship bad examples .
I will be interested to hear that what he has to say when he has been beaten by Munoz....
or 4 kids no huband, fat,and a 2 pack a day cigarette habit.
anderson silva is a very friendly guy
We'll see The Spider fight Bones before we see him against GSP. GSP has to beat whoever he fights next convincingly and not his usual ground and hump game plan he's been doing lately if he wants his name to be with Anderson again. A catch weight is the only way they fight and it'll be at minimum 180lbs
Gsp's last 2 fights were dictated on the feet by him. Thanks for playing though.
[insert /] "cymbals clashing"
I would love Jones to say he will cut to 185 for a superfight with Silva. he could maybe have two belts at once as he'd likely dominate Silva same way he has everyone else. Silva has a weakness with strong wrestlers and Jones would exploit that hole in Silva's game.
I've thought of Silva as the best, especially when a guy like Sonnen can dominate him for almost 25 minutes. If Silva had got caught and KO'd it does not effect his legacy because anyone can get caught but getting dominated like that means he is not the best and never will be.
*never thought of
John Jones cut to 185lbs? Are you serious? He's already huge for a light heavyweight! His legs would look like wet noodles!
Sonnen was on Steroids(cheating) and still tapped ....
Number 4. You're his biggest fan aren't you. Wait, this is Hateocracy isn't it?
the Timmothy Burton's Christmas nightmare guy.
Jon Jones would get owned by Silva... I want to see the Silva vs GSP fight! That would be the best fight we will see for years... but unfortunately we wont get to see it... My take... GSP would win that fight too! Jones just is not good enough yet... maybe in a coupe year with more training!
I was with you until you implied that GSP would do better against Silva than Jones. They would both likely get embarrassed by Silva.
Silva is 37, you want to wait a couple more years, he is already out of his prime.
in the long run, Silvas strikes would probably do GSP in. Each round starts standing and thats 5 times you automatically have a shot at hurting them.I think thats what surprised everyone so much on the Cael fight, is Chael managed each round to get inside or hit him with a good strike coming in.Could that happen again? Im leaning towards no, but you never know.
I do think Anderson and his reach would out box Jones and take him out. Simply because of the experience.
Chael didn't let Silva dictate the range and set up. People know how accurate and devastating Silva can be, so they want to be cautios, but I honestly think the best way to fight him is blitz his ass.
its all good and well taking them down ..you gotta be able to finish it when you do ...he couldnt do that...Silva weathered the storm then submitted Sonnen when he tired.....perfection.
Not just experience though. We all saw in round one of Jones V Machida that a good striker can land on Jones more than he lands on them. Silva is a better striker than Machida as well as more powerfull. I honestly think Silva could KO Jones in under 2 rounds.
You also saw how Jones altered his gameplan and left Machida unconscious face planting the floor. You think he isn;t wersatile enough to take the fight where he wants to? he'd dominate Silva like Sonnen did only with a finish within 2 or 3 rounds.
#5. Let it go.
lol
Why not both!!! Gsp first then bones!!
I want to see Lesnar (265 lbs) in a super fight against Cruz (135 lb) AND Faber (135 lbs).
Before you "weak" me, think about that. It'd be a hoot.
JK
I think that anyone who has seen the movie True Lies has already seen that fight. Here's the clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhJP0lERFek
ahhaha Lesnar laying on top of him laughing and Cruz squished and looking all serious like"dude take a little weight off I cant breathe"
I like the deal by Dana Jones vs Silva than GSP .imo
I personal think Dana has a power to makes thing almost impossible happen
If he does fight either of those; he'll have his first ever loss in the UFC imo.
Lutter, Henderson, & Sonnen. 3 strong wrestlers, 3 sub wins for Silva.
Come on, really? Henderson had his nose kneed into orbit right before Silva took his back and Chael's neck contains a a powerful magnet for brazillian testicles. Do those really count?