GSP says if given adequate time to put on weight, he'll fight Anderson Silva

How can you not like a guy that gives props where they're deserved....??!!!! Condit better be on his game or he may as well bring a pillow for the nap he'll wind up taking!!!

One thing I like about GSP is that he is completely real about everything - he doesn't circle around questions or answer questions in a deceitful way. He is completely honest and open.

I really don't know why I'm always rooting against GSP. He's one of the most respectful, classy, humble fighter/champion in the history of combat sports or just sports in general. He has already cemented his legacy as the best welterweight fighter in mma. I'm a huge Silva fan, but I hope GSP achieves more greatness in the coming years.

" I have an ectomorph type physic", is that some kind of weird Canadian robot talk?

He has been stating this for the last 2 years, tired of hearing it. This fight will nvr happen in time for it to matter.

well people keep saying he's afraid. the ufc keeps both him and silva busy so he's right in order to do the fight they both need to not have fights for a while which is hard to do when they are both champions

Truth dave, but i think if you didn't work for the site certain people would never vote that sharp:p

Not sure about Condit but I sure will bring my pillow just incase GSP dry humps this one for a decision again.

I think Condit is good enough off his back GSP might not be able to.

GSP wants absolutely nothing to do with someone who is both about his size and good off their back. He could physically dominate BJ, but he wanted absolutely nothing to do with the ground game against Shields or Koscheck.

If Anderson wins, he beat up a much smaller fighter. If Anderson loses then he got beat by a much smaller fighter. It is a lose lose for Silva. I would LOVE to see this fight, but as I see it Soares would have to be insane to sign it.

if he beats Condit they should find out and have top 4 contenders fight and let him have his time to fight Silva by the time the contenders fight all the fights then we would be able to see a super fight and GSP will be able to get back to his weight class to fight who ever ended up top contender.....I love that GSP is a straight forward guy and sucks that

Daiz isnt and is so thinned skin cause I wanted to see that fight also.

use to be a big fan up to the last couple years, til he started crying about everything became a diva...every interview and looks around like someone is going to jump him!

well GSP has said over and over that if he goes up in weight he most likely will not be able to go back down, so it would end up being top 4 contenders fight mini-torney to decide new WW champ.

185 would be a great weight class or 190 thats 15 under Silva's weight

class and 20 over GSP's weight class

Uh... Why the hell would they fight at 190? Silva usually fights at 185 and is naturally bigger so that would only increase his advantage. GSP would never agree to that. 180 would make sense...

Meh..he said the exact same thing back in april 2009...so it's been awhile and really after the alves fight it should have been enough. I think he's an ecto/meso split because if he's a pure ecto what the hell is AS?



Also, AS is only around that weight when he's basically out of shape and in rare form

I disagree - if Anderson wins, then he beats the #2 P4P mma fighter in the world, and that is not a lose situation. If he loses, then he lost to the #2 P4P mma fighter in the world.

all the negative Dana White talking points about fedor fighting henderson would apply to silva vs gsp, its a even larger size difference which would probally get alot more hate from people.

I agree .. Better fights for Silva are at 205.

When GSP beat penn he beat a smaller fighter....somehow noone mentions that.

nope it means skinny body type. which is bull cause gsp aint skinny like a 135 pounder hes definetly a messomorph (muscular body type)

No. It also isn't accurate. He is either at the muscular end of normal or the lean end of Mesomorphic. Ectomorphs are people like Fiona Apple.

@Keyboard. Yup.

While I would love to see GSP fight the Spider, I don't think he should move up to 185.



Why beef up and then cut the weight? If he fought him at his normal weight, he"d be quicker and have more stamina.



GSP"s best chance to beat Silva is on the ground, where Anderson"s hand speed and reach would be less effective. I don"t think the extra weight would help that much.

weight actually does make a difference. especially with his style. have you ever tried wrestling someone who was 15 lbs heavier than you?

I have wrestled people as much as 100 lbs heavier (I am 135 and 5'5") and weight matters but not nearly as much as technique. I don't care if a guy is 115 lbs heavier, if the smaller guy has vastly superior wrestling the bigger guy will be helpless to stop it. AS does however have the BJJ to make that rang dangerous to GSP.

there's no way AS walks at around 230lbs, he doesn't look it and it would not be a smart move to make when it comes to weight cutting. Anderson in a good shape around fight time would be really close to 205lbs. GSP is pretty big himself, in recent videos has revealed that he is about 195lbs. That's only a 10-15lbs difference at max. I just don't think he feels comfortable fighting AS and he's really just trying to stall as much as possible to try to figure him out.

I'm not sure why some people think Georges Safe-Pierre has "a shot" at beating Silva because GSP himself knows that he would get demolished if that fight were to happen. Furthermore, he should never ever accept that fight regardless of what the fans and Dana want.

actually quite possible for silva to walk around at 230. Fighters dont just cut weight a week before the fight. His pre camp weight is probs about 225ish id say. prob gets down to 205ish during camp and starts cutting the rest 2 weeks before fight or w.e., its very possible. point being its very possible, and if you think thats alot of weight to cut, talk to Gray Maynard who walks around at I think I read 190 and cuts to 155. I personally wouldnt do it, but hey, w.e works

@xcato Not only that but Anderson has looked even smaller in his last few fights. I wouldn't be surprised if his walking around weight was under 200 now.

@xacto TRUTH



How can he be 36 years old and cut 45lbs of weight?! GSP is NOT an ectomorphe...if anything anderson is closer to ectomorph than GSP is andit's really obvious to people who actually know what the word means.

f his camp weight is around 205ish, then why would it matter what weight he walks around with? it's not as if he'll be 230+ on the day of the fight. again, i don't think the weight difference is a big issue for GSP by looking at his past opponents (thiago alves), he can still control the match if he wanted to, he would probably try to spend as much time with freddie roach seeing how he's trained AS before.

I think we need to mention that AS has never looked as ripped as GSP unless you count him at 168. So walk around weight is a bit of a misguidence as AS is simply softer than GSP anytime you look at him. I personally believe when AS is off he takes it real easy and GSP I seriously could never see taking it easy so his walk around weight will always be closer to fight weight. Most I have seen GSP weigh was 200 but he doesn't get out of shape ever. AS has bragged about eating fast food and such when he's off and GSP joked about it and then clarified he does not eat fast food. If GSP lived AS's life I think AS would be only slightly bigger if at all.

That's cool. Really interesting point about also preventing Silva from fighting and losing in the mean time... would be a huge waste for GSP if that happens.

Georges Safe-Pierre wants no part of Anderson Silva and it would be a dumb move on his part if he ever accepted a fight with Anderson Silva.

I hope GSP never fights AS - or he will end up the same way Okami and the rest ended. It will be a shame for his legacy - and he does not deserve that.

I think if ANYONE has a chance to beat silva its GSP. Who else is a master strategist beside GSP and maybe Jones. Notice the common denominator there is Greg Jackson. Both guys have the skill set and strategic ability to do it. Sonnen fight will end significantly different in a way that Silva would prob end it quick and fast after the speculation of the last one. Thats if Sonnen even gets a rematch

Not at all. When BJ moved up to fight GSP he did not tarnish his legacy despite losing. He remains the greatest LW ever and in years to come some people may see the losses on his record, but any educated fan will know they were against guys like GSP, Machida and Edgar. If GSP moves up and loses, so what? He went in there with someone with HUGE size advantages, strength advantages and better stand up. I personally feel if GSP had the right gameplan it would not be such a one way ticket that some seem to think. remember GSP has been caught and finished before but rarely, if ever, dominated in the fashion that Silva has been dominated in his career. Silva has a problem with strong wrestlers and there are few better than GSP in that department.

He's not that much bigger and I doubt he's stronger but yes he is a better striker. Their reach is almost the same. AS has a 1.6 inch reach advantage. AS is merely taller than GSP. Nate has a reach 2 inches shorter than GSP, Palhares is 5'8 with 5 inches less reach than GSP, Chris Leben has 5 1/2 inch shorter reach than GSP, Yushin has a 4 inch shorter reach than GSP, Patrick Cote has a inch shorter reach, Dan Henderson is 5 inches shorter reach. Kendal Grove has a 3 inch reach over AS, Thales Leites has a 1inch reach over AS, rich Franklin has the same reach as GSP. All the middleweights are between 5'8 and 6'6. GSP is the perfect size for middleweight and at middleweight would enjoy one of the best reaches with exception of 3 fighters. No one in middleweight is as toned down as GSP either. AS will be 37 or 38 by the time GSP says he's ready also so in my view GSP has everything going for him to move up to 185 where he has much advantage in strength and speed and reach while being no midget.

AS is the same height or shorter than 5 or 6 of his competitors so he is no monster in the division by size considering he has also looked softer than most of his competitors where as GSP always looks more ripped than his and more lean. To put GSP in perspectivr Alves is 5'9 and has a 6 inch shorter reach than GSP, Koscheck is 5'10 and has a 3 inch shorter reach, Sheilds being amoung GSps' biggest contenders is shorter by 4 inches of reach, Dan Hardy has 2 inches less reach, BJ another 5'9 fighter has a 6 inch disadvantage in reach, John Fitch has a 2 inch reach disadvantage, Matt Serra is 5'6 and has a 8 inch reach dissadvantage to GSP, Matt Hughes is 5'9 and has a 3 inch reach dissadvantage, Sean Sherk is 5'6 with a 10 inch reach difference, Frank Trigg is 5'8 with a 5 inch less reach, The only guy GSP has fought with a bigger reach is Mayhem Miller by 1 inch and that fight was amazing and really only showed GSP having a strength advantage. Whos' the monster in their division now?

Agreed.



Plus who better for GSP to train with to prepare for Silva than Jones, a stronger, explosive, unpredicatble, dynamic striker.

GSP is so slick, I'd put my money on him fighting Silva at a catchweight. Dana better pull his finger out his a** and make this fight. He always talks about the UFC doing a better job than boxing when giving the fans the BIG fights we want. GSP and Silva have dominated their divisions for so long now it's time Champion v Champion 5 rounds to see who is the best P4P.

GSP is arguably the best welterweight MMA fighter ever and if wasn't for the fact his career coincides with Silva, would easily be the #1 p4p guy on the planet.



So if your opinion is he's "afraid" of anyone, my opinion is that you are retarded.

How can you not respect this guys attitude!!!

Alright, let's cut the bullshit! Dana should make this at a catch weight in about 4-5 months after GSP fight Carlos. GSP would be hard pressed to say no considering all the backyard fights the UFC has given him in Canada.



So Anderson walks around 50 lbs heavier than his fighting weight?! Come on now!.....

moving up to 185 is a bad career move for GSP. Hed be giving up his belt, taking a long time off to put on weight and during that time he would be focusing a lot on bulking up and less on training. If he losses then wat? also Anderson silva has to do absolutely nothing to make this fight happen, he wont have ring rust and he doesnt have to cut any extra weight

i dont think anderson walks around at 230. there was a photo on here a while back, with black house team members, nog, machida, etc..in the pic, and the first thing that came to my mind was people who talk and say A.S. is soo big and should fight bigger people, etc...in that pick, he looked tiny next to nog and machida. like gsp said , he used to fight at 168. he may go over 200 when off the fight calander, but 230 is pushing it, unless its all gut from burger king and he burns that off, but he definatly is not 230 pounds of muscle cutting down to 185.

Sounds like he wants to fight Franky. He usually talks about how good his opponents are and how they are his toughest challenge to that point, regardless of reality.

He already walks at 195. Whats a 10 pound cut? Man the hell up and just fight.

Watch the video. He says he's between 188-190. Silva would likely walk into the cage with a 15-20 pound weight advantage for a fight at 185 unless GSP bulks up.

I'd rather see a Jones/Silva fight, after Bones destroys Rampage of course.

gsp should just keep dominating in ww

for such hardcore fans it really is amazing that very few seem to uderstand how much of a weight difference there is. its not just a matter of him cutting 10 pounds and hes at 185. it doesnt work like that at all. you guys need to employ a trainer and dietican so you can finally understand because its just like talking to a wall

GSP should take this fight on a contractual agreement that if Silva wins he moves up to fight J Jones.



If Silva agrees. That way we'll find who is really ducking who. And I do recall Silva saying a few year ago he was going to move down to challenge GSP and I'm still waiting. I don't think it is right the onus is on GSP to challenge Silva since Silva called out GSP first.

AS called out GSP and agreed to fight at 170 a few years ago. After the Maia fight he was told if he won he would be granted a shot at GSP. He won but dana was super pissed at how he won so then Dana took away the shot as a punishment. GSP said he did not want to fight AS until he was ready to retire after that fight also. So GSP continually was asked if he would take the fight and he continually changed the subject. Now after a few years AS would probably have more problems getting to 170 than then and GSP would have none going to 185. AS left the door open for a long time and GSP would not accept and Dana did not want the very unpopular AS at the time taking out his most popular at the time GSP so the fight was scrapped. Now that AS is back in the public favour Dana is all for it. GSP has never expressed a desire to fight AS and always changed the subject when asked about it and even now he is not calling out AS he is just saying he will if it all works out. AS stepped up to 205 on a moments notice and then back again to his own weight. Jones has every right to call out AS but he hasn't and he even said that he used to look up to guys like Shogun but now he is at that level and he now looks up to AS. Nuff said I think.

Firstly, no one in a higher division has a right to call out those in a lower weight class unless they are looking for easy fights. Secondly, you are a Silva excuse machine so get off his nuts. Is Silva scared of Jones because he stated he won't fight him after seeing him destroy Rua? Is GSP scared of Silva? I doubt either of these are true. If Silva wants GSP that bad get him to move down ,like he said he would. GSP has stated if given time he will fight Silva so long as he can prepare in the right way. GSP has not continually changed the subject you falcing moron, he speaks quite honestly. You are just a falcing idiot.

My recollection of Silva GSP was Silva stated the desire to fight GSP long before GSP ever did. If you can find me a youtube clip that proves me wrong fair enough. And I don't mean interviewers asking GSP about Silva I mean GSP coming out of his own choosing and stating he wants to fight Silva. The way I see it there has been pressure on GSP to move up for a couple of years now, but I don't ever recall GSP calling out Silva. I do recall Silva saying he was going to move down to WW and challenge GSP. And Falcon's excuse of Dana stopping it is pure bulla, because if Silva wanted that fight like he said he would have moved down already.

Why would he move down you retard if he wasn't going to fight GSP? Oh Dana can I move down to fight Dan hardy? Please! Shut up you fool, Dana said it himself that AS will not be fighting GSP anytime soon after his performance with Maia. GSP was interviewed after about what he wanted and GSP said that AS is the best in the world and i wouldn't fight him until I was ready to retire.

I already adressed your idea of AS moving down. AS was denied the fight by GSP and Dana not AS running. The fight was in stone up until his fight with Maia. Then after a while GSP was having none of it and he was the first to call out Silva. Not to mention it's easier to go up than down. I didn't see much of a response to GSPs' huge advantages which are even bigger than Silvas in his own weight. You are in denial that GSP is even more of a big man in his own division and is sized favourably even at MW.

Can you provide evidence of GSP calling out Silva years ago? Please link it.

Here's a link for Dana calling it off. http://www.5thround.com/31600/nobody-happier-with-anderson-silvas-performance-than-georges-st-pierre/



And another video of him after the 112 fight.

This was one instance where Dana announced that GSP would be givin a shot at AS http://blog.chron.com/fighting/2008/11/anderson-silva-vs-gsp-could-happen-in-2009/



And here is a video of GSP saying he would love to fight AS. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T12mSJcSSR0

GSP has been saying he will put on weight and fight Silva for long enough now he could have already done it. Same with Silva in dropping weight.



Do it or STFU about it ..



it's not even really "news-worthy" to even mention they say this crap anymore. How long now? ... almost 2yrs?

14 wins in a row 9 title def. only three people have made it out of the 3rd round he got 18 tko/ko's and 6 subs! gsp has no chance!

Silva has lost more rounds than GSP though. GSP has a chance. A Silva win would be no surprise if they fought, but it would not be as big an upset as some think should GSP win. I would even have a few quid on GSP myself.

lost more rounds u better check ur stats b4 the sonnen fight silva only lost 1 round anh that was 2 hendo! and in the 2nd silva choke him out so get ur facts right!

what the fuc*k are you smoking dude???????

as a fan no doubt but not a legitimate bet.

Silvaisking2321, I completely agree with you.

ty silva does what most others cant or dont he finshes fights! like i said only 2 people made it to decison leties and maia and sonnen made it to rd5 all others could not make it out of the 2nd round!!! imho silva is the best ever!

But most agree, anytime AS didn't finish a fight he was trying to do some showboating and there were opportunities for him to finish both fighters in which he just let them up and continued to show off. GSP on the other hand hasn't finished and the reasons in most peoples opinions is that he was unsure of himself.

Silva moved to 205 with not much time and thats a 20lb difference to fight some tough fighters. GSP could at least move 15lbs to fight a top contender in middleweight if he wanted.

And Silva cut back to MW in just as short a time so he can cut some more quite easy going by your logic? I don't even know why a grace your deluded banter with a reply. Someone so stupid will never see sense.

Okay what ever you think. But it is less of a cut and he's not cutting he's gaining weight as well as AS was fighting a guy who had to cut for 205. You can back pedal for GSP all you want but in reality many fighters cut and gain weight to change weight classes. GSP is the only one that seems to need extra time.

Maybe because he sees what Shields looked like against kampmann and is smart enough not to pander to idiotic calls to copy such rash moves.

That was someone cutting down not moving up. Many people look better win or lose when they go up. Hendo, Sheilds, Frankilin all moved up as opposed to down and Frankie Edgar stayed at a weight he didn't need to cut in. I am sure you understand understand your own logic so thats cool.

i would love to see this fight who wouldn't, but i think that the WW division is over all the most diverse and competitive division. MW only has a few fighters other than Silva that i would even care to see GSP take on.



this is also why i think Anderson Silva should just move up to LHW, MW tends to be the home of LHW and WW washouts, Kos is going to MW,franklin ran to MW. lots of fighters who cannot win at the more competitive WW/LHW divisions go to fight at MW. yeah some guys are natural MW's but MW division gets alot of guys who just couldn't stand out in the depth more stacked divisions that surround it.

Not so and LW is by far the most stacked division. Look at the list of Silvas fights and he has just as much if not more big names on his list of wins and in my opinion more talented multi dimensional fighters.

AS should just go up & fight jones , & all of his 205 matchups ended in 1st rd ko anyway , he;s much better off there .

lol all his fights but 3 or 4 cause the cote fight have ended in rd 1 or 2!! hes a beast!!

and what gets me is how GSP says he's not impressed with silva! lol how can u not be nobody has a KO reel like silva! 1 thing u can say is silva always finds a way 2 win and he finshes fights!! nuff said1

Did you even watch the video? GSP says he is worthy of the p4p status and gives props to Edgar also. He is a humble honest champion who wishes to be the very best in MMA but also recognises the other talent out there. Your post could easily have been written by an ignorant hater. Maybe it was.

I am still going to say it.... we are never see GSP vs Silva never, and now hearing GSP is saying that he wants to fight the invinceable Anderson Silva that sounds like an impossible demand,,,, to keep him from fighting until GSP is big enough..... WHAT THE FUC*K IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN????????