Dana White: If GSP wins he will fight Anderson Silva, probably in May
Posted on November 15, 2012, 02:06 PM by Mike DrahotaUFC President Dana White appeared on ESPN's “Sportscenter” today in anticipation of the blockbuster Georges St-Pierre-Carlos Condit fight this weekend in Montreal. Not surprisingly, talk shifted to the idea of GSP fighting Anderson Silva in a much-publicized superfight. White was his usual bold self, and was quoted:
“Anderson Silva will be there this Saturday watching, and if St-Pierre wins it’ll be a huge fight for us. It’ll probably be the biggest fight in UFC history, definitely be the biggest gate. We’ve done 65,000 up in Toronto with Georges before. We’ve had big gates pretty much everywhere we’ve gone, but this one would be either a soccer stadium down in Brazil, Dallas Texas Stadium or we’d do Toronto again.”
A bold claim about a fight that Anderson Silva has recently shrugged off, speaking instead of working on movies and starting a dojo of his own. Still, this is the fight that everyone has been waiting to see for years, with a bout at Texas Stadium being an unprecedented event. And Anderson Silva does not usually attend events he is not fighting at unless there is a specific reason. Still, Silva has said he will not challenge St-Pierre in the Octagon should he win, as it is not his style. Money talks however, and White is confident in his ability to get the fight signed, regardless of what Silva has been saying recently:
“He said he wouldn’t fight Chael Sonnen again, either, but he did. He always comes out and says this stuff. I don’t know why he does it or why he says the things he says. I guarantee you, he will be there Saturday. If Georges St-Pierre wins, those two will fight and it’ll probably be in May.”
The President is never one to back down from a challenge, especially something of this magnitude for MMA. Will we actually get to see this major superfight take place?
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I'm gonna believe Dana for this one, just because I refuse to believe Silva would take a year off just to be in a movie with Seagal.
ive been waiting for this fight for 2 years, gsp is only an athlete and not a fighter anderson will expose that
Dana talking of a matchup between GSP and Silva is more hype than arianny celeste walking around the cage with a heated angry beaver in short bike pants.
We need a signed contract from burger king silva before we get excited on this one.
Just heard GSP's agent confirm on a French-speaking channel that a super-fight between Rush and the Spider is out of the question...GSP has enough work to do in Welterweight, he added...The agent echoed what many fans want: a super-fight with Jones, someone of Silva's weight and reach...Business-wise, GSP vs Silva is a good idea for Dana and company; a bad one for the French-Canadian prodigy--who can very well get knocked out and lose everything he's worked for in years...Just reporting.
Lol @ onemoreround's comment. I may be in the minority, but I'm not interested In seeing the G.O.A.T fight neither Georges Safe-Pierre nor Bones. A.S/Georges is great for the UFC in the short term, yet a disaster in the long term.
@onemoreround
It takes a fighter to know a fighter... So if you had his athletisicm you would easily beat him right? Alternatively you are not a fighter and are just speaking about how you feel about yourself.
Which one is it??
I wish Dana would just put this to bed until Saturday night. Let George deal with the fight in front of him, don't write off Condit so easily and let the fans enjoy this moment, not a moment that may never happen. And "if" George wins, I'd rather see him fight Nick Diaz. And as always, if Anderson can hit 170 great - schedule the fight. George will not turn it down. Not @ 170.
MMA truth, you nailed it, buddy!
Dana knows that silva won't say no to money. it doesnt make sense for silva to stop fighting and take a year off. he only has a few more fights and these big fights can make him a lot of money and then retire and enjoy his millions. he needs to fight right now that he still has gas on him.
That would be awesome if the fight happened in May. (saying GSP beats Condit.) I thought it would happen way down the line like next fall or something...
Silva best start dieting now then. 40lb is a lot to shift.
It aint happening...
I'd rather see Anderson vs Jones, GSP vs Diaz/Henderson.
Straight up!!!
No interest in GSP Henderson. GSP would kill him. I want to see GSP Mac Donald but they wont fight each other apparently so where that leaves Mac Donald is something DW gonna have to work out.
But lets not overlook Condit. He has great movement and could cause GSP serious problems if GSP isn't on his best form. This is no gimme and not far from a coin toss.
Much rather see Silva vs Jones...but a fight with GSP would be great also.If Condit pulls off an upset I say give him Silva..
Not gonna happen! "where you at hush-pierre?"
OH thank you dana!!!!!!!!!!!!! Than you think you as a mma fan are doomed suddenty magic happens!