GSP Will Face Anderson Silva on “His Terms”
By Chris Leslie on November 26, 2012
UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre recently spoke about a prospective bout with UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva. While UFC President Dana White has said that he will make the bout happen, the St-Pierre has remained the one obstacle in making the bout happen. The welterweight champion – fresh off his recent UFC 154 victory – recently spoke to Radio-Canada’s “Tout Le Monde en Parle” (“Everyone is Talking”) this past Sunday.
Said GSP:
“This fight is the cherry on the sundae,” he said. “He wants to fight me so he can then retire. I would like to fight him too, but after I fight him and win the fight, what happens next? These days, yeah, there’s a lot of money to be made, but I don’t fight for the money. My motivation is to be the best. Like we said, to be the Wayne Gretzky of my sport. So if I fight him, what happens next? It will be over. So yes, I want the fight, but I want to take it when I decide the time is right, not when he wants the fight to happen.
“On top of that, he weighs 234 pounds; I weigh 188. So there’s a big weight difference. I’ve fought guys who were bigger — I’m not scared of him — it’s just that I will take this fight when it makes sense for me. I just came back from an injury, there’s money to be made, there are fights in my weight class, other challenges out there, and if I fight him, I will have to gain weight, while he will have to lose weight, and then afterwards, I won’t be able to come back to my weight class.
“First and foremost, I have things to do at 170 pounds. When I am ready and when I want the fight, that’s when it will happen.”
This situation will be an interesting one to track with both the UFC and Silva clearly wanting the bout to happen. Silva has recently expressed his willingness to drop to a catchweight but it has not had any effect of St-Pierre’s position on the bout.
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The more and more time goes on the more this fight seems like pacquiao vs. mayweather and will never happen.
it’s a little more likely than that, I’d say Jones-Silva is more Mayweather-Paquiao. The key is St-Pierre, and Dana believes he can match what he wants.
sounds like this is not guna happen!! my terms feck your terms george ide say both have to weigh 180 on the day of the fight then get it on for the fans, all i can hear is excuses from gsp, ide much rather see bones vs silva anyway.
there is a HUGE weight differential involved. to be honest i don’t see this fight ‘solving’ anything, because no matter the outcome, there will be reasons/excuses made for a win or a loss on either side. neither would truly advance a fighter, but it most certainly would leave question marks. simply a money fight from the top down. i do agree that 180 would be the fairest weight, but also believe jones/silva would be more appropriate for weight reasons alone.
This fight does not interest me because there was nothing in the GSP’s or AS’ last fights that suggested this would be a competitive match. Ture, he was coming off of an injury, but to me that lends towards him staying in his division.
Another reason I would not be thrilled about this match up is Anderson’s growth in dealing with wrestlers. GSP is certainly a more dynamic wrestler than Chael, but he is no where near as strong as Chael. And AS will look to be far more offensive off of his back. In addition AS’ dynamic striking will pose more of a threat than Condit. He would look to seriously make GSP pay for getting those take downs.
I agree with GSP that there are challenges at 170lb. I am far more excited about a fight with Hendricks. Not to mention there are people that discuss who does and does not “deserve” a title shot. It is hard for me to think of a competitor more deserving of a title shot than Hendricks. The guy beat Fitch, Kos and Kampmann (2 of 3 by ridiculous KO) Who else in the division can stack a list of bodies that compares?
How do you expect a semi fair fight when the guy who’s fighting can and would be almost 20 lbs heavier on the day of the fight? , for all these douches that are like .”oh GSP is scared” .. well why isnt Anderson moving up to LHW? WHY fight the smaller of the 2 men, he’s clearly alot closer to 205 than he ever is at 170. I think its a disgrace that all these people are talking smack, GSP is an amazing fighter as well as individual and faces ANYONE who they put in front of him, where A.S has fought WHO HE WANTS, ..
Who hasn’t AS fought that he was supposed to? AS and GSP are the #1 and #2 P4P fighters. So this will solidfy that number 1 spot for whoever wins.
GSP is scared to fight him. It’s honestly clear as day. You can tell by his responses whenever someone asks if he would fight him. GSP weighed 204 in his last fight at 205… So what difference would it make if GSP fought AS at a catchweight??
Besides, aren’t you getting tired of watching his boring ass fights yet?
George c’mon if it’s a catchweight you will not have to gain a pound! You said you weigh 188!!! the catchweight would be 180! you would have to less work than usual to make weight! cutting 8 pounds is easier than cutting 15! That is crazy I understand you still have contenders at 170 but we all know you could beat all of them! just like Silva will beat all of his contenders! make the fight happen George please! Dana it’s all up to you now godspeed!
gsp is a SMALL 188. his real weight is 170+.
anderson is MUCH biggr.
it is not fair to require it from gsp. and gsp would be swallowed up.
jones is a PERFECT match for andy!!!!!
my dream match: dan severn vs. brock lesnar !!!!
This is just George’s way if saying he wants Diaz
Why are people stil talking about Diaz? He got schooled by Condit! No way he should get a title shot!
To MMA fans this fight just doesn’t make sense. To UFC fans it does. I’m a MMA fan and what would this fight prove. If Anderson wins then GSP’s title means squat. The beating he will take will mean the WW title would be on hold for another year plus. Doesn’t make any sense. If GSP beats Anderson then a fight with jones is totally off the table and a fight with the top MW contender would also be meaningless. I just want both guys to keep defending their title and keep the belts meaningfull
looks like GSP is scared lol. Do any of you people remember UFC 94…namely thr super fight with GSP and BJ Penn? Penn got destroyed and the LW title didnt become irrelevant. If anything it made Penn a monster and motivated him to become a better fighter. This fight needd to happen for the trur fans
I’m not as interested in this fight as others. If I had my druthers I’d prefer a superfight between Jon Jones and Silva.
I got an idea. If Anderson is so great and so willing to do this fight at a catch weight, let them agree to weigh the catch weight the day of the fight. As in WHEN THEN BOTH go to the octagon, they get on the scale and weigh the same!
We all know it won’t happen. The much bigger Silva will be back up to 220lbs and GSP will be 185lb. How is this at all a fair fight? It’s not.
Anderson, fight Bones you wimp!
I understand not wanting to move up weight immediately after returning from injury, but saying that you won’t fight the legend (when everyone says he’s the GOAT, when it would be at cowboy stadium for millions if dollars, and the biggest fight in combat history), because there would be “no higher ground to reach” is a poor excuse. First of all it would cement GSP’s career as goat and still allow him to fight at 170, and secondly that is assuming that he can even beat spider which is highly unlikely… I’m sure spider cannot wait for GSP to walk straight at him with that jab… I think this fight happens.
Good for GSP! He shouldn’t be bullied into fighting a guy who is SO much bigger than him.
gsp hit the nail on the head… Anderson wants to fight him and retire, while he would totally duck jones. i think gsp would beat anderson if the weight difference wasn’t so crazy…
imo Silva -Weideman is a superfight without all the hype. As far as real 185 competition that fight is where it’s at. Considering the guys who’ve had a shot at Anderson’s belt, Leites, Cote…Weideman is legit and has the best chance of winning the belt in a long time. People would say it would be such a mismatch, but I’d guarantee the line would be alot closer then people would think. Before Silva hangs em up, all I want to see is Silva-Weideman. that is a fight I will gladly pay to watch.
Will it happen? up to Anderson, so not so sure it will happen…
100% agreed!
It’s harder to sell the majority of people who buy UFC cards (and by that I mean outside the 150,000 that buy just about every card) on Weidman than GSP. The success of the UFC rests on the mainstream fans rather than the hardcore MMA follower. Just how things go. With that said, and I hate saying this, Weidman’s chances of facing Silva may have improved since he lost his house to Sandy.
GSP is not scared – silva has a huge advantage – most of you who have never been involved in combatting anything other than your ego would not be able to understand.
IMO weidman still needs one more win. He has been impressive but he needs one more.
100% Disagree!
no interest in this fight.
Bring on jones vs silva and gsp vs hendricks
What’s up with everyone calling gsp scared and crap. He says he weigh 188 befor he cuts to170, Anderson’s 220 befor he cuts to 185. 35 pound weight cut vs 18-20?for gsp to fight at 180 he would have to put on a extra 10+ pound of lean muscle what would take changing diet and raining and take a lot if time. It’s not practical for him now,danas just loving money to much. A fair fight would be if they fought at 175 ( for ppl who don’t know 5 pounds is actually alot when it comes to cutting and gaining.) Then you have to look at both fighters Anderson’s is what 6’3″ 78″ reach give or take a inch gsp is what 5’10″, 74″ reach … The fight just a money grab for the UFC and makes no sence, even the fact of Jones vs Silva Jones is a lot.bigger then Silva … I think its just a stupied idea and the ones who want to see it just want to watch a fight and.don’t care about the sport part, there is a reason they have weight classes . This is my opinion so no need to hate.
Can’t wait to see Anderson end his career with a loss to GSP!
Well said GSP I dont think this fight makes sense at all. There is a lot of money to be made and all but I honestly dont think this is a Fair match up. Anderson needs to fight Jones thats the bout that we really want to see. Jones and Silva are about the same height and weight. Silva fought at 205 and walk around 234 or something like that, Jones is 6’4 and is able to make 205 no prob. GSP cant even make 200 so how is that a fair fight? not even in boxing they try to do match ups like this. GSP wont have the power to deal with a guy in the 200lbs and especially with a guy like Anderson; we talking about one of the best if not The Best in the World. DANA if you really want to make a dream fight I will say put your money on SILVA VS JONES and lets make It happen. GSP dont let this fools cloud your judgement, do what is right for you and your career and what makes sense. This Fight IS Pointless!!!!
Anderson will NEVER face GSP.
GSP has now called out Nick Diaz (stalling tactic) and that fight will be as one sided as a black belt versus a grandma.
GSP be ducking, diving and literally hiding from this fight and you all know it, GSP included!
Silva vs Jones may be the only super fight MMA/UFC fans like me will ever witness, and I also think that fight may never happen.
Its a sad day for MMA as I am interested in BOTH these fights before Anderson retires.