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Georges St-Pierre and Anderson Silva: Road To A Super Fight
John CampbellAug 11, 2009
George "Rush" St-Pierre and Anderson "The Spider" Silva have a collective record of 23-2 inside the octagon. Both men are coming off wins that have cemented their place atop pound for pound fighter lists across the board. What are these two dominant champions going to do next?
A super fight is characterized as a fight between two of the best fighters in the world at that moment. Over the years MMA has seen Superfights between Dan Henderson and Wanderlei Silva, Bj Penn and Georges St-Pierre and Dan Henderson and Anderson Silva to name three. We all salivate every time a Superfight is brought up and why wouldnโt we? Two of the best fighters battling it out to see whose better. Thatโs just good television.
Georges โRushโ St-Pierre (welterweight champ) and Anderson โThe Spiderโ Silva (middleweight champ) have each successfully and decisively cleaned out their respective weight classes. Both men stand within the top five of nearly every pound for pound fighter list. Over the last two UFC events a few questions have been popped up, exactly what does the UFC plan to do with these guys?
Once "GSP" and Thiago Alvesโ fight came to a close during UFC 100 it was obvious "GSP" had manhandled Alves and was going to walk away with yet another dominant victory. He did. St-Pierreโs next opponent will beย the winner of Mike Swick and Martin Kampman at UFC 103. Two guys whoโve fought their way to the top of the division and one will get a shot at Georges St-Pierre. Although both men are very capable MMA fighters itโs really hard to say either of them have a chance at defeating the champ. St-Pierre is simply in another class of fighter. When the Swick v St-Pierre or Kampman v St-Pierre fight comes and goes weโll probably all be left with a burning question, whose next?
After Anderson Silva and Forrest Griffinโs โfightโ at UFC 101 this past Saturday some questions were raised. What was Anderson Silva going to do next? He had just defeated former light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin in an embarrassing fashion. Knocking down Forrest twice before offering to help him up, then seconds later knocking Forrest down for a third and final time. Before the fight Forrest said something like โyou may beat me, but nobody will ever break me.โ Really Forrest? He ran out of the octagon and then the building. Avoiding the post fight press conference and has still not released an official statement. I think broken is a nice word, words like crippled, shattered and disintegrated come to mind.
Dana White has already announced that Silva will fight Dan Henderson next. Henderson KOโd Englandโs best in Michael Bisbing at UFC 100. Earning himself another shot at Silvaโs middleweight title. Henderson lost the first bout in March of โ08. The fight was considered a Pride/UFC 185 pound title unification bout. After a strong first round Henderson was overwhelmed by Silva and choked out in the second. Next in line after Henderson is the winner of Marquardt v Maia at UFC 102. Marquardt already had a shot at Silva in โ07 being TKOโd at the end of the first round. Maia is an incredible submission specialist and poses many dangers in the octagon. If and probably when Anderson Silva defeats Henderson and the winner of Marquardt v Maia, who could possibly be next?
Well at UFC 101 Anderson Silva more then proved he belongs amongst the elite in the light heavyweight division. Regardless of this Silva has stated that he refuses to fight the current light heavyweight champion, Lyoto Machida. Reason being, Anderson and Lyoto are good friends and former training partners. This being said unless Machida loses in an upcoming bout, fat chance, we wonโt be seeing Silva back at the light heavyweight division. Why not? Dana White and company wonโt be dumb enough to keep letting Silva decimate the contenders at 205 and never fight for the belt.
So then what do we have here? We have two dominant champions in Georges โRushโ St-Pierre and Anderson โThe Spiderโ Silva. Both men have upcoming bouts that make sense to their respective divisions. These two are expected to defeat the upcoming opponents and have the ability to do so in a one sided manner. After these fights have come and gone wouldnโt it be incredible to see them starring across the octagon at each other. Sizing the other up, knowing full well that the other is considered just as good as themselves. The two would implement totally different strategies against one another, both of which are masters at knowing what to do to win. A fight between these two at 185 would make history and isnโt that what the UFC is always looking to do?
A super fight is characterized as a fight between two of the best fighters in the world at that moment. Over the years MMA has seen Superfights between Dan Henderson and Wanderlei Silva, Bj Penn and Georges St-Pierre and Dan Henderson and Anderson Silva to name three. We all salivate every time a Superfight is brought up and why wouldnโt we? Two of the best fighters battling it out to see whose better. Thatโs just good television.
Georges โRushโ St-Pierre (welterweight champ) and Anderson โThe Spiderโ Silva (middleweight champ) have each successfully and decisively cleaned out their respective weight classes. Both men stand within the top five of nearly every pound for pound fighter list. Over the last two UFC events a few questions have been popped up, exactly what does the UFC plan to do with these guys?
Once "GSP" and Thiago Alvesโ fight came to a close during UFC 100 it was obvious "GSP" had manhandled Alves and was going to walk away with yet another dominant victory. He did. St-Pierreโs next opponent will beย the winner of Mike Swick and Martin Kampman at UFC 103. Two guys whoโve fought their way to the top of the division and one will get a shot at Georges St-Pierre. Although both men are very capable MMA fighters itโs really hard to say either of them have a chance at defeating the champ. St-Pierre is simply in another class of fighter. When the Swick v St-Pierre or Kampman v St-Pierre fight comes and goes weโll probably all be left with a burning question, whose next?
After Anderson Silva and Forrest Griffinโs โfightโ at UFC 101 this past Saturday some questions were raised. What was Anderson Silva going to do next? He had just defeated former light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin in an embarrassing fashion. Knocking down Forrest twice before offering to help him up, then seconds later knocking Forrest down for a third and final time. Before the fight Forrest said something like โyou may beat me, but nobody will ever break me.โ Really Forrest? He ran out of the octagon and then the building. Avoiding the post fight press conference and has still not released an official statement. I think broken is a nice word, words like crippled, shattered and disintegrated come to mind.
Dana White has already announced that Silva will fight Dan Henderson next. Henderson KOโd Englandโs best in Michael Bisbing at UFC 100. Earning himself another shot at Silvaโs middleweight title. Henderson lost the first bout in March of โ08. The fight was considered a Pride/UFC 185 pound title unification bout. After a strong first round Henderson was overwhelmed by Silva and choked out in the second. Next in line after Henderson is the winner of Marquardt v Maia at UFC 102. Marquardt already had a shot at Silva in โ07 being TKOโd at the end of the first round. Maia is an incredible submission specialist and poses many dangers in the octagon. If and probably when Anderson Silva defeats Henderson and the winner of Marquardt v Maia, who could possibly be next?
Well at UFC 101 Anderson Silva more then proved he belongs amongst the elite in the light heavyweight division. Regardless of this Silva has stated that he refuses to fight the current light heavyweight champion, Lyoto Machida. Reason being, Anderson and Lyoto are good friends and former training partners. This being said unless Machida loses in an upcoming bout, fat chance, we wonโt be seeing Silva back at the light heavyweight division. Why not? Dana White and company wonโt be dumb enough to keep letting Silva decimate the contenders at 205 and never fight for the belt.
So then what do we have here? We have two dominant champions in Georges โRushโ St-Pierre and Anderson โThe Spiderโ Silva. Both men have upcoming bouts that make sense to their respective divisions. These two are expected to defeat the upcoming opponents and have the ability to do so in a one sided manner. After these fights have come and gone wouldnโt it be incredible to see them starring across the octagon at each other. Sizing the other up, knowing full well that the other is considered just as good as themselves. The two would implement totally different strategies against one another, both of which are masters at knowing what to do to win. A fight between these two at 185 would make history and isnโt that what the UFC is always looking to do?
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