Gegard Mousasi vs. Anderson Silva: Its Not Impossible to DREAM of

Gegard Mousasi, the Armenian/Dutch fighter, is the new middleweight king of K-1 MMA promotion DREAM. With pinpoint striking, good submissions, and an intelligent and stoic demeanor, Mousasi may just be the middleweight threat Anderson Silva is looking for.

Silva, having just recently announced he was planning on retiring next year, is most likely doing so in a ploy to get the UFC to start hiring some top talent in the 185-pound division. Nevertheless, Mousasi could be the guy to upset the fearsome spider.

Mousasi's style and build is much like the spider's and could prove to be an interesting matchup. Being very lanky as a fighter, Mousasi possesses good striking ability and has developed an all-around good jiu-jitsu game.

Recently beating Ronaldo "Jacare" de Souza to claim the DREAM belt, Mousasi's victory is very reminiscent to the Yushin Okami vs. Silva fight, where Silva was disqualified via an up-kick from the bottom that knocked Okami out; however, in DREAM, Mousasi was awarded the victory.

Mousasi has even submitted black belts in jiu-jitsu much like Silva, as well; where Silva submitted Lutter by triangle choke, Mousasi submitted Denis Kang by way of triangle choke.

The two fighters' teams even have a rivalry with one another. Mousasi, who trains with Red Devil Fight Club in Russia, has Fedor Emelianenko, the No. 1 heavyweight. Silva trains out of Muay Thai Dream Team, which has Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera who is either No. 2 or 3, depending on who you ask.

Emelianenko and Noguiera have a classic rivalry that ended in Emelainenko taking the belt from him.

However, despite what an amazing matchup this could possibly be, it is most likely not to happen. Mousasi recently signed to fight with Affliction, while Silva is fighting in the UFC.

Sadly, this fight won't happen since Dana White is so intent on running any possible UFC competitor out of business and has no intention of importing Vladmir Finkelstein's fighters, much less anyone foreign who isn't from Brazil.