Struggle for Supremacy: St. Pierre or Penn to Get Anderson Silva Next?

Dana White recently spoke to SunSport and said that if Georges St. Pierre was to get by B.J. Penn on Super Bowl weekend, that he would get a fight with Anderson Silva next. B.J. Penn, on the other hand, will not get the same opportunity.

“If GSP beats B.J. then you’ll see Silva v GSP. Possibly at a catch weight. But if Penn beats GSP there’s no way I’d let him move up to 185 lbs, no way. He’ll f***ing fight, argue, and cry about it, but there’s no way. It ain’t gonna happen, I can tell you that right now, it ain’t gonna happen.”

- Dana White

If you have followed B.J. Penn's career, then you would know that he has already fought at the LHW division. Specifically, a 205-pound fight with Lyoto Machida in March of 2005 in the K-1 HERO'S promotion. If I know B.J. Penn's relationship with the UFC though, B.J. gets what B.J. wants. Dana will fold sometime down the line if Penn pesters him enough about it.

With Silva wanting to retire after his next six fights, Dana should be doing whatever he can to get all of those blockbuster fights from him. Silva is not the type to back down and neither is Penn. To be fair to the LW division though, have Penn give back his title. He has already proven supremacy in that division, much like Silva has in the MW division.

Dana White doesn't feel that Anderson will retire after his contract is up though. He had the following to say:

"You never know when a guy is going to say, ‘Hey, I’m done, I want to retire.'

“But is he really going to retire? I don’t think so.  Why would he quit? He’s got an opportunity right now to make a lot of money—he’s making a lot of money.”

“The window of opportunity in this business is very small and you’ve got to ride it for as long as you can. Once you retire from the fight game, it’s very hard to make that kind of money ever again.”

Only time will tell where this situation will lead us. It will definitely lead to some great MMA action for the fans, though.