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Re: White Bats Around the Idea of Silva-GSP
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 Talk about a juggernaut.
The possible matchup between reigning UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva and reigning UFC welterweight champ Georges St. Pierre has been the buzz of late.
And according to MMA.Weekly.com, President Dana White appears more open to the idea than before.
Following Silva’s historic, yet uneventful, win over Brazilian Thales Leites at UFC 97, White tossed around the thought of what could very well be the biggest money-making event in UFC history. "Maybe we could do that," White pondered last Thursday. "I'd like to do it. We'll see what happens."
By “we’ll see what happens,” White was referring to St. Pierre’s performance vs. No. 1 welterweight contender Thiago Alves at UFC 100 on July 11 in Las Vegas. The event has already soldout and is expected to be the UFC’s largest grossing pay-per-view gate of the year.
For all its glitz, the St. Pierre-Alves title fight has been written off by some, but White insists Alves is no easy win: "I'm telling you guys, I think this is a huge, huge fight for Georges St. Pierre's career. If he gets by Thiago Alves, I don't know who at 170 beats him. Then you start looking for other ways for him to challenge himself.”
As for the UFC’s top pound-for-pounder, a hot topic among fans and media, White was firm: "Is it taking on Anderson at 185 pounds? This kid [Georges] gets by Thiago Alves the way he's been getting through other people, I'll throw him in there in the mix for the pound-for-pound. Right now, I got him at number two."
When asked how he felt about meeting “The Spider” at 185, the 27-year-old welterweight champ seemed a smidge less confident than he did last October: "I would have to sit down and see what the opportunity is," he said. "How long I have for the fight. Because if I fight at 185, if I do it, I want to do it well. I want to put some extra muscle on me, some extra weight. I would have to go on a diet for a couple extra weeks, and it would take me some extra time, but I'm always excited for a new challenge."
That challenge is one few have been able to muster, let alone dent. And with the fight possibly taking place at Silva’s current fighting weight, odds are, well … we’ll see.
Should White make Silva-GSP happen regardless of UFC 100? If so, at what weight? Who wins the superfight? Is it just a money-grab? Is Silva the best pound-for-pound fighter in the UFC? Sound off here.
Message Edited by ComcastSports on 04-23-2009 04:46 PM
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