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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
Georges St-Pierre Wants to Conquer Welterweight Division Before Fathoming Anderson Silva Fight



UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre will return to action after more than a year and a half away from the sport and face Carlos Condit at UFC 154, but all anyone seems to talk about these days is GSP facing Anderson Silva.

The superfight, which would almost be a lock for the biggest fight in MMA history, has been mentioned by both Silva and UFC president Dana White as the bout most likely to happen next should St-Pierre defeat Condit in November.

It appears, however, the only person who hasn’t signed on for that deal is St-Pierre himself.

He believes there’s a lot of disrespect in even talking about an Anderson Silva fight when he has interim welterweight champion Carlos Condit standing directly in his path.

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“It’s terrible. I hate that, but I’m not focusing on that. I’m not speculating,” St-Pierre told MMAWeekly.com. “I’m thinking about Condit right now; that’s what I should do.”

Since his injury, St-Pierre has watched a welterweight division he’s ruled with an iron fist over the last few years flourish in his absence. Not only has Condit moved into position as the interim champion, but Martin Kampmann and Johny Hendricks are now poised as No. 1 contenders who fight on the same UFC 154 card that St-Pierre fights on in his return to action.

Before anyone should even fathom a superfight between St-Pierre and Silva, the Canadian believes he still has a lot of work to do at welterweight.

“I feel like I have a lot of guys that are there and I don’t understand why people are going crazy now, but I just came back from an injury, so maybe some people see me as a weak link. We’ll see what’s going to happen in the future,” said St-Pierre.

Check out this exclusive one-on-one interview with Georges St-Pierre where he talks about his recovery from surgery, Carlos Condit and much more:
There is a video on the source page as well, but I am at work and they block all those sites so I can't paste the link and embed it on here. If a mod wants to, feel free to embed the youtube link for you.



Anyways, I'm glad to see this fight not happening since I was actually not sold on it yet. I want to see how GSP does coming off such a long lay off due to a severe injury. Once he fights Carlos, I don't want the other 170'ers to be waiting in limbo for yet another title shot, and GSp deciding to clear the divsion once again (if he can) is the best thing for the other fighters who have been waiting so long.

If he manages to get past 2 title defenses I would then be ready to see him fight Silva.

What are your thoughts?

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#3 · (Edited)
So in translation GSP is saying he doesn't want to fight Silva because he knows he would lose. Or he wants to wait until Silva is 40 years old.

I don't give a shit if Hendricks is next in line. Who else is there? Who cares about Hendricks? Or Kampmann? Why should we feel sorry for them? When he beats Condit and Hendricks there will be Rory and Erick Silva. So it is never ending in terms of "challengers". The UFC can make a "challenger" out of anyone they want. If GSP hasn't cleared out the division yet, then no one will ever clear out a division.

Let focking do this fight while Silva is still fighting. While he is still young enough where he feels like he can make 180lbs no problem. Lets not wait until Silva is 40 focking years old.

Give me a break.

GSP is such a pansy. He has been at 170lbs his whole career. Cruz hasn't done that. Aldo hasn't done that. Frankie hasn't done that. Penn hadn't done that. Nick Diaz hasn't done that. Nate Diaz hasn't done that. Matt Serra hadn't done that. Franklin hadn't done that. Hendo hasn't done that. Wandy hasn't done that. Anderson hasn't done that. Vitor hasn't done that. Sonnen hasn't done that. Rashad hasn't done that. Couture didn't do that. Bones will most likely move to HW.

Who the fock cares if you do a 180lb catchweight fight. Hendricks or Kampmann can get their crappy title shot next summer. Who cares if they sit out for 8 months....it happens all the time. The winner can fight Erick Silva, Rory, or Nick Diaz if they don't want to sit out.
 
#4 ·
I don't understand GSP's logic here. Win or lose, fighting Silva at a catchweight has no effect on his welterweight standing and after he fights Silva he can go right back to defending his title and "clear out the division" if he wants to.
The only thing he'd be doing is holding up the WW title for a few months, which doesn't seem as big a deal when you realize he's already been holding it up for over a year now...
 
#5 ·
A Champion who actually wants to defend his belt. Hmmm... I guess Anderson and Bones didn't get the memo.

And lol @ any Silva fanboy who gives GSP shite. Even if he came right out and said, 'I don't want to fight Anderson Silva,' how is that any different than Silva saying he doesn't want to fight Jones?

The only thing he'd be doing is holding up the WW title for a few months, which doesn't seem as big a deal when you realize he's already been holding it up for over a year now...
Correction. Carlos Condit has held up the division.
 
#8 · (Edited)
And lol @ any Silva fanboy who gives GSP shite. Even if he came right out and said, 'I don't want to fight Anderson Silva,' how is that any different than Silva saying he doesn't want to fight Jones?
Because the problem itself is that he hasn't done that in the first place.

The difference between Silva not wanting to fight Jones and GSP not wanting to fight Silva is that Silva has said straight up "I don't want to fight Jones" while GSP is making up hundreds of thousands of excuses as to why the fight between him and AS must be delayed.

When asked about a possible fight against AS at 185:

"I need to build the muscle up to 185 so that I can stay at that weight. It will take 8 - 10 month."
When asked about a possible fight against AS at 170:

"I think it should be at 180 so Silva won't be drained and I won't have the advantage."
When asked about a possible fight against AS at 180:

"I want to clean out the division first because there are so many challengers here at 170."
While he may be right about the re-emergence of competition at 170, those challengers won't be going anywhere if a fight were to be made between him and Anderson Silva, so all he's really doing is delaying the fight to be made very possibly past Silva's prime.

Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with only focusing on your next opponent. But if he would just come out and say that he doesn't want to fight Anderson Silva, and stop making these petty excuses, there would be no need for any speculation of a possible fight between the two.

That's not really a bitch move imo. He obviously wants to be the best at 170, and there's nothing wrong with that.
 
#7 · (Edited)
Georges St-Pierre Wants to Conquer Welterweight Division Before Fathoming Anderson Silva Fight





There is a video on the source page as well, but I am at work and they block all those sites so I can't paste the link and embed it on here. If a mod wants to, feel free to embed the youtube link for you.

Anyways, I'm glad to see this fight not happening since I was actually not sold on it yet. I want to see how GSP does coming off such a long lay off due to a severe injury. Once he fights Carlos, I don't want the other 170'ers to be waiting in limbo for yet another title shot, and GSp deciding to clear the divsion once again (if he can) is the best thing for the other fighters who have been waiting so long.

If he manages to get past 2 title defenses I would then be ready to see him fight Silva.

What are your thoughts?

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GSP knows he can't look past Condit. He knows he's going to be rusty going into this bout, and he's right for blowing off speculation.

Eventually GSP will fight Anderson at a catch weight, and he will win. This would be a dream matchup for him. But he's absolutely right and smart for blowing off the question at this point in time.
 
#24 ·
P4P is a made up fantasy list, why is that even being brought up?

If Anderson wants to fight GSP so bad, then he can go to 170 since he's the one whose fought in all these weight classes. GSP doesn't HAVE to fight anyone that doesn't fight at Welterweight.
 
#32 ·
Have you been living under a rock?

How can you make this claim when Anderson has been hunting for this fight since he has beat Sonnen? He has talked about fighting GSP all the time saying he would try to go to 170. Would fight him even if he lost to Condit. Wants to sit out in hopes of fighting GSP early next year?

He is the one who wants the fight bad...:confused05:
 
#38 ·
He is ducking him but it really isn't that big of a deal. He isn't a fighter in his weight class; he doesn't have to fight him. What makes him look bad is the waffling because it gets people excited for the fight. If GSP thought he could do what he did to Alves and Hardy to Andy he would have fought him already. He knows that is an extremely dangerous fight for him and one he doesn't have to accept so he won't.
 
#41 ·
The GSP vs Silva thing...I am convince GSP is ducking him. I would love to see Silva fight Jones, I believe their really good friends or they both are ducking each other. Jones said he will not fight silva.

As for SIlva vs GSP...this has been a fight brewing for 5 years now. From UFC 94-112 GSP said he wants to fight Silva.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T12mSJcSSR0
 
#45 ·
If Gsp is that good size won't matter.

The UFC is full of fighters a lot heavier than
There opponents.

Silva walk's around at a chunky 220, Gsp walks around at a ripped 185-190. Gsp is pure muscle and could be just as strong as silva anyway. Gsp is just ducking here.
 
#46 ·
Not surprising. I hope Condit finishes GSP for many reasons, and maybe it can also put an end to this nonsense. These two want to build on their legacy within their own divisions, which I'm fine with. They barely fight as-is; think about how long a superfight would delay the divisions.


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#52 ·
You really care that much about Kampmann/Hendricks/Who else?

You care that much that they won't get a title shot right this second? Why is it that big of a deal? Why wouldn't a superfight of the 2 best in the game not be worth holding up a division?

I'm really confused as to why a bunch of average title fights means so much in your eyes? GSP/Penn, GSP/Hughes, GSP/Diaz, Anderson/Sonnen, Anderson/Hendo, Anderson/Bisping those are title fights that are/were big time fights.

So what if the winner of Kampmann/Hendricks has to fight 1 more time for a title shot? Who cares? Is it really that big of a deal?
 
#48 ·
Smfh. GSP loses a lot of respect if he's fighting Kampmann or Hendricks over Silva. Everyone knows that Anderson might not even have another 3 fights in him. If GSP waits until Silva is on his decline, then he will have basically shit all over this oppertunity for MMA to put the nail in the coffin for boxing and become the biggest of all. I understand the "It's terrible, I wont look past Condit" stuff, because thats the fight ahead, and the next fight is always the most dangerous of your career, but he shouldnt be looking forward to Welterweight challenges. It's not or never for this fight, and if it doesn't happen...a lot of MMA fans will be looking elsewhere. I'm into this so much because Mayweather and Pacquiao ruined boxing. It showed that the people with the most respect weren't true fighters. If GSP pulls the same thing....smh.
 
#49 ·
i don't want to see the fight because i think it would be boring. GSP would avoid engaging, and silva is best when people try to engage him. once on the ground, GSP will be mostly neutralized by Silva's BJJ and be content to avoid dangerous positions because of his legacy.

certain elements on this forum are always so quick to imply that fighters they hate are cowards. i don't get that.
 
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