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Ariel Helwani: "GSP said Silva fight not going to happen"

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GSP loses to current AS. I think he wants to see Anderson start to fade before he nuts up to the bar. It really doesn't make sense though, it'll be a big money fight for the both of them, and they still have enough for a potential rematch within the next couple years. It's not as if GSP hasn't rebounded well from his past losses.
 
#9 ·
Damn...I do not believe it's a money issue either. He knows what he's up against. I wish he would say it out right something like this.

"I believe Anderson Silva is the best and true #1 P4P in the planet. It will be a very difficult match for me and yes I would be scared not just about losing, but losing my sponsorship and hurting my legacy. I'm a man and I will admit this. Look at what he's done in the 185 and LHW division."

In the end I respect GSP nonetheless. He's a great ambassador for the sport, but I wish this fight would happen...BADLY.

*NOTE* We saw BJ vs Hughes x3 and GSP x2.
Vitor at 185, 205 LHW champ, 225champ (pre 2000 UFC).
Randy - 205 champ + 225 champ
 
#10 ·
Who cares really. It's a fun fight but makes little sense. Anderson has been fighting at 205 a few times now, if anything he should go after Jon Jones. Meanwhile GSP has a guy on his division who's knocking contenders out left and right. A fight with Hendricks makes much more sense.
 
#13 ·
Maybe this will get AS back to KO'ing the winner of Vitor vs Bisping faster?

I know AS doesn't see any challenges left in his division, but I think if Bisping does manage to beat Vitor that AS would fight Bisping for the title in the UK. He has been very vocal about wanting to do that for a while now.
 
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I know AS doesn't see any challenges left in his division, but I think if Bisping does manage to beat Vitor that AS would fight Bisping for the title in the UK. He has been very vocal about wanting to do that for a while now.
No chance us brits are getting a title defense over here. The events held in the UK are free to air in the states. All title defences are PPV.
 
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MMA Fighting now has this translation up.

"This fight is the cherry on the sundae," he said. "He wants to fight me so he can then retire. I would like to fight him too, but after I fight him and win the fight, what happens next? These days, yeah, there's a lot of money to be made, but I don't fight for the money. My motivation is to be the best. Like we said, to be the Wayne Gretzky of my sport. So if I fight him, what happens next? It will be over. So yes, I want the fight, but I want to take it when I decide the time is right, not when he wants the fight to happen.

"On top of that, he weighs 234 pounds; I weigh 188. So there's a big weight difference. I've fought guys who were bigger -- I'm not scared of him -- it's just that I will take this fight when it makes sense for me. I just came back from an injury, there's money to be made, there are fights in my weight class, other challenges out there, and if I fight him, I will have to gain weight, while he will have to lose weight, and then afterwards, I won't be able to come back to my weight class.

"First and foremost, I have things to do at 170 pounds. When I am ready and when I want the fight, that's when it will happen."

Other notes from the show:

* GSP wore sunglasses throughout the entire interview because he said he had yet to fully heal from the Condit fight.

* GSP said he had Christmas dinner last year at Sylvester Stallone's house after his doctor wouldn't clear him to fly home from Los Angeles following knee surgery.

* Arnold Schwarzenegger called to congratulate him after last weekend's win.

* He said he's not quite the Gretzky of MMA but maybe the Joe Sakic.
 
#15 ·
Good, Champion vs. Champion is stupid.

GSP can fight Hendricks, Nate, and Diaz, Anderson can fight Weidman and Rockhold, that's the way it should have been the entire time. Anderson will lose to Weidman though, so after that this fight will never be talked about again.
 
#16 ·
Hendrix vs GSP is the fight I want.

The beard has just completed the most impressive 3 victories at WW that I have seen in a long time. If he doesn't get a shot, that would be an utter disgrace. Till then, feck the "super" fight. Lets look at it again in 6 months.
 
#24 ·
Hendricks was taken down by Rick Story and beat.

But that is obviously the fight a lot of you want.

Yea, good call.

EDIT: Agree fully with the top post on this page as well.

38 year old ANderson should move to 205 to fight Jones. But GSP shouldn't meet Anderson at 178. Hypocrisy at its finest.
 
#25 ·
Hendricks was taken down by Rick Story and beat.

But that is obviously the fight a lot of you want.

Yea, good call.
Right. Lets focus on the loss. Not his fights since then. That makes total sense when determining good matchups.

... from now on, im going to look at a contenders fights from two years previous. That's how I'm going to judge whether they deserve it or not. :serious01:
 
#39 ·
Smart move by GSP, he career is still very young. He most likely will lose to Anderson, and he has a lot more to lose than Anderson does. Anderson could lose that fight, then retire and still be known as the best ever. GSP, with a loss with devalue not only his own worth but that of the entire WW division in a way. We all know weight classes exist for a reason, no need to accentuate it.
 
#40 ·
Yeah I doubt any of these fights ever happen, these guys make too much money, for example GSP's got deals with Coke, Gatorade, Bacardi, Under Armour, Google, Affliction, and is raking in 15 million a year.

Why go up and fight Anderson when he can keep doing what he's been doing for the last couple of years? Same thing applies to Anderson and Jones, although I've never heard a report on how much they make.
 
#42 ·
Would GSP losing to Silva really hurt his sponsorship that much? I honestly don't know what keeps these companies invested in certain fighters. Obviously win or lose GSP is still a great symbol of the sport, he's respectful and if he continues fighting at WW after a catchweight loss, is that the type of situation where a sponsor would cut him loose?
 
#49 ·
If I understood it correctly Silva vs GSP wasn't going to happen for at least a year. I remember GSP not being too thrilled about that considering he was already on the sidelines for over two years due to injury. Now he has to wait another year. Plus, does anybody really want to see the WW division being held up for a year again?
 
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