Post by Sandy on Aug 20, 2009 17:38:00 GMT -5
Got this from mmanews.com
File this under the crazy section. Josh Gross says that Anderson Silva wants to fight at heavyweight, and has a certain opponent in mind:
UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva sets sights on*heavyweights - Josh Gross - SI.com
Quote:
Anderson Silva wants big-money event fights. And he's willing to work at heavyweight to make sure they happen.
Not only that, they already had an opponent in mind: Frank Mir.
Disinterested by middleweight contenders Nathan Marquardt, Demian Maia and Dan Henderson, and unwilling to fight close friend Lyoto Machida at light heavyweight -- where Silva could conceivably knock off challengers and make a disaster out of the UFC's marquee division -- "The Spider" needs new, challenging scenarios to stay motivated. A move to heavyweight would certainly achieve that, and according to Silva's manager Ed Soares, the UFC was receptive to the idea.
There is a bit of logic to the move; Anderson Silva won't fight Lyoto Machida, so having him tear through the 205 division makes no sense. He's a little bit smaller than Randy Couture, though without a wrestling background his size will be a liability at heavyweight. I actually think that if they go this route a fight with Randy makes a lot more sense from a business and sports perspective.
I don't really like all the weight class jumping, especially two classes. Brock Lesnar vs. Anderson Silva? It sounds more like a freakshow fight than a marquee title match, though it would undoubtedly do huge business, and you could argue that Anderson is about the same size as Randy. It just strikes me as a little galling to ask the UFC to jump through all these hoops to keep their champion motivated.
I personally think this sounds crazy as f*** but I don't think Anderson would be trying to stay permanent at HW. I think he just wants to see how he would fair at HW. He has fought at WW, MW, and LHW and has seen success in all three classes. He walks around at 215 I think so I don't know if I would necessarily want to see a fat Anderson fight at HW. But the possibility at a
Anderson Silva vs. Frank Mir
or
Anderson Silva vs. Randy Couture
fight makes me me more excited than a rematch with Dan Henderson. Randy has already expressed interest in fighting Anderson as Anderson poses some interesting problems that Randy would like to try and figure out..
..what do you guys think?
File this under the crazy section. Josh Gross says that Anderson Silva wants to fight at heavyweight, and has a certain opponent in mind:
UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva sets sights on*heavyweights - Josh Gross - SI.com
Quote:
Anderson Silva wants big-money event fights. And he's willing to work at heavyweight to make sure they happen.
Not only that, they already had an opponent in mind: Frank Mir.
Disinterested by middleweight contenders Nathan Marquardt, Demian Maia and Dan Henderson, and unwilling to fight close friend Lyoto Machida at light heavyweight -- where Silva could conceivably knock off challengers and make a disaster out of the UFC's marquee division -- "The Spider" needs new, challenging scenarios to stay motivated. A move to heavyweight would certainly achieve that, and according to Silva's manager Ed Soares, the UFC was receptive to the idea.
There is a bit of logic to the move; Anderson Silva won't fight Lyoto Machida, so having him tear through the 205 division makes no sense. He's a little bit smaller than Randy Couture, though without a wrestling background his size will be a liability at heavyweight. I actually think that if they go this route a fight with Randy makes a lot more sense from a business and sports perspective.
I don't really like all the weight class jumping, especially two classes. Brock Lesnar vs. Anderson Silva? It sounds more like a freakshow fight than a marquee title match, though it would undoubtedly do huge business, and you could argue that Anderson is about the same size as Randy. It just strikes me as a little galling to ask the UFC to jump through all these hoops to keep their champion motivated.
I personally think this sounds crazy as f*** but I don't think Anderson would be trying to stay permanent at HW. I think he just wants to see how he would fair at HW. He has fought at WW, MW, and LHW and has seen success in all three classes. He walks around at 215 I think so I don't know if I would necessarily want to see a fat Anderson fight at HW. But the possibility at a
Anderson Silva vs. Frank Mir
or
Anderson Silva vs. Randy Couture
fight makes me me more excited than a rematch with Dan Henderson. Randy has already expressed interest in fighting Anderson as Anderson poses some interesting problems that Randy would like to try and figure out..
..what do you guys think?
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it... Silva may aswell fight Torres or Bowles at BW, Faber at FW and Penn at LW just for sh*ts and giggles.
