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I believe the champs get a percent of the PPV sales. Also they would surely get a bigger sum of cash than they would fighting a no.1 contender otherwise why would DW be going on about 'when they see the money I'm offering they'll take the fight..'Quote:
Originally Posted by VictorCharlie
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Originally Posted by VictorCharlie
It is a fight that should not happen. Silva is basically a natural LHW cutting down to MW, he walks around at over 210lbs....St pierre isn't even a big WW! All the advantages go to Silva here. Height, weight and reach. Also note GSP has been inactive and plagued with injuries recently.
This fight is a slight miss match IMO...the boxing equivalent is something like Mayweather vs Andre Ward! Silva should chase Jon Jones down.
It's sacrificing the legacy of one fighter for the other. No doubt White will make it happen because it would be the biggest fight in MMA history and he could cash in big time but personally i think Silva would beat him. If they were both natural WW's and GSP had not been so inactive recently then i would favour a GSP win.
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It has to happen if theres no more competition for GSP.
Gsp might not want it but think of what would happen if he won.
This will be GSP biggest test of all time and lets hope it happens next year.
There are fights for GSP though. Hendricks is a pretty clerar cut #1, if Rory wins decisively he has a decent claim for a title fight and Nick Diaz has to be a big fight away from his own title shot. He has at least 1.5 - 2 years worth of legit contenders at 170. Considering he has stated a fight with Anderson will signal him leaving WW permanently he has to feel pretty certain about staying at MW.
Maybe they are contracted but I am sure that White would gladly shell in a couple of hundreds of thousands if both would accept, he sure can do that.
As for the fight, I agree that Silva would have the edge, way too big for St-Pierre... except perhaps if he's really down to 168 but even then, he would have the hell of an avantage. I also agree that Jones vs Silva is ZE fight that we all want to see, size and skills wise, that would be the heck of a battle. As Silva is not getting any younger, that would be a fight for the ages.
So it looks like its Diaz next
Georges St-Pierre Asks for Nick Diaz; Dana White Says Fight Will "Probably" Happen Next | MMAWeekly.com
I think this probably means Hendricks is looking at another fight as well and a title fight with a win. I think Rory is pretty good opponent if he gets past BJ.