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Unsound @ Sun Feb 06, 2011 9:34 am
GSP vs. Silva would be HUGE! If they did it in Montreal the city would probablydouble in population the day of the event.
Canuckism @ Sun Feb 06, 2011 11:55 am
Both Silva and GSP have pretty much cleaned out their divisions. So this was bound to happen. But GSP will have to go up to middleweight and he has said if he does, he will not go back down to welterweight.
stratos @ Sun Feb 06, 2011 2:40 pm
Canuckism Canuckism:
Both Silva and GSP have pretty much cleaned out their divisions. So this was bound to happen. But GSP will have to go up to middleweight and he has said if he does, he will not go back down to welterweight.
That would make BJ happy, he would probably move back up seeing as how GSP is the only one who beats him consistantly.
Unsound @ Sun Feb 06, 2011 5:04 pm
GSP and Frankie Edgar
Canuckism @ Sun Feb 06, 2011 5:06 pm
Unsound Unsound:
GSP and Frankie Edgar
I'm npt sold on Edgar. I think he's overrated.
Unsound @ Sun Feb 06, 2011 5:42 pm
No one's really giving him the respect a champion should get so I dont know if overrated is the right word, but I agree that he's not likely to go down in the history books as one of the greats. He has beat Penn twice now tho, the second time definatively.
Canuckism @ Sun Feb 06, 2011 6:49 pm
Penn is the only one he's beat convincingly. If he can beat another fighter like he did Penn, then maybe I'll start to believe he's the real deal.
Unsound @ Mon Feb 07, 2011 12:57 pm
He's defo a top 3 imo, but I enjoy watching his fights and think he has a lot of potential to be even better. I think Anthony Pettis may end up being the next big thing at 155 tho.
Canuckism @ Mon Feb 07, 2011 1:22 pm
Edgar is fun to watch though. I've never seen a fighter with so much energy entering the 5th round.
Unsound @ Mon Feb 07, 2011 5:14 pm
Canuckism Canuckism:
Edgar is fun to watch though. I've never seen a fighter with so much energy entering the 5th round.
Agreed, this is why I'd love to see Clay Guiuda get a title shot at some point, just to see if he goes into the 5th round still bouncing around like a an ADHD kid after a bowl of frosted flakes.
Canuckism @ Tue Feb 08, 2011 4:03 pm
UFC Fan Expo in Toronto | April 29-30, 2011
Canuckism @ Tue Feb 08, 2011 4:05 pm
UFC 127 | Penn vs Fitch
Canuckism @ Tue Feb 08, 2011 10:31 pm
GSP not focused on potential fight with Silva
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Pressed on who is the best pound-for-pound fighter on the planet, Jake Shields points to Georges St-Pierre. GSP, meanwhile, gives the nod to Anderson Silva or maybe Jose Aldo.
Silva likes to say his most interesting fight would be against his clone.
One thing is certain, however. UFC 129 in Toronto will help shed light on who's the man in mixed martial arts.
If St-Pierre beats Shields on April 30 at the Rogers Centre, fans will see what happens when welterweight champion St-Pierre and middleweight title-holder Silva climb into the cage.
St-Pierre, Shields, Aldo and Canadian fighters Mark (The Machine) Hominick, Claude (The Prince) Patrick and Sean Pierson were all on hand Tuesday as UFC president Dana White showed Toronto some love at a news conference timed in advance of UFC 129 tickets going on sale later this week.
The UFC boss got plenty back from a media crush at times positively giddy that big-time cage-fighting is finally coming to town after previous Canadian stops in Montreal and Vancouver.
With some 42,000 tickets going on sale initially -- more are available if needed -- the UFC expects the Toronto show to produce a North American attendance record and world record gate for MMA.
Rooted in reality
The numbers don't mean much to Montreal's St-Pierre, who remains rooted in reality.
"It's the same Octagon, the same rules, same sport -- with a different opponent," he said.
St-Pierre did his best Tuesday to keep the focus on his fight with Shields. But talk kept shifting back to a possible showdown later this year with Silva.
Especially after Silva did his bit to set the stage for a champion-versus-champion showdown by knocking out Vitor Belfort in devastating fashion at UFC 126 on the weekend -- with a front kick to the face.
"That kick was another example of how fast Anderson can put people out," Shields said when asked about the KO kick. "It's not the first time Anderson's put someone out with a weird move. He's done upward elbows, caught people with kicks and knocked people out with jabs.
"He's one of those people that can just knock people out from the weirdest kicks and punches and elbows and whatnot.
Said St-Pierre: "It was outstanding, it was very impressive."
"It's like a basic kick but you forget about how lethal it could be," he added. "But Anderson Silva just showed everything works. He's a true mixed martial artist."
GSP at height of powers
At 29, St-Pierre is close to the height of his game. He says when he reaches the top, he will call it quits.
"When I reach my goal of being the greatest, I'm going to retire . . . As long as I have a goal to reach, I'll keep doing this."
Would winning a super-fight be leaving on top, he was asked.
"You put me on the spot, now," he said with a laugh. "I'm not sure, I don't even know what's going to happen after this fight [with Shields]. I'm taking one thing at a time."
St-Pierre fights at 170 pounds and has said if he moves up to middleweight (185 pounds), he will stay there permanently. He wants to take his time managing the weight gain, so his body isn't stressed.
White, however, said on the weekend that a Silva-GSP fight would happen later this year, if St-Pierre disposes of Shields.
It's clear that St-Pierre has not spent too much time mulling over a Silva super-fight.
Asked if was prepared to fight at middleweight this year, St-Pierre said he wasn't even sure what weight class a super-fight with Silva might happen at.
No distractions
Advised that Silva said Saturday he wasn't leaving his weight class, St-Pierre acknowledged he hadn't been following who said what, and then looked to shut down the issue.
"This thing for me, I take it [Silva talk] like a distraction from my fight. My immediate goal is to win against Jake Shields. I made a mistake in the past, looking past an opponent. And I'm never going to do it again, because last time I did that I got beat by Matt Serra."
"For me it would be foolish to look past Jake Shields," he added. "I don't know what's going to happen. Maybe it's going to happen or maybe it's not going to happen -- this super-fight. I will see. . . It's too complicated to say. We'll need to wait until after Jake Shields to talk about it."
Silva likes to say his most interesting fight would be against his clone.
One thing is certain, however. UFC 129 in Toronto will help shed light on who's the man in mixed martial arts.
If St-Pierre beats Shields on April 30 at the Rogers Centre, fans will see what happens when welterweight champion St-Pierre and middleweight title-holder Silva climb into the cage.
St-Pierre, Shields, Aldo and Canadian fighters Mark (The Machine) Hominick, Claude (The Prince) Patrick and Sean Pierson were all on hand Tuesday as UFC president Dana White showed Toronto some love at a news conference timed in advance of UFC 129 tickets going on sale later this week.
The UFC boss got plenty back from a media crush at times positively giddy that big-time cage-fighting is finally coming to town after previous Canadian stops in Montreal and Vancouver.
With some 42,000 tickets going on sale initially -- more are available if needed -- the UFC expects the Toronto show to produce a North American attendance record and world record gate for MMA.
Rooted in reality
The numbers don't mean much to Montreal's St-Pierre, who remains rooted in reality.
"It's the same Octagon, the same rules, same sport -- with a different opponent," he said.
St-Pierre did his best Tuesday to keep the focus on his fight with Shields. But talk kept shifting back to a possible showdown later this year with Silva.
Especially after Silva did his bit to set the stage for a champion-versus-champion showdown by knocking out Vitor Belfort in devastating fashion at UFC 126 on the weekend -- with a front kick to the face.
"That kick was another example of how fast Anderson can put people out," Shields said when asked about the KO kick. "It's not the first time Anderson's put someone out with a weird move. He's done upward elbows, caught people with kicks and knocked people out with jabs.
"He's one of those people that can just knock people out from the weirdest kicks and punches and elbows and whatnot.
Said St-Pierre: "It was outstanding, it was very impressive."
"It's like a basic kick but you forget about how lethal it could be," he added. "But Anderson Silva just showed everything works. He's a true mixed martial artist."
GSP at height of powers
At 29, St-Pierre is close to the height of his game. He says when he reaches the top, he will call it quits.
"When I reach my goal of being the greatest, I'm going to retire . . . As long as I have a goal to reach, I'll keep doing this."
Would winning a super-fight be leaving on top, he was asked.
"You put me on the spot, now," he said with a laugh. "I'm not sure, I don't even know what's going to happen after this fight [with Shields]. I'm taking one thing at a time."
St-Pierre fights at 170 pounds and has said if he moves up to middleweight (185 pounds), he will stay there permanently. He wants to take his time managing the weight gain, so his body isn't stressed.
White, however, said on the weekend that a Silva-GSP fight would happen later this year, if St-Pierre disposes of Shields.
It's clear that St-Pierre has not spent too much time mulling over a Silva super-fight.
Asked if was prepared to fight at middleweight this year, St-Pierre said he wasn't even sure what weight class a super-fight with Silva might happen at.
No distractions
Advised that Silva said Saturday he wasn't leaving his weight class, St-Pierre acknowledged he hadn't been following who said what, and then looked to shut down the issue.
"This thing for me, I take it [Silva talk] like a distraction from my fight. My immediate goal is to win against Jake Shields. I made a mistake in the past, looking past an opponent. And I'm never going to do it again, because last time I did that I got beat by Matt Serra."
"For me it would be foolish to look past Jake Shields," he added. "I don't know what's going to happen. Maybe it's going to happen or maybe it's not going to happen -- this super-fight. I will see. . . It's too complicated to say. We'll need to wait until after Jake Shields to talk about it."
SOurce: CBC Sports
Canuckism @ Tue Feb 08, 2011 10:51 pm
UFC 129 Poster
Via: Bloody Elbow
Canuckism @ Wed Feb 09, 2011 7:23 pm
GSP talks fighting Anderson Silva & Jake Shields in Toronto at UFC 129
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"Everybody is talking about a superfight but I don't know if it would be at 170 or what, I know Silva did 168 a few years ago. I think he can do it again. I didn't follow what he said but for me this thing is a distraction from my fight. My immediate goal is to win against Jake Shields. I made a mistake in the past by looking past an opponent and I got beat by Matt Serra and I'm never gonna do that again. Right now Jake Shields is my main problem and it would be foolish for me to look past Jake Shields. I don't know what's going to happen. Maybe I will have another fight. It's too complicated to say and we'll need to wait until after Jake Shields to talk about it. "
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