GSP having doubts about a potential fight against Anderson Silva?

[JastheaceUK]

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[Markz]

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[Ben]

It sounds like that may be the case in a recent interview after UFC on Versus 3 (transcription via Bloody Elbow):

"I don't know (about fighting Anderson Silva). I need to sit down with my entourage and see first where this fight will take place and what weight, and a bunch of stuff. Right now I'm focusing just on Jake Shields, I don't see further than Jake Shields. It would take a long time (to add the size). Anderson Silva is a huge guy; he's weighing around 230 pounds. He's very big. Even when he fights as a light heavyweight, he looks bigger than the other guys. I don't know if I'm going to go up (to) 185. I have no idea; it's a complete reorientation of my career. I have a lot to lose and I haven't thought about it, I haven't sat down to talk about it."
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Interesting words coming from Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre as the highly anticipated superfight against Anderson Silva gets closer and closer to becoming a reality. If "Rush" gets past Jake Shields at UFC 129 on April 30, Dana White has made it clear the next step in the French-Canadian's quest to become the greatest of all time will be to defeat the promotion's middleweight kingpin. But from the sounds of it, "GSP" is having second thoughts of jumping up to 185-pounds

Really he doesn't have anything to gain, he can stay in the WW division for a few more years and just keep getting wins. But if Dana wants the fight and so does Silva, don't think he's going to want to be the one that made it not happen.

Even if he moves up it doesn't need to be permanant and they could always do a catchweight at 180. Either way I hope and still think this fight happens.

 

[The Cork]

Yeah, never really been a fan of these 'super fights'.

One guy always moves up, so it isnt a fair assesment of whos better tbh.

Should always be catchweight for fights like this. On the other hand I dont see why GSP would want to stay at 170 when hes beat everyone. Lame move.

 

[Ben]

Yea, that's the thing he's run through everyone at 170 and there is without a doubt no one left to fight. After Shields they could do Penn or Fitch but he would run through them no problem.

Just needs to man up and do the Silva fight, sure they would be willing to have it at a catch weight also to get it done.