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Anderson Silva: GSP is the best fight for me in MMA

“GSP is the best fight (for me) in this sport,” Silva told ESPN LA 710AM. “It would be a great,…

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Chris Palmquist
February 15, 2012 · 1 min read
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“GSP is the best fight (for me) in this sport,” Silva told ESPN LA 710AM. “It would be a great, great, great fight. He is a good guy. Maybe one day, this is a good fight.”

Silva would not, however, entertain taking on the man tipped to take over his throne as the sport’s No. 1 pound-for-pounder, Jon Jones.

“I saw the first time that Jon Jones fought. I talked to JJ for 3-4 days when we stayed together. I told him, ‘You’re the best, you focus on training, you have more and more fights a year, but you don’t have opening (opponents).’

“The fight between me and JJ is no good, he is a different [weight] class. In my camp we have Minotoro Noguiera and Lyoto Machida.”

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