Georges St. Pierre vs. Anderson Silva talk heats up
“I don’t like guys talking about fighting each other at different weights until they’ve done what those two have done,”…
“I don’t like guys talking about fighting each other at different weights until they’ve done what those two have done,” he said. “And they both have done it. It’s hard to say no. It’s hard for me to say this fight doesn’t make sense.”
There’s more than one catch to it happening, though. Not only do Silva and St. Pierre both have to win their upcoming fights (Silva has Vitor Belfort on Feb. 5, St. Pierre will likely fight Jake Shields in the spring), but they’ll have to agree on a weight.
St. Pierre said on early Sunday morning that if he went up to middleweight, it would be for good. He’d surrender his welterweight belt, put on some muscle and stay at 185 instead of yo-yoing back and forth.
If that was the case, it would be an easy set-up for White and co.
“If Georges said he was going to go to [185] and stay there, it would be for the title,” White said. “It would be a superfight for the 185-pound title.”
But another possibility would be a catch weight fight. Silva has said in the past that he’s capable of going lower than 185. Perhaps they could meet at 182 or even lower.
“It seems insane to me, but who the f— am I? I’m not his trainer,” White said. “To think that the guy who walks around at 210, 215, could make it down to 182 or 180? I don’t know. It’s crazy, but maybe he could do it. The thing is with him, as big as he is, you’ve never heard crazy stories about him cutting tons of weight and not being able to make weight ever.”