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Dana White:"George St. Pierre Is Too Small To Fight Anderson Silva"

In a recent interview with the Oregonian, Dana White gave his thoughts on several match ups including George St. Pierre vs. Anderson Silva.  White has been preaching Anderson Silva as best pound for pound fighter in the world, and talks of George St. Pierre moving up in weight to challenge him began to service after his massacre of BJ Penn at UFC 94.  Dana White was once a supporter of making that fight happen, however, it seems that Anderson Silva's destruction of former UFC LHW champion Forrest Griffin has decreased his desire to make that fight happen. 

This is what he had to say and he favors making Anderson Silva fight Lyoto Machida over George St. Pierre:

There was a time when I said oh..that GSP fight would be interesting, GSP is too small for him.  After I saw him with Forrest Griffin at 205lbs...yea..this guy...him and Machida is a fun fight.

So unless GSP takes the time to add some pounds to his frame, it doesn't seem like we'll get to see that fight anytime soon.  White seemed particularly bullish on making the Anderson Silva/Lyoto Machida fight in this interview, Silva has openly stated that he would not fight Machida.  So we'll have to see how that plays out.  Also, GSP probably walks around at 20 pounds less than Anderson Silva.  The same could be said for Couture/Lesnar, yet that fight was competitive.  In my opinion, GSP(besides Machida) would pose the largest threat to Anderson Silva.  What GSP lacks in size compared to Forrest Griffin, he more than makes up for in speed and wrestling ability.  So hopefully that's a fight we'll get to see down the road.  Do you think GSP is too small to fight Anderson Silva?  Hit up the poll or comments section...or both.

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Just put a Skirt on GSP

What a wussy!! So Grease St. Pierre is too small to move up 15 lbs? What about BJ Penn?? He moved up. What about Cotoure, he moved up to fight lersnar? what about Anderson Silva he moved up 20lbs and is willing to move up another 20lbs to fight at heavyweight!

Dana white is protecting the pretty boy who can’t finish fights and needs to bathe in gallons of Vasoline. UNREAL,

The truthis that Dana White does not want to destroyt the Canadian market, Canada purchases incredibly high number of PPV events and when GSP fights the PPV buys are at a frenzy. If Grease St. Pierre gets destroyed by Silva, then the Canada market dies b/c there is no other great Canadian fighter and Dana WHite will loose millions of dollars.

by ElHefe1969 on Aug 27, 2009 4:49 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Errr… no, I’m lost for words.

Bloody hell.

by 3PA on Aug 27, 2009 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

lol

There could be some truth to that conspiracy….but a loss to Anderson Silva doesn’t really hurt GSP that much IMO…Silva would have more to lose than GSP.

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by Kelvin Hunt on Aug 27, 2009 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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by Kelvin Hunt on Aug 27, 2009 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well, is not a conspiracy theory, it’s a business strategy. And if ANderson Silva has more to lose, then it means that GSP has much more to gain, so why not step up and fight? GSP has less to lose and more to gain but he still soesn’t want to gain 10 lbs??

GSP = Greasy Skirts Pierre

by ElHefe1969 on Aug 27, 2009 5:54 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Yea

GSP has actually stated that he would have to gain weight for the fight…so he isn’t opposed to it.

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by Kelvin Hunt on Aug 27, 2009 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

This is a MUCH bigger difference than people think. GSP probably walks around at 185-190 (guesstimate), while Anderson Silva walks around at like, 230. Come fight time, GSP would probably walk into the Octagon around 185 (provided that he bulks up for the fight), while Silva will be closer to 200. Call it what you want, but with that big of a weight difference, GSP is going to have a helluva time handeling Silva.

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by -Neil- on Aug 27, 2009 7:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Son

Talk about being split down the middle.

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by Kelvin Hunt on Aug 28, 2009 10:40 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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