Long-awaited superfight between Georges St. Pierre and Anderson “The Spider” Silva could become a reality, after the French-Canadian champ defended his title vs. Carlos Condit at last Saturday’s UFC 154 fight card in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The fight between GSP and Silva would be, without any doubt, the biggest fight in UFC history,
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I am not impressed by your performance @georgesstpierre
— nick diaz
The cameras had hardly stopped rolling on last night’s GSP/Condit Welterweight title bout when a familiar character offered his comments on St-Pierre’s winning performance. Former UFC interim Welterweight title challenger Nick Diaz took to Twitter to take a verbal jab at nemesis GSP, citing some former smack talk St-Pierre had directed at Matt Hughes.
Of course Diaz lost a closely-contested bout with Condit last February in a fight
Speaking post-fight at UFC 154 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, UFC President Dana White remained optimistic about having a superfight between Georges St. Pierre and Anderson “The Spider” Silva. According to White, there’s a good chance that this fight will happen, most likely at the famous Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, Texas.
White also spoke about his promotion’s plans for 2013, and some of the other hot topics in the world of Mixed Martial Arts. Ronda Rousey and Strikeforce were also in the mix during the
Carlos Condit knows that an aggressive style got him to championship-level status in MMA. However, it did not get him the UFC interim Welterweight belt because he used a highly elusive, different style to gain the belt against Nick Diaz all the way back in February. He doesn’t think that this style will prevail against Georges St-Pierre on Saturday in Montreal, and states that he will dictate the pace:”I feel like I just have the ability to threaten from any position, whether we’re standing or the fight is
With the long-awaited UFC Welterweight Championship Unification Fight between Georges St. Pierre and Carlos Condit happening a day later, it is very easy to overlook this main event, but it only requires a deeper look to see that it is rare to see a fight with so much subtext. Marcin Held, at only 20 years old, has
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UFC President Dana White appeared on ESPN’s “Sportscenter” today in anticipation of the blockbuster Georges St-Pierre-Carlos Condit fight this weekend in Montreal. Not surprisingly, talk shifted to the idea of GSP fighting Anderson Silva in a much-publicized superfight. White was his usual bold self, and was quoted:
“Anderson Silva will be there this Saturday watching, and if St-Pierre wins it’ll be a huge fight for us. It’ll probably be the biggest fight in UFC history,
Speaking to MMAFighting.com, UFC interim Welterweight champ Carlos Condit waxes on a variety of topics surrounding his huge UFC 154 bout with Georges St-Pierre. Condit says that ring rust shouldn’t be as much a factor as many people think, but he does wonder about the strength o GSP’s surgically repaired knee. He touches on the subject of Anderson Silva being at the fight, and how many may be focused on GSP’s future superfight with Silva rather than the task at hand in Condit. The Natural Born Killer
