Possible Mega Fight - Silva vs. St. Pierre

Could an Anderson Silva-Georges St. Pierre Matchup Be on the Horizon?

When BJ Penn issued a personal challenge to Georges St. Pierre after his win over Jon Fitch at UFC 87, most of the MMA world rejoiced. But there was still a sizeable chunk of fans who lamented the fact that setting up a St. Pierre vs. Anderson Silva match up wasn’t the course of action instead.

Penn is easily one of the most talented mixed martial artists of our time, but one look at him suggests he isn’t on the same level from a pure physical standpoint as St. Pierre.

Flash forward to the Penn-St. Pierre fight at UFC 94 and that disparity was seemingly proven as St. Pierre bullied Penn around the Octagon in one of the easiest wins of his career.

Then the infamous “Greasegate” situation happened with Penn claiming St. Pierre used an unlikely new type of performance-enhancing in the fight, vasoline, to prevent Penn from utilizing his grip and world-famous jiu-jitsu game.

Penn might very well have a legitimate gripe, but a rematch will have to wait because Anderson Silva-Georges St. Pierre is the superfight any true MMA and UFC fan needs to see.

And with the welterweight division looking as lackluster as it has in years and no legitimate challengers on the horizon for St. Pierre behind Alves, there’s never been a better time than after the conclusions UFC 100 and UFC 101 to set it up, assuming that St. Pierre and Silva defeat Alves and Forrest Griffin, respectively.

Dana White has said numerous times that a champion fighter needs to “clean out” his division before there’s talk of him fighting at another weight class, and Silva has already done just that with the possible exception of Demian Maia.

If Maia defeats Nate Marquardt in their upcoming match at UFC 102 he would certainly deserve a title shot, but he could wait until a Silva-St. Pierre match considering the time gap, as he long as he gets assurances from Dana White that he’d get his chance. And if Marquardt wins, he deserve get a shot as well but probably wouldn’t mind waiting since he’ll need plenty of time to prepare for a rematch with the man who took him apart in their first match.

A Silva title defense against either fighter would be interesting, but nowhere near the level of a fight with St. Pierre. That’s the fight has the potential to be the UFC’s version of Ali-Frazier. That’s the fight that the true UFC fans deserve, and that’s the fight that could be even bigger than the upcoming UFC 100.

Keep that in mind when watching St. Pierre and Silva in the coming weeks so we can finally get the classic fight we all deserve.