Megafights of 2009

by klown on Oct 28, 2008 1:14 AM EDT

Anderson Silva and GSP have largely cleaned out their respective divisions. When fighters reach that level they ean the right to challange warriors from other weight classes. In the meantime, they maintain their responsibility to defend their belts in their own weight classes.

GSP is set to fight BJ Penn in January. Regardless of the outcome, GSP would be ready by March/April to defend his title against Thiago Alves. If GSP wins, he can next face Anderson Silva at a catchweight for undisputed pound-for-pound champion of the world. Back at Welterweight, there is a good chance Jake Shields will be signed to the UFC and fast-tracked to a title fight. All other top-ranked welterweight - Hughes, Serra, Fitch, Koscheck - have already suffered defeats at the hands of GSP. If champions have been usurped in the Middleweight or Lightweight divisions, GSP could face them. GSP has even hinted at a desire to take on Light Heavyweights, eventually.

Anderson Silva can be matched up against Chuck Liddell in January. In March/April, he could take on a recovered Okami for his rightful shot at the Middleweight title. The epic Silva vs St-Pierre fight can take place in June/July. If Michael Bisping defeats the winner of Henderson vs Franklin, he can have the next shot at Silva in Oct/Nov. Assuming Silva wins all of these fights, he can then take on the Light Heavyweight Champion. That would be one of four men: Forrest Griffin, Rashad Evans, Quintion Jackson and Wanderlei Silva. This might be the UFC fight of largest ever proportions. And if Anderson Silva overcomes this challenge, he could take on the UFC Heavyweight Champion - Randy Couture, Brock Lesnar, AR Nogueira or Frank Mir - for his final fight before retirement.

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Interesting. Although if GSP loses to Penn in January, he loses the Welterweight title with it.

by idefinecagefighter on Oct 28, 2008 2:30 AM EDT reply actions

Which is stupid^

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by Tha Realness on Oct 28, 2008 9:46 AM EDT reply actions

I don’t really see it as stupid, but I would like to see BJ stay at one weight or the other. If he wins, I expect him to stay at 170, which is fine, because, imo, it would make the UFC LW division a little more interesting regarding the champion.

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by BJJDenver on Oct 28, 2008 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions

I really think it would be better if, whoever it is, was forced to give up their belt if they decided to fight in other weight classes. I doubt the UFC would do that, tho.

by mythbuster on Oct 28, 2008 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions

There definitely needs to be some resolution to this question. i think it would be really bad to have 2 belts tied up by one fighter.

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by BJJDenver on Oct 28, 2008 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions

IMO, it is stupid to allow Penn to fight for the WW title while he is the LW champion.

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by Tha Realness on Oct 28, 2008 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions

super fights

A super fight against gsp would not be good for Anderson,because if he wins he was suposed to win. and if gsp some how managed to pull off the upset,then it would ruin Anderson’s legacy.there is no way he should be losing to a Wwt.
I also don’t think that gsp has cleaned out his div.he hasn’t even succesfully defended his belt enough times to say that he has cleaned out his div.as the champ he has only beaten M.Serrra &v J. Fitch.

by TheLevi on Oct 28, 2008 2:18 PM EDT reply actions

You can’t have an undisputed P4P championship, that is the whole point of the argument.

There are certainly some great fights to be had, hope they come through with some of them for us.

Personally, a couple others I would like to see are:

Anderson vs Shogun-just an interesting fight

Serra vs Hughes-not skill wise, but I hope this comes off. i love grudge fights.

Werdum vs Nog-I know the ko set him back, but for bjj reasons, I want to see this fight. If Nog loses in the “tournament”, I think this would make a lot of sense.

BJ vs Kimbo-C’mon, we all want to see this, lol!!

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by BJJDenver on Oct 28, 2008 3:12 PM EDT reply actions

im liking your predictions, and although the “final retirement fight” for silva seems far fetched, the fact that he walks around at 230 makes it plausible.

holding 2 belts at once will never be dismissed because :
a. its been like that forever, UFC, Pride..
b. it makes it easier to market these bigtime fighters
c. it helps dana feel better in saying Fedor isnt p4p

it does suck though because it has the ability to delay top contenders from reaching championship, while the defending champ is out playing at the other weight level.

buttttt Silva retiring while being Middle, Light Heavy, aaaand Heavyweight Champ would seal him in the book of legends right beside Muhammed Ali, real talk

by beersnbroads on Oct 28, 2008 10:49 PM EDT reply actions