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MMAFighting said:FORT HOOD, Texas – UFC president Dana White on Friday told a small group of troops at the Fort Hood military post in Killeen, Texas, that a long-discussed superfight could come to fruition this year.
Speaking at a question-and-answer session that was closed to the public and attended only by enlisted military personnel, White said a fight between welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre and middleweight champion Anderson Silva might take place in 2011.
Both fighters' dominance in their respective divisions would lead to the matchup, though White cautioned that both need to win their upcoming title defenses.
"If (Silva) wins that fight (against Vitor Belfort at UFC 126), then Georges St-Pierre needs to beat Jake Shields in Toronto (at UFC 129)," White said. "If that happens, then we're probably going to do that fight (between St-Pierre and Silva). If they both win, that fight makes all the sense in the world."
White also said in that scenario, he believes St-Pierre would move up from welterweight – and possibly even make that his new home. White did not elaborate on what would happen with St-Pierre's 170-pound title if that scenario indeed played out.
"Georges St-Pierre said he would move to 185 (to fight Silva) and stay at that weight and not go back to 170," White said. "Should (they) win (their next) fights, that fight will probably happen this year."
I really do hope this fight happens. These two have been at the top of their divisions for so long now and this fight has been rumoured for so long to try to prove who is the better fighter. We got to see GSP vs Penn and now we just need to see GSP vs Silva.
Even if one of them loses their next fight then I still want this fight to happen, it will still be huge even if one of them has just lost a fight.
I didn't realise that GSP had said that he would move to 185 to fight Silva and then stay there. I assumed that he would fight Silva and then drop back down. I don't doubt that he could succeed at that level though because he is an elite athlete.