If the UFC are searching for very fights, Anderson Silva believes putting him against Conor McGregor is the answer.
McGregor just recently called Spider as the GOAT in UFC with names like Jon Jones, Georges St Pierre and himself, obviously, behind him.
McGregor defeated Donald Cerrone in all of 40 seconds in January of this year, however the coronavirus pandemic has actually halted the active year the Irishman was intending on having.
With some restrictions being a little unwinded worldwide now, some possibilities are opening up again, most notable, a middleweight title shot against Kamara Usman.
Nevertheless, Silva has once again staked his claim to face Well-known in a MMA incredibly fight.
” I have a huge affection for the fantastic professional athlete that Conor is and I believe this very fight would be something historical for the sport, neither people has anything else to prove,” Silva composed
” I believe UFC and (Mixed Martial Arts) fans want to see this fantastic martial phenomenon, testing my martial abilities against him would be wonderful.”
It’s worth noting this isn’t the novice the Brazilian has actually advocated this fight.
Thankfully for Spider, it appears as though McGregor is in the state of mind for the fight.
The Irishman tweeted Silva on Thursday simply saying “I accept.”
Back in 2016 was Silva’s very first attempt, then he brought the topic back up just before McGregor’s loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov in 2018.
Silva is 45 years of ages now while McGregor is approaching his 32 nd birthday. McGregor is a two-weight champion while Silva holds the longest title reign in UFC history at 2,457 days, a reign that consisted of 16 triumphes.
Nevertheless, Silva has just won when in his last eight trips in UFC and numerous think he is not the exact same fighter since breaking his leg in the Middleweight title rematch with Chris Weidman back in 2013.
He likewise stands 6-foot-2 compared to McGregor’s 5-foot-9 and he’s completed at Middleweight and light-heavyweight while McGregor has been a featherweight champ, light-weight champion and is currently running at welterweight. That’s rather the variation.
Whether the match makes sense or not, there is no rejecting that people would pay to see 2 of the most significant names in UFC history go at it, even if Silva is previous his best. Most significantly, McGregor knows that, too.
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