Dana White: Anderson Silva Says He Can Make 170-Pounds Easily

By John Heinis on Saturday, February 16th 2013
Dana White: Anderson Silva Says He Can Make 170-Pounds Easily

UFC president Dana White isn’t ready to give up on a superfight between two of his biggest draws, Georges St-Pierre and Anderson Silva, just yet.

Despite a sizeable weight difference between GSP, the UFC’s welterweight kingpin, and Silva, the promotion’s middleweight poster boy, White revealed at a press conference on Wednesday that Silva himself said he has no qualms about cutting down to 170-pounds.

Mixedmartialarts.com reported the news on Friday.

“Anderson would go to (170 pounds), too,” said White. “Yeah, he said he’d do it. He says he can make (170) easy. It’s insane.”

Silva fought as low as 168-pounds early on in his career, dating back to Aug. 2001, at competed at 175-pounds for the Rumble on the Rock promotion in Jan. 2006.

Since then, he had been a dominant force at middleweight, setting a UFC record with 10 title defenses at 185-pounds.

In the midst of his current 17-fight win streak, “The Spider” has also made three trips to light heavyweight, winning each bout by a first round knockout.

White has also recently expressed interest in seeing the Brazilian pound-for-pound great fight at light heavyweight full-time, but when asked if he thought 205 or 170 was more likely for Silva, he replied: “I’ll take either one, and both.”

A superfight between Silva and St-Pierre has been a hot topic among fight fans since all the way back to late 2009. Still, despite an increased interest by White in the match up in recent months, it is no closer to being made a reality.

Silva’s manager, Ed Soares, has stated multiple times he has no interest in fighting at welterweight or a catchweight, while “Rush” has stated he will only take a fight at middleweight when he plans on moving up to 185-pounds full-time.

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