why not? if bj beats gsp i say let him keep going hell if he wants to fight at hw let him.i think dana would change his mind if the money is right.

I want GSP to win more than ever now. Would love to see GSP vs. Silva. I’m a big fan of GSP but I think Silva will take it, but man I hope GSP beats Penn again so we can see it happen. I think GSP will beat Penn, but that’s going to be a great fight too!

Probably because he dosn’t want Penn holding 3 belts at once, if Penn wasn’t a title holder or only had one title id see no problem with a fight with Silva.

why? I’d put BJ against ANY fighter in the UFC. It wouldn’t be healthy on his body, but we want super fights dana
silva/fedor
silva/gsp gsp would get killed
bj/silva
all match ups I know I want to see!!!

Wow, even Dana is looking past Cote like he’s not even there.

It’s all “if GSP does this…if BJ does that”…not even a breath wasted on Cote.

Makes me want Cote to pull off the upset even more…..no win for Silva = Who gives a shit about GSP/Silva or BJ Penn/Silva.

yeah the UFC can’t have one guy holding up championship fights in 3 weight divisions……if he somehow won he’d have 3 titles. What about all of the other fighters in the UFC? They’d all have to wait a long time to get their title shots. Those 3 titles would barely ever get defended…..he’d have to forfeit the LW at least or fight the spider in a non-title fight. Kenny Florian is already getting the shaft at a title fight since he’s fighting GSP. The belts need to be defended at least 3 times a year each, if not 4.

I’d rather see GSP vs Silva, but if Penn happens to beat GSP, then I say let him fight Silva. Who cares if he would have 3 belts. That would just mean he’s one bad MF’r, but I don’t see him being able to beat Silva even if he gets past GSP.(Don’t see GSP beating Silva either but what an entertaining fight!) He’s just to small. But what would be great to see is that he has a great chin and he just doesn’t bleed. His chin would be tested like never before against Silva and I think we would see blood from the Prodigy! Sweet!

I say if Bj beat GSP, Let him do whatever it is he wants. I know He would have two titles to defend, and three if he beat Silva, im sure that what Dana is concerned about, but why not make a BJ/ Silva fight at a catch weight with no belt on the line. I know that makes the fight a little less interesting to most fans. I say fuck any belt just show me the fights we want to see. Alot of times the guy with the belt, isnt even the best in his weight class anyway. ( I.E. Serra, Forrest)

Dana should not say anything, it’ll work in his favor anyways cause there is no way hell Penn will beat the new GSP.

anderson was 175 when he fought okami, I am sure it would be no problem for him to get down there again, so why not a bj vs silva at 175..

who cares about the belts..

gsp will beat bj. anderson will beat gsp. GSP DONT FIGHT SILVA!

I just hope they wait until after GSP defends against Alves. I think it’s bullshit for them to screw challengers who deserve their shot and have been waiting. The GSP/Silva fight (will happen cuz let’s face it, nobody out there can beat these guys but themselves. So provided that doesn’t happen, it will go down.) should happen at the end of 09 as Silva’s last of 6 remaining fights.

Plus, I’m glad that Dana is saying that and the reason why I bet is he knows that Anderson would smoke Penn because of the height and reach advantage not too mention Anderson is just way fucking better. So it would just be a pointless fight.

Penn is my fav fighter and I hate to see him move up in weight even though gsp vs bj #2 is going to be an awesome fight. I would just like to see him stay at 155 and defend his title and be the best ever in that division. I think GSP would beat anderson, just due to gsp’s athletic ability, also I think gsp would be too quick for silva and take silva down for some gnp at will.

I kinda agree with dana on thin one, although it may be good on paper it doesnt make much sense!! Bj is podgy at 170 so to think a catch weight or even 185 is just obsurd!! Bj would be far too slow at a higher weight and lose any advantage he may have by doing so, therefor creating a super match up thats gony be a let down!!

GSP makes so much more sense simply because hes a bigger guy and has to cut weight to get to 170, so it wouldnt be a big prob to get to 185. Also there are too many big fights at 205 for the spider aswell!!

I don’t want to see gsp vs. a.silva. Anderson is huge in comparison, his striking is beyond what gsp can achieve at this point. Silva would maul him. the only way gsp beats anderson is if he can somehow rush for the takedown without eating any solid shots and somehow keep him down. he would have to do that in every round, which makes it much less likely to happen. he may be able to submit silva, but the longer it stays on the ground, the more danger gsp will be in for he can be submitted also…but anything can happen.

BJ Penn holding 3 belts would be insane, P4P king without a doubt – he would be the king of nuthuggers

thing is – it is plausible :P

Regardless of who you think will win (GSP/Penn), the catch is if BJ Penn does prove he can beat GSP, why would you deny him the right to challenge the next up? That just doesnt seem right. I think most can agree that IF Penn can prove to be superior to GSP on Jan 31st, he’s earned it.

dana dana dana why not? I just watched the penn vs. machida fight and i thought bj more then held his own and possibly won and that was against of the best lhw in the world i think the only reason he wont let bj fight him is because he knows bj has the best chance of anybody in the ufc to beat him, and dana doesnt want his number one pound for pound fighter a middleweight losing to a lightweight in bj penn

^bad boy^

I’m saying it now, if gsp beats Penn and gsp gets a shot at the spyder… I still see the spyder winning. I know gsp is probably one of, if not the most athletic person in the sport, but I have NEVER seen somebody who is so comfortable in the cage as, Anderson Silva. I think the spyder will retire from the ufc as an un-beaten champion. mark my words!! write it down if you have to, but I have said it!!!

This is the reason the UFC should have an open weight Grand Prix. You could see guys who can fight at many different weight classes like Hendo, A. Silva, W. Silva, BJ, Big Nog, GSP fight tournament style with no belts having to be given up.

I wouldn’t want to see it happen anyways, Anderson should go to 205, BJ can stay at 170 and 155, then that leaves GSP to go to 185 if he desires.

2 weight classes of domination is enough for any great fighter in today’s UFC, having 3 belts would be a nightmare since you would have trouble defending each of them once a year.

The Reason being is the massive weight differance. Dana knowsthat BJ’s walking weight is around 170 lbs. And Anderson’s weight is somewhere like 210. Thats a huge huge differance.

This is the reason they should have an open weight Grand Prix. There are several guys who can fight at multiple weight classes like Hendo, Anders and Wandy Silva, BJ, Nog & GSP who could fight an open weight tournament, and without champs putting their belts on the line.

Personally, I’d like to see BJ, GSP, or Silva fight Dana. He could use a good ass beatin’. I know, I know, I know! He’s been great for MMA but he’s so damn arrogant that I would enjoy watching him get choked out.

I like the IDEA of GSP/Silva, but I don’t think that’d work out in reality. GSP’s incredbile, and I know AS’s had trouble w/ fighters w/ good ground game, but I don’t see GSP getting a win vs. him. And I know BJ wants to prove he’s the best, but I think 185 too big for him, esp. considering the difference btwn. their non-fighting weights.

I think Dana is wrong. If GSP gets owned by Penn, who wouldn’t want to see 2 of the best p4p fighters go at it. B.J. needs to become the first person to win 3 titles in 3 weight classes :D

Maybe Dana wants BJ v Faber instead.

GSP can beat Silva if anyone can. BJ moved down to lightweight for a reason and now its gone to his head. I say GSP beats BJ via TKO and then goes on to pull the upset against Silva (betting odds: Silva -250). Cote doesn’t even come close to making reasonable doubt.

Dear Dana White: You have done so much for this sport, but fuck you! Let me see this!

if BJ beats GSP convincingly then it makes him the only guy sub 205 with any chance of beating the spider bar perhaps hendo

amazed i managed to type that with BJs nuts in my mouth

BJ is the only guy who has silva in any area… if he can somehow get it to the ground then penns BJJ should be slightly better than anderssons

BJ definitely stands a better chance than cote would

Dana is wasting one of his few fights with silva that he has left letting cote fight him. if hes gonna retire, let him fight the best before he leaves. if someone thinks cote really deserves a chance, think of the top 3 mw’s not named silva, now tell me how many of them cote has beat to earn a shot. my three are hendo, marquardt, and franklin. how in hell did cote earn a shot without beating these guys. DANA WHITE, DONT WASTE THE FEW REMAINING FIGHTS ON SILVAS CONTRACTS WITH AVERAGE FIGHTERS, LET US SEE HIM UP AGAINST THE BEST.

Silva is much bigger than GSP so although I think GSP will kill BJ and knock him back in to reality, I don’t think GSP can beat Silva. What about Silva vs Rashhard ?

BJ has a better chance of beating Anderson then GSP

I doubt GSP will kill BJ, he couldn’t finish Fitch and he had plenty of chances to do so, now some of that is Fitch’s heart, but not all of it. He has no room for error against BJ or he will loose. I think the person who makes the first mistake looses.

Bj would seriously mess up the three divisions if he got into middleweight. Look how long TuF coaches are forced to stay on the sidelines after their wins to become coaches. I think Bj vs Silva would be fking awesome though however.

dana is protecting silvas ass… he dont want a kimbo … a 155 killin a 85…. danas a bitch… if he beats gsp he cant but gsp wins he can… a load of crap…. whats the diff…. jus the name….dana is a bitch

Gsp has a much better chance than penn at beating the spider for one simple reason. Yes penn has amazing take down defense similar to gsp’s but his wrestling is lame compared to gsp, gsp was taking down rashad who’s a wrestler and better build than silva at will, does anyone realize that. For penn to win he would have to take silva to the ground which I doubt he could and would get picked apart effortlessly by silva all night. Styles make fights and penn/silva is a poor match up. gsp and silva is the best match up and the most interesting one for me because I’ve seen gsp fight penn already and feel confident he’d beat him again but the silva/gsp fight could be the fight of the year. Gsp’s last 3 or 4 fights are a lot more impressive to me than penns fights, I wasn’t too impressed with his fight with sherk and if that penn comes in to fight gsp he’ll lose. I think gsp has a better chance than anyone who’s ever fought him, I think he has the right style to give silva problems. spider is the best striker by far of the three, gsp is the best wrestler, and penn is the best off his back and at submissions. Every guy I’ve seen fight silva had a shitty game plan except lutter but gsp is better in all area’s except subs than him. I honestly don’t know who would win between the spider and gsp but am a lot more excited about that fight than gsp fighting the over rated penn. I feel gsp takes penn much easier this time,it will be a tough fight but I think he’ll clearly win.

BJ wants the biggest fights possible. If he beats GSP, he’s not going to leave Dana alone about it.

I think he’ll have to defend his LW belt at least one more time before Dana even considers it, though.

BJ wants the biggest fights possible. If he beats GSP, he’s not going to leave Dana alone about it.

I think he’ll have to defend his LW belt at least one more time before Dana even considers it, though.

It doesn’t matter who can beat who in the contests of GSP, Penn and Silva. The fact of the matter is this: the UFC should be about letting anyone fight anyone in order to see who the best fighter is in the world in any given weight class and in between weight classes. Dana White should not be given so much control in terms of who should be fighting who. If BJ wants to fight Silva and Silva wants to fight BJ, then let them do it; quite frankly it should be none of Dana White’s business. He should stop getting so involved with individual fights and focus on the big picture. Next thing you’ll see, he’ll be telling GSP not to take Silva to the ground; he’ll give him a bonus to strike with him. Just my 2 cents…

I agree, If BJ beats GSP, why no let him fight the guy who is called the best p4p fighter in the world. I think if BJ took silva down he could win, the spider doesn’t have the best take down defense. The problem is BJ has to get in the clinch to do it, and that’s a bad idea.

ACTUALLY i WOULD LOVE TO SEE A WINNER STAYS IN…

1 ROUND HW champ vs Lhw Champ
2 Round Winner above vs Middle weight Champ
3 Round winner above vs Welter Weight Champ
4 round Winner above vs Light weight champ

ONly one round per bout winner stays…….

so its like…
Nog vs Griffin
Griffin vs Silva
Silva vs Gsp
Silva vs BJ

What a wicked 4 rounds of action

k, i am rooting for gsp, and want to see him fight silva. Basically, anything can happen, but I got a question. Can somebody find me somebody in the MMA with a losing record. Researched, and everyone has a winning record. Lowest record i found was a .500 record.