{"id":103331,"date":"2014-06-30T09:54:29","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T16:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=103331"},"modified":"2022-02-06T09:55:51","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:55:51","slug":"anderson-silva-a-fight-with-nick-diaz-could-be-interesting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/anderson-silva-a-fight-with-nick-diaz-could-be-interesting\/","title":{"rendered":"Anderson Silva: A fight with Nick Diaz could be interesting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/silva-requests-10-fight-contract-from-ufc-ufc-news\/anderson-silva2-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-47038\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47038\" title=\"anderson-silva2\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/anderson-silva2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former UFC middleweight champion Anderson &#8220;The Spider&#8221; Silva (33-6 MMA, 16-2 UFC) recently appeared at a media scrum in Rio de Janeiro, where he talked about a possible return fight against Nick Diaz (26-9 MMA, 7-6 UFC).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Well, if everybody is saying that it would be an interesting fight, what am I going to say?&#8221; <\/em>said Silva as translated by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/guicruzzz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guilherme Cruz<\/a> for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2014\/6\/30\/5856706\/anderson-silva-nick-diaz-it-could-be-an-interesting-fight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting<\/a>.<em> &#8220;It could be an interesting fight.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Anderson was also asked if he was hopeful to eventually\u00a0earn a third bout against current middleweight champ Chris Weidman, to which he responded:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Rematch with Chris Weidman is something that is not in my plans. He already defeated me twice, everybody saw this. Lyoto has an opportunity to fight him, we also have \u2018Jacare\u2019, who\u2019s coming and looking for his way. Let\u2019s root for them to get their space in the UFC and get their shot at the title, win it, become great champions and bring big wins for Brazil.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em><\/em>Nick Diaz remains semi-retired for now. 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