{"id":206694,"date":"2016-10-10T07:35:55","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T14:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=206694"},"modified":"2016-10-10T07:35:55","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T14:35:55","slug":"dana-white-smothers-anderson-silva-vs-gsp-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/georges-st-pierre\/dana-white-smothers-anderson-silva-vs-gsp-rumors\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White Smothers Anderson Silva vs. GSP Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For many years, there was no bigger fight in MMA than a super fight between former middleweight champion Anderson Silva and former welterweight king Georges St-Pierre. The fight was MMA&#8217;s holy grail; it&#8217;s Mayweather vs. Pacquiao \u2013 but it never happened.<\/p>\n<p>Today, when Silva is neck deep in a four-fight losing streak, and GSP\u00a0is closing in on three years of retirement, this once unrivalled super fight has lost a bit of juice. That, however, doesn&#8217;t mean we don&#8217;t still want to see it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Anderson-Silva-Forrest-Griffin.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-200657\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Anderson-Silva-Forrest-Griffin.png\" alt=\"UFC 101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Anderson-Silva-Forrest-Griffin.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Anderson-Silva-Forrest-Griffin-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Anderson-Silva-Forrest-Griffin-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Anderson-Silva-Forrest-Griffin-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over the last few weeks, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/georges-st-pierre\/breaking-gsp-will-return-to-the-octagon-at-ufc-200\/\">rumors have begun to swirl<\/a> that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/georges-st-pierre\/georges-st-pierre-vs-anderson-silva-rumored-for-ufc-206\/\">Silva might be paired with a returning GSP<\/a> in the main event of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-206\/five-fights-added-ufc-206\/\">UFC 206<\/a> this December 10. Given that the card will occur in Toronto, in GSP&#8217;s Canadian homeland, these rumors not only thrilled fans, but also seemed to make some sense.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, however, it&#8217;s once again looking like this long-chased superfight will never happen.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with BTSport UFC, UFC President Dana White extinguished these\u00a0rumors, saying the fight is a no-go.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danawhite?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@danawhite<\/a> weighs up what could be next for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bisping?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@bisping<\/a> and the rest of the middleweight division. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC204?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC204<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BYTtQMnW5F\">https:\/\/t.co\/BYTtQMnW5F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UFC on BT Sport (@btsportufc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/btsportufc\/status\/785141221383671809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>&#8220;It&#8217;s so not true,&#8221; White said. &#8220;I know everybody keeps talking about it, but GSP isn&#8217;t even close [to fighting]. I&#8217;m telling you again, I don&#8217;t think GSP wants to fight. I keep saying this. You guys know fighters as much as I know fighters, do you think GSP wants to fight? GSP wasn&#8217;t crazy about fighting when he was fighting!&#8221;<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Georges-st-pierre-gsp-firas-zahabi.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-189464\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Georges-st-pierre-gsp-firas-zahabi.png\" alt=\"Georges St-Pierre post fight victory\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Georges-st-pierre-gsp-firas-zahabi.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Georges-st-pierre-gsp-firas-zahabi-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Georges-st-pierre-gsp-firas-zahabi-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Georges-st-pierre-gsp-firas-zahabi-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course, it&#8217;s worth noting that GSP has said many times that he&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/michael-bisping\/video-georges-st-pierres-camp-reached-out-for-title-fight-with-michael-bisping\/\">eager to return to action<\/a>. Furthermore, it was just weeks ago that White told us a Conor McGregor vs. Eddie Alvarez superfight <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-205\/ufc-official-refutes-dana-whites-claim-ufc-205\/\">wouldn&#8217;t be happening<\/a> \u2013 and well, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/breaking-conor-mcgregor-will-return-at-ufc-205-in-new-york\/\">we know how that one went<\/a>. So, perhaps there is still some cause for optimism on this one after all.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think we&#8217;ll ever see Anderson Silva and Georges St-Pierre go at it? Sound off, PENN nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For many years, there was no bigger fight in MMA than a super fight between former middleweight champion Anderson Silva and former welterweight king Georges St-Pierre. The fight was MMA&#8217;s holy grail; it&#8217;s Mayweather vs. Pacquiao \u2013 but it never happened. Today, when Silva is neck deep in a four-fight losing streak, and GSP\u00a0is closing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":128931,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10140],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dana White Smothers Anderson Silva vs. GSP Rumors | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/georges-st-pierre\/dana-white-smothers-anderson-silva-vs-gsp-rumors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dana White Smothers Anderson Silva vs. GSP Rumors | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For many years, there was no bigger fight in MMA than a super fight between former middleweight champion Anderson Silva and former welterweight king Georges St-Pierre. 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