{"id":217857,"date":"2017-01-16T05:59:06","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T13:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=217857"},"modified":"2017-01-16T06:03:42","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T14:03:42","slug":"anderson-silva-conor-mcgregor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/anderson-silva\/anderson-silva-conor-mcgregor\/","title":{"rendered":"Anderson Silva wants a catchweight superfight with Conor McGregor"},"content":{"rendered":"

These days, it seems that pretty much everybody wants to fight UFC lightweight champ and bona fide MMA megastar Conor McGregor<\/a>. You can add middleweight legend Anderson Silva to that list.<\/p>\n

Silva explained this desire in a recent interview with Brazilian media outlet GloboTV<\/a>. His words:<\/p>\n

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\u201cNow that I’m old, I’m beginning to challenge everyone. <\/span>Oh, I want to beat this dwarf… what’s the boy’s name again? McGregor.\u00a0It is not provocation. It\u2019s just that I forget, I\u2019m old. Old men know what it\u2019s like. I have this urge to test myself against him. I think he\u2019s a guy who has an unusual ability. I do not know if he would reach a weight of 81, 82 kg, which is the weight I can get to, but it\u2019s a guy I\u2019d like to test myself before I end my career. I think it would be a great fight for the world of fights and UFC history.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

At the moment, of course, there are a long list of super fights on the menu for McGregor \u2013 including a crossover battle with retired boxing great Floyd Mayweather, which is far and away the most lucrative option of the bunch.<\/p>\n

In a recent interview with MMAFighting.com<\/a>, Silva gave his take on this prospective mega fight<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think everybody has a chance,\u201d the middleweight legend explained. \u201cWhen you step inside [the ring] to fight, you have a chance. Of course if you\u2019re fighting Mayweather, people would say \u2018oh, McGregor won\u2019t last a round,\u2019 but we never know.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe movement is different [in boxing], how you have your feet on the ground is different, the timing is different [in] boxing. The only way to see is putting them to fight. He would have to stop at least a year to be able to do a close fight, and I believe he should do it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

McGregor is currently taking a break from competition<\/a>, but is likely to take on the winner of Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson’s interim lightweight title fight<\/a> when he returns. Silva, meanwhile, is scheduled for a UFC 208 battle with Derek Brunson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

How do you think a Conor McGregor vs. Anderson Silva fight would go at this stage?\u00a0Sound off PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

These days, it seems that pretty much everybody wants to fight UFC lightweight champ and bona fide MMA megastar Conor McGregor. You can add middleweight legend Anderson Silva to that list. Silva explained this desire in a recent interview with Brazilian media outlet GloboTV. His words: \u201cNow that I’m old, I’m beginning to challenge everyone. 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