{"id":219629,"date":"2017-01-27T07:35:49","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T15:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=219629"},"modified":"2017-01-27T07:36:53","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T15:36:53","slug":"anderson-silva-explains-conor-mgregor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/anderson-silva-explains-conor-mgregor\/","title":{"rendered":"Anderson Silva explains why he wants to fight Conor McGregor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this month, middleweight legend and possible MMA GOAT Anderson Silva made waves by suggesting that, despite the massive weight disparity between them, he’d be interested in a catchweight super fight<\/a>\u00a0with Conor McGregor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNow that I\u2019m old, I\u2019m beginning to challenge everyone,” Silva told Globo TV of a bout with McGregor, who currently owns the UFC lightweight crown. “<\/span>Oh, I want to beat this dwarf\u2026 what\u2019s the boy\u2019s 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

Since then, Silva has been booked for a UFC 208 with fellow ranked middleweight Derek Brunson<\/a>. During an interview in the buildup to this fight, Silva once again touched briefly on a fight with McGregor, this time explaining why it is that the fight interests him.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019d like to test myself against Conor because he\u2019s an interesting martial artist,” Silva told MMAFighting.com of this potential showdown.\u00a0\u201cHis stand-up game is an intelligent game,” he continued. “Not because he\u2019s champion now, but for the martial arts challenge. I\u2019d like to see how these stand-up techniques, his and mine, would mix, and how that would go.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“But not to fight for a belt or anything like that. For the challenge, an interest, that thing about knowing how a fight like this would go.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Silva then went on to explain that, despite fighting in a weight class 30 pounds above McGregor’s current lightweight home, he thinks he could meet him in the middle at roughly 176 pounds. His words:<\/p>\n

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\u201cI believe he can make 176, 178 pounds, right? That\u2019s a weight I can get.”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Would you be interested in an Anderson Silva vs. Conor McGregor superfight? If so, how do you think the fight would go? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 1\/27\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n