{"id":289913,"date":"2018-11-01T22:25:02","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T05:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=289913"},"modified":"2018-11-01T22:25:02","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T05:25:02","slug":"anderson-silva-attempts-to-goad-conor-mcgregor-into-a-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/anderson-silva-attempts-to-goad-conor-mcgregor-into-a-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Anderson Silva attempts to goad Conor McGregor into a fight!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It appears that former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva is attempting to goad Conor McGregor into accepting a fight.<\/p>\n<p>In the lead up to his highly anticipated octagon return against Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229, Conor McGregor stated that he would be interested in a future fight with former middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYou know what would be another great one? Anderson Silva.\u201d<\/em> Conor McGregor told ESPN when asked about potential future opponents (prior to UFC 229). <em>\u201cI would be interested in an Anderson Silva bout. I swear to God. Anderson is a legend in the game. What\u2019s the difference between him and Georges? Same damn thing. I\u2019m going to do fights that interest me or have meaning.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Despite the fact that Conor McGregor <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/ufc-229-results-khabib-nurmagomedov-stops-conor-mcgregor-video\/\">suffered a fourth-round submission loss<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/conor-mcgregor-issues-a-new-lengthy-statement-on-ufc-229-loss-to-khabib-nurmagomedov\/\">Khabib Nurmagomedov<\/a> that historic evening at <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/joe-rogan-says-dillon-danis-was-absolutely-provoking-khabib-nurmagomedov-at-ufc-229\/\">UFC 229<\/a>, Anderson Silva still has a strong desire to fight the Irish superstar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Spider\u201d, who is still serving a one-year suspension from USADA, is eligible to return to action as of November 10 and recently told TMZ that he has <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/challenge-accepted-anderson-silva-agrees-to-fight-conor-mcgregor-at-a-catchweight\/\">accepted the &#8220;challenge&#8221;<\/a> of Conor McGregor.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m waiting,\u201d<\/em> former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva  recently told TMZ Sports. <em>\u201cBecause I accept the challenge for Conor McGregor.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Silva continued:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think UFC President Dana White needs to think about this,\u201d<\/em> Silva said. <em>\u201cBecause it\u2019s two big guys in this sport. Two big names \u2013 yes, absolutely, two big legends. And, why not?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Despite Anderson Silva&#8217;s comments, which were made on October 20 TMZ, Conor McGregor has yet to respond to &#8220;The Spider&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today, the Brazilian mixed martial arts legend once again attempted to gain the attention of &#8220;Mystic Mac&#8221;, stating the following during an Instagram live broadcast (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2018\/11\/1\/18051362\/old-man-anderson-silva-thinks-conor-mcgregor-afraid-lose-ufc?_ga=2.193753451.717307426.1541135005-1055719967.1532809015\">MMAFighting<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I\u2019m waiting for the UFC about my next fight, and I\u2019m training hard,&#8221;<\/em> Silva said in English. &#8220;<em>I accepted the challenge (from) Conor McGregor, but never (discussed) about this fight (with the UFC). But I\u2019m ready, guys. I\u2019m here, I\u2019m training every day. I never lose my focus. I\u2019m waiting for my next challenge.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Silva added that he believes Conor McGregor is <em>\u201cis afraid to lose, supposedly, to an old man, but I\u2019m here.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Do you want to see the UFC book a fight between Anderson Silva and Conor McGregor next? Sound off PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It appears that former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva is attempting to goad Conor McGregor into accepting a fight. In the lead up to his highly anticipated octagon return against Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229, Conor McGregor stated that he would be interested in a future fight with former middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva. \u201cYou know [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54469,"featured_media":286697,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10098,10089,39610],"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>Anderson Silva attempts to goad Conor McGregor into a fight! | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It appears that former UFC middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva is attempting to goad Conor McGregor into accepting a fight.\" \/>\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\/ufc\/anderson-silva-attempts-to-goad-conor-mcgregor-into-a-fight\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Anderson Silva attempts to goad Conor McGregor into a fight! 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