{"id":295390,"date":"2018-12-18T07:08:53","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T15:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=295390"},"modified":"2018-12-18T07:08:53","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T15:08:53","slug":"anderson-silva-takes-another-shot-at-rival-georges-st-pierre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/anderson-silva-takes-another-shot-at-rival-georges-st-pierre\/","title":{"rendered":"Anderson Silva takes another shot at rival Georges St-Pierre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva has a lot of respect for former welterweight and middleweight champ <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/georges-st-pierre\/\">Georges St-Pierre<\/a>, but he feels that St-Pierre is averse to high-risk challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson Silva gave his assessment of Georges St-Pierre at a press conference at his new Spider Kick gym on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe Georges St-Pierre does not take the real challenge,\u201d Silva said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2018\/12\/anderson-silva-ufc-title-shot-georges-st-pierre-conor-mcgregor-ufc-234\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAjunkie<\/a>). \u201cHe just tries to do something easy for yourself, but this is Georges St-Pierre. He\u2019s so smart. That\u2019s the game, that\u2019s the business. He\u2019s a business man.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, I prefer to take real challenge. Don\u2019t put nothing in the mind of my fans, (saying) \u2018maybe yes, maybe not.\u2019 That\u2019s why I accepted the fight with (Daniel) Cormier in two days (at UFC 200). That\u2019s the difference \u2026 it\u2019s not about fighters \u2013 it\u2019s about martial arts. I like challenge and I try to do my best every time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Anderson Silva has made comments of this nature about Georges St-Pierre.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with ESPN, the Brazilian <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/anderson-silva-scolds-georges-st-pierre-for-ducking-big-challenges\/\">scolded his long-time Canadian rival for avoiding big challenges.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s an interesting fight, but Georges has never come to accept the challenge,\u201d Silva said of a potential fight with St-Pierre. \u201cGeorges just runs, runs, runs, It\u2019s crazy. I do not think Georges wants the fight \u2014 but that\u2019s OK. I respect Georges. He is a great fighter. Maybe he just has a different view \u2014 to take easy fights. That\u2019s not me. I like to take the big challenges in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGeorges is very lucky and very smart. He never goes to take a fight if it\u2019s not easy. That\u2019s the point. Georges, for me, is a great fighter, but he never takes the real challenges in life. That\u2019s my opinion. I respect him, but that\u2019s my opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of these comments from Anderson Silva?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 12\/17\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva has a lot of respect for former welterweight and middleweight champ Georges St-Pierre, but he feels that St-Pierre is averse to high-risk challenges. 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