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Anderson Silva Wants to Move Permanently to Light Heavyweight

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Anderson Silva Wants to Move Permanently to Light Heavyweight

Yahoo Sports , PHILADELPHIA – Hours after the most electrifying domination in a career filled with them, deep in a back hallway of the Wachovia Center, Anderson Silva was waiting for Dana White. Silva is the UFC’s middleweight (185-pound) champion but Saturday he boldly moved up 20 pounds and in a jaw-dropping exhibition, brutalized Forrest Griffin, who just nine months ago was the light heavyweight (205) title holder.

That Silva could move up a weight class and not just win, but destroy with power, was a game-changing and perhaps UFC-altering moment. That’s what Silva and his manager, Ed Soares, wanted to discuss with White.

With his arm wrapped around White’s shoulder, Soares leaned in and delivered a proposition. “Spider” Silva would move permanently to light heavyweight, even if it meant the unorthodox move of giving up his middleweight belt.

“I can do that,” White smiled, a bit stunned at the offer. “I like that. We can do that.”

“I’d let him,” White said later, sitting in his quiet dressing room. “We’d put [the middleweight title] up for grabs.”

With nothing left to prove at middleweight, Anderson Silva now wants to lay waste to a whole new division of the UFC.

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  • Posted By aaron
    5 months ago
    hard one to call huh?
    you know the reason that anderson silva has "the best accuracy" in UFC? its because he spends all day training with machida... its obvious... train with a guy that you can't hit so that when you are fighting a guy who can be hit, you destroy him. makes sense, a whole lot of sense actually. machida doesnt train with silva, silva trains with machida. now that said, do i think silva would give the best fight against machida? definitely so far, but he would get TKO or KOed.
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  • Posted By aaron
    5 months ago
    to steve
    im sick of people like you underrating fighters. Wanderlei's MT clinch is way stronger than Anderson Silva's, but he's a smart fighter too, he's not gonna go to the clinch. He'd stand with silva and his stand up striking is better than Silva's.


    "Silva vs. Silva.... I'm putting my money on Silva"
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  • Posted By stillwell
    5 months ago
    cung
    the two best strikers in the div cung vs anderson thats the best fight in the div
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  • Posted By Guest
    5 months ago

    Exactly, he would have no choice but to face Machida in the light heavyweight division...and to me that would be one of the best fights you would ever see - hard one to call!
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  • Posted By Guest
    5 months ago

    Silva also said that he wouldn't want to fight lyoto machida because they're friends.
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  • Posted By steve
    5 months ago

    lol aaron.. wanderlei, washed up..shogun, um, no..
    machida? well we wont have to worry about silva vs machida, because its not going to happen.. evans? you think if machida beat evans silva couldnt? because machida kinda sorta trains with silva.. rampage is someone who definately stands a chance, as long as he would train hard and fight smart.
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  • Posted By Rex
    5 months ago

    Granted for Silva's brilliance performance against Griffin, i think GSP can beat him, eventhough we know that Silva is a hard hitting puncher, but his conditioning is not yet put into a test. Athleticism and conditioning are factors that GSP can use in order to beat Silva, not to mention Fighting IQ.

    In terms of reach advantage, both of them are in equal footing, having 76" each.
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  • Posted By aaron
    5 months ago
    Guest
    to the guy who was talking to me... that wasn't a list of people who would win, it was a list of people who would be in the fight, you want my list of ppl who will win against AS? ill give it to you.


    Machida (if you disagree you're an idiot), Rashad Evans (too good standing up, too good to get to the ground), Chuck Liddell (glass chin? yes, but got the reach and power to beat even an in shape silva. chuck is underrated bcuz he got KOed by Rua who is a dominate muay thai fighter and evans who is a dominate boxer/wrestler. the guy is still good, and i think he's good enuff to win against silva. ) i know you think im crazy for thinkin that chuck liddell could beat silva but we all know that crazier things have happened in MMA, for instance... Tito Ortiz wanting to fight Fedor Emelianenko..., if chuck hasnt retired yet i wouldnt count him out. maybe anderson silva is just the fight he needs to get his career back on track.

    btw, im not a Chuck Liddell fan, i just think he is good
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  • Posted By aaron
    5 months ago

    i dont think you need to worry about Silva beating Machida, nyc mma. it's not gonna happen.
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  • Posted By Guest
    5 months ago

    if i can watch silva vs machida, rashad vs rampage, hendo vs gsp, maia vs paulo filho and vitor vs wandy i will rest in peace after i die.
    Reply »
  • Posted By nyc mma
    5 months ago
    don't be Stupid, you idiots
    for all you MORONS on here who don't seem to get it - Anderson Silva
    has NO ONE that could even make him sweat, that is, if he were even TRYING. the skills he possesses are SO far beyond anyone on the planet that - even my boy Machida - it makes me worry about him now, too. but that would truly be the epic fight....until the David & Goliath fight with Lesnar who would be imbarrased and KO'd. Silva made Forrest look small in the ring, so what if he put on another 20#'s?
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  • Posted By aaron
    5 months ago

    Oops! I forgot about the light heavyweight champion of the world!
    Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida... what is there bad to say about him? The guy is a class act who never talks trash and just leaves it all in the octagon. If Rashad Evans couldn't get but a kick and 2 punches on him, then what do you expect Anderson Silva to do? His best bet would be to utilize that insane BJJ but the problem is keeping Lyoto on the ground long enuff to use it.
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  • Posted By aaron
    5 months ago

    ok, so apparently people didnt like my first post bcuz i named a few of the light heavy weights that Anderson Silva should be scared of. So, let me explain each of them.
    Rampage has so much power striking that he could KO Anderson Silva with one good punch.
    Evans is awesome at stand up, way better than most give him credit for, and you cant take him to the ground bcuz his wrestling is better than Liddell's.
    Alexander has that same style that Evans does, just not as coordinated, he would probabely lose to Silva, but he would be in the fight for sure.
    Shogun... need I say more...? this fight would be Muay Thai on Muay Thai crime. Both of the fighter are BJJ and MT... It's a battle of who trains harder.
    Wanderlei... Wanderlei is way under credited for his MT clinch. Wanderlei doesn't have to rely on the clinch though. His stand up game involves plenty of KO punches. This fight would be a "who has better balance" fight and wanderlei has a lower center of gravity.
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  • Posted By guest
    5 months ago

    silva doesn't want anything to do with Lyoto machida and is scared if they fight he is the guy to beat him
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  • Posted By guest
    5 months ago

    I realized silva has been beating up guys at light hwt worse than guys at his own weight i guess it's either he hasn''t fought guys good enough or that guys at middleweight are faster and match up better wit him
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  • Posted By Guest
    5 months ago

    WHO CARES?

    Anderson Silva is best p4p! He continuously fights the best of the very best in Leites, Cote, and now in undefeated American Idol reality show winner Forrest Griffin!

    Fedor is a joke!

    Besides, Anderson is a great boxer too! He beat legend Osmar Luiz Teixeira!

    In contrast Fedor is not good in any sport! He is a loser in Sambo! He never won a fight!
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  • Posted By David
    5 months ago

    machida is the only one who would give anderson a good fight rampage is a slammer/boxer and i doubt that he wants to clinch with anderson. Rampage always did bad against muy tai. Both rua and the axe murderer beat rampage with knees rua broke his ribs and the axe murderer just destroyed him with the tai clinch.
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  • Posted By Guest
    5 months ago

    The problem for GSP is that I'm pretty sure he used to fight at 155 in TKO and it's probably waaayyyy to hard for him to go up another weight class and be competitive against possible one of the best pound for pound fighters of all time. Now that Silvas going up to LHW that dream is done anyway boys and girls
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  • Posted By Feel The Rasengan
    5 months ago
    gsp wtf
    p.s. Gsp would get murdered by Silva it would be like roy jones in his prime vs mike tyson in his prime please people before you write look at the size of the fighter
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  • Posted By Feel The Rasengan
    5 months ago
    dumbass comments
    For thelove of god please stop saying dumb stuff like Silva vs Lesnar and Kimbo vs Silva it is just never going to happen the weight difference is to great anyone that says stuff like that should run from this blog like Forrest ran at the end of his fight.
    Reply »
  • Posted By Guest
    5 months ago

    to the comment on top.
    ur stupid
    Reply »
  • Posted By Guest
    5 months ago

    silva is way more aggressive than machida and has better muay thai striking skill machida would just dance around try not to get hit for 5 rounds then lose the decision.
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  • Posted By Guest
    5 months ago

    Machida and silva train together so that fight is not going to happen for awhile.
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  • Posted By Guest23
    5 months ago

    Not if LYOTO has anything to say about it. both lyoto and silva have great killer instincts and great counter striking abilities. that fight would be one of the greats.
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  • Posted By Guest MMA
    5 months ago

    A Silva - Could easily beat 80% of the current LHW guys..

    Guys have to look past the axe murderer and chuck, those guys have had it..
    Machida or Evans (Big Stretch)

    I still want to see GSP vs Silva... Would be georges toughest fight.. but what a match up...
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  • Posted By Guest
    5 months ago

    who are the clowns wanting these missmatch fights>>>silve vs kimbo....thats a clown talking right there...or silva vs brock...****in clowns dont no shit........silva will beat evans, rampage.....yeah i agree that machida will win but that fight would be a battle, it'll go to decision.....anderson is the best, BITCHES!!!!!!
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  • Posted By master
    5 months ago
    silva vs. machida
    look at AS interviews and hes saying that he won't fight machida because they are good friends, and also it would be boring of them to fight because it would be a game of tag
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  • Posted By guest2
    5 months ago
    silva
    dana white would not let him move up and abandon the middleweight title if he didn't get it written in blood that he would fight machida or anyone else they picked. If he doesn't agree he will have to keep defending the 185 title. that would just be stupid come on
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  • Posted By wong
    5 months ago
    who win
    lyoto vs a. silva
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  • Posted By Rocket21
    5 months ago

    Anyone else still wish to see GSP vs Silva at 185? I think Silva is the better fighter, but Silva's only weakness of lacking takedown defense could give GSP a great shot.

    Also, if Silva moves to 205lbs, don't we all want to see Silva vs Machida.... the 2 fighters who never even get hit on their feet. Silva almost jumped out his seat at the UFC101 presser to say he would never ever fight his friend Machida

    Bad news for the superfights all-around.
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  • Posted By Guest
    5 months ago

    silva vs kimbo please
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  • Posted By Eggerton
    5 months ago

    I do not believe this is true, after the fight Silva said he dosnt want the lhw belt and machida is the champion..but if so, i think silva would be able to beat all but machida, rampage would be the 2nd best match..thats MY opinion
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  • Posted By Guest
    5 months ago

    knckuout you are an idiot....
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  • Posted By Yo Mama
    5 months ago
    WTF
    I dont think that anderson would have any problem in the LHW. dont you noe that after the weigh ins he gets back and steps in to about 205-210 lbs.... wat makes du think that u he cant hang with rashad and rampage. anderson kills all the way. Machida is shit compared to anderson!!!!
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  • Posted By knckuout
    5 months ago

    dude are you crazy...silva might dominate the middle weight class but there is no way in hell he will be able to dominate the LHW division...if he faces someone like machida,rampage,vitor belfort,rashad evans,dan henderson or wanderlei...i dont think he would stand a chance...these guys are too powerfull and just over all i think dominate the LWH chance u see silva getting...lmao
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  • Posted By guest
    5 months ago

    Rampage???? beat by griffin so STFU and alexander are you crazy??? Silva only has to look out for machida and hendo Rd 2
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  • Posted By steve
    5 months ago

    Yes he was beaten in Pride and any man is beatable, but now he is even better than back then and on top of his game, can't dispute that.

    The dude walks around close to if not or more than 220 lbs.
    Fighting at 185, when fight day comes he's probably closer to 200 than 185, so 205 is not a big difference and he would probably be even more comfortable, he just made made Forrest Griffin look absolutely silly, ex LHW Champ!!

    will the dude lose, eventually, everyone does. but I guarantee there isn't to many LWH's jumping for joy right now at the thought of him moving up to 205. LOL
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  • Posted By Kid
    5 months ago

    Look like Rich Franklin is going to move back down to 185 soon.
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  • Posted By hitmanfightteam
    5 months ago
    silva???
    The funny thing is if anyone ever watched anderson silva fight before in PRIDE....he is beatable....in the 205 divison---> shogun, wanderlie, and dan henderson.....at 185 he is beatable- dan at 185 was there....just got caught(which happens), and the fight silva has been dodging.....Damien Mieia. get him to the ground and hes done....just like PRIDE!!!!
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  • Posted By Guest
    5 months ago

    silva vs machida for the lhw belt soon too come..

    they are friends but its going to happen mother ****ers!!!

    YAY!!!!
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  • Posted By Guest
    5 months ago

    Machida Anderson yes they will fight because if Machida dont lose his belt they will meet they will seperate the friendship Machida wont lose the belt what so ever Anderson destroying LHW there is 1 person that can stop him and its his friend Machida if Andeson wants the belt yes he will have to face him sooner or later
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  • Posted By SHOGUN
    5 months ago

    Dont underestimate Hendo. He only lost the 1st fight because he decided to stand & strike and paid the price. He will stick to his game plan this time & it will be very different.
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  • Posted By SHOGUN
    5 months ago

    Mark my words, Anderson will receive his loss in the LHW division.
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  • Posted By Guest
    5 months ago

    hahahaha HENDO hahahah never
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  • Posted By KOOP
    6 months ago

    If this is true I think its great, there are some real contenders at LHW, and Anderson saying that he wouldnt fight Machida. Think about it if he goes through the LHW division, a fight with Machida is enevidable
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  • Posted By Guest
    6 months ago

    i dont want him to go up, i want him to fight mia first just to see what would happen.
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  • Posted By MMAJAY
    6 months ago
    Poor Rich
    Rich Franklin went to 205 to get away from Silva.....now what will poor Rich Franklin do ?
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  • Posted By Guest
    6 months ago

    I just jizzed in my pants, AWESOME.
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  • Posted By TA
    6 months ago

    I STILL THINK HENDO CAN GIVE HIM A RUN FOR HIS MONEY AT 185 OR 205
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  • Posted By Guest
    6 months ago

    i want to see anderson silva knock out rampage
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  • Posted By sal
    6 months ago

    i think silva vs jardine would be a gr8 fight. even though jardine would be a massive underdog, his style is so unique and he has proven he can fight with the best of them
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  • Posted By guest
    6 months ago

    what about Vitor Belfor?
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  • Posted By da guy called rudolf
    6 months ago

    id like to him fight brandon vera, matt hamill, tito ortiz, luis cane, and most of all machida
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  • Posted By Guest
    6 months ago

    Machida vs Silva could be like boxings Ali vs Foreman
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  • Posted By Guest
    6 months ago

    Machida vs Silva = EPIC!
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  • Posted By MAMBA24ILL
    6 months ago

    The LHW division is full of head 1st guys just like Forrest. Rampage ain't got the smarts to beat Silva. Only Machida would give him trouble due to his way of fighting.
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  • Posted By aarles
    6 months ago
    Silva Vs Silva
    He must be scared about The Axe Murderer moving to middle weight.
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  • Posted By Guest
    6 months ago

    the move would be good, why would he want to hang around in a division that is not much of a challenge for him, how soul destroying wud that be?
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  • Posted By Sam
    6 months ago
    If I had to pick....
    There are so many guys at 205 who couldn't touch The Spider. The Axe Murderer? Please. He'd get knocked the f*ck out 1st round, guaranteed. Liddell? No way, 1st round knockout. Tito? No f*cking way in hell. Rampage, interesting, but no way in hell. Here's three good matchups for ya.

    1. Jon Jones. Good length, good power, good takedowns. Might be a little early for him tho.
    2. Rashad Evans. Good opportunity, even though he'd be a heavy underdog.
    3. My favorite pick. Ryan Bader. TUF winner, undefeated, great power, great wrestling. Great fight!!
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  • Posted By guest
    6 months ago

    i think silva vs lesnar
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  • Posted By Guest
    6 months ago

    I see Anderson Silva clearing the LHW as well lol except for Machida. Rampage would get his ass handed to him though since he LOST to Forrest hahaha
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  • Posted By G guest
    6 months ago

    Silva and Machida are friends, who said they would not fight. Now that Silva wants to move permanently to LHW it seems like it will most likely happen. It would be an interesting and great fight .
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  • Posted By casco
    6 months ago

    silva vs lidell....can b good figth,,,,,,,
    Reply »
  • Posted By Thats Messed Up HaHa
    6 months ago

    I think If Anderson Silva Moves To 205lbs Ten Rich Franklin Is Getting A Raw Deal - I Mean Dam Get Run Out Of The 185 And Go To 205 And Run Into The Same Nightmare
    Dam Rich Life Shouldn't Be So Rough
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  • Posted By Guest
    6 months ago

    Here's the spirit of a great warrior. Rampage is too slow for Silva...Machida would be the perfect match!
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  • Posted By Guest
    6 months ago

    aaron- lol alexander???? get the fawk outta here
    Reply »
  • Posted By Malky
    6 months ago

    Silva clearly said he wouldnt fight Machida for one reason: They are and have always been good friends. If Machida was to loose his belt, that is if he would EVER loose it?! Who knows what would happen ;)
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  • Posted By aaron
    6 months ago

    AND Machida wouldnt give Anderson Silva a run for his money... Anderson Silva would maybe maybe maybe give Machida a run for his money
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  • Posted By aaron
    6 months ago
    Silva is making a mistake.
    hah! Rampage, Machida, Evans, Alexander, Rua, Axe Murderer... need i name more?
    Reply »
  • Posted By Guest
    6 months ago
    lynx89
    the LHW division needs 2 wakes the **** up and realize that all they have 2 do 2 beat AS is work on speed enough to win 1 striking exchange with AS then take him 2 the ground, hold him there n smother him with pounches
    Reply »
  • Posted By g
    6 months ago

    theres 1 possibly 2 guys who cud give him a run for his money, rampage and machida!!
    Reply »
  • Posted By Guest
    6 months ago

    silva is going to destroy LHW division!!!
    Reply »

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