Fertitta on Silva/GSP super fight
by Lance Pugimire | source latimes.com
Anderson Silva’s manager said Wednesday that the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s middleweight champion of six years places a catch-weight showdown against welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre as his most attractive fight date.
“GSP is the biggest fight possible, the top one we want,” Silva manager Ed Soares said at the downtown Los Angeles J.W. Marriott, where Soares was watching another of his Brazilian fighters, Lyoto Machida, workout in prepartion for his light-heavyweight fight against Ryan Bader on Saturday at Staples Center.
St-Pierre, concluding his recovery from torn knee ligaments, is scheduled to defend his belt Nov. 17 against Carlos Condit in Montreal.
Should St-Pierre win, UFC Chairman Lorenzo Fertitta said in a text message to The Times, “We are very open to the idea of Anderson/GSP. If GSP beats Condit, it’s a fight we would like to make.”