Anderson Silva, I Will Not Fight Jones

Anderson Silva in a recent interview discussed the possibility of super fights in the future. Recently Silva has been touted as the greatest modern day fighter. An undefeated streak as the light heavyweight champion and a perfect record inside the Octagon does nothing but only help cement his position as best pound for pound fighter on the planet.

Now, with the rise of two opponents near Silva's weight have proved that they may need new challenges. Those two are Georges St. Pierre and the newest champion, Jon Jones. Although, not without scrutiny can they be considered the Anderson Silva of their weight division. St. Pierre must still face a very tough opponent in Shields and Jones must defends his title.

As Silva heads to face Yushin Okami at UFC Rio, that last win will have him officially cleaning out the middleweight division. And as he has expressed in past interviews, Silva plans on retiring a undefeated fighter in the very near future. So it comes as no surprise that he said this:

On fighting Jones:

"No chance, he’s in a different weight class, we are friends and we won’t fight each other."

On fighting GSP:

"There is a chance there, everything will depend on our results. It depends on him winning at UFC 129 and me winning in August (against Yushin Okami). And from there, who knows, this fight could take place."

Source: Esportes R7

UFC Rio: First Finalized Bout

The first finalized bout for UFC Rio is going to be Anderson Silva's next title defense. Silva is set to put his title on the line in his home country against the next middleweight contender, Yushin Okami.

'Thunder' is riding a winning streak that brought him to the title shot, taking out the likes of Lucio Lanhares, Mark Munoz, and most recently a impressive performance over Nate Marquardt. Okami's record is sitting at 26-5 professionally and would love nothing more than to dethrone arguably the greatest fighter ever.

Silva though, will be a difficult task to take out. His record and pedigree recently has proved that he is currently on another level in comparison to his peers in the middleweight division. Silva has also proven that he deserves to be the greatest because of his jump in weight classes to the light heavyweight division and his lack of losses there.

Anderson is undefeated in the UFC and has not lost since his attainment of the belt. He is going for his 9th consecutive title defense as well as 14th consecutive win inside the Octagon.