October 14, 2009, at 10:07 am
Well, here we go again. Anderson Silva appears to have cooled on the concept of fighting Vitor Belfort. At this point, it appears that there aren’t many people that Silva does want to fight. Here’s the Sherdog blog post that I got this from:
On a bad day, nothing less than Mothra would appear to get Anderson Silva out of bed in the morning. The UFC’s middleweight champion and manager Ed Soares told MMA Weekly that they take some issue with Vitor Belfort being chosen as Silva’s next contender. (The bout is rumored for January 2.)
“Vitor has not fought in the UFC at 185 pounds,” Soares said. “Now, I know people can say Anderson fought for the belt after one fight, and that’s true, but he fought at 185 pounds. At 195 pounds, he [Belfort] didn’t make weight, at first. So he couldn’t make weight at 195 pounds, but now he’s going to fight for the title at 185 pounds?”
Is any MMA manager getting more face time right now than Ed Soares? I feel like right now he does more than most fighters right now. Anyway, isn’t this getting a little absurd at this point? Who does Silva plan on taking on next? There have been rumors flying around that Frank Mir wants a piece of The Spider, but does anyone really want to see that fight? Even at heavyweight, Silva’s standup would probably be too much for Mir. Soares swears that the winner of a Nate Marquardt/Dan Henderson should get the first shot, but the UFC isn’t crazy about putting either of those guys in the cage against Silva as he’s already beat them both.
This is what happens when the fighters start getting too much power. I liked it better when no one was taking advantage of the matchmaking good will of Joe Silva and the UFC. Anderson, just fight who they tell you. Trust me, they are TRYING to make you look good.
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