Absolute UFC middleweight champion, the Brazilian Anderson Silva You can change categories and venture into new challenges within the organization. According to a report from the North American website MMA Mania, the “Spider” would be moving to the welterweight division with an eye on the confrontation against the winner of the fight between Carlos Condit e Georges St Pierre, valid for the unification of category titles.
Anderson Silva (photo) could move down to the welterweight category
The article also mentions that Lyoto Machida, Andeson's training partner, was already considering moving down to middleweight, including at the UFC on FOX 4 weigh-in, the Brazilian karateka weighed 2 kg. less than the limit of 93 kg. of light heavyweights.
How Lyoto defeated Ryan bader, last Saturday (04), and won the right to fight for the light heavyweight belt against the winner of Jon Jones e Dan Henderson, Machida's change would only be consummated in the event of a setback, but would not alter Anderson's plans.
Jorge “Joinha” Guimarães, Anderson and Lyoto's manager, stated in several interviews that he denied Spider's fight against Chris Weidman, candidate for the middleweight title, and would like a super fight between Silva against St. Pierre.
In turn, Dana White, president of the UFC, even considered that Anderson could leave the middleweight and move up to light heavyweight and face the North American Jon Jones, owner of the division title.
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