Could this just be another one of the Ed Soares/Anderson Silva comedy duo routines and they're just testing some new material, or is Anderson Silva really willing to drop to 170 to fight GSP? If it is true, one thing's for certain: Johny Hendricks is pissed. With UFC 158 right around the corner and the vast majority of top welterweights fighting on that card alongside the next possible contender in Hendricks... Man, just... Man. Who knows if Anderson will even want to fight GSP if he loses to Nick Diaz or anyone else in the pipeline. Is this about the belt, or is it about GSP? These are the questions someone needs to ask Ed Soares and Anderson immediately, even if the answer they give is 'Cung Le.'

Yesterday at the UFC on Fuel press conference in London, Dana White threw out this interesting little tidbit:

"Anderson would go to (welterweight), too,” “Yeah, he said he’d do it. He says he can make (170) easy. It’s insane.”

That is insane, Dana. Insane in the most rawesome definition of the word. If Anderson Silva somehow defeated GSP for the belt then went up to beat Jon Jones for the light heavyweight belt I would probably curl up in my sock drawer and sleep for days. That's how incredible that would be. But, Anderson is 38-years-old and counting...

Even if this information turns out to be a cunning ruse, we still think it's a good time to visit Anderson's last welterweight fight (at 174 pounds) vs. Yushin Okami at Rumble on the Rock back in the day (you guys know how this one ends).

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+30 # rippie74 2013-02-15 12:27

Uh oh... GSP has no excuse now... Haha. He's fucked.

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+12 # Just Sayin 2013-02-15 12:33

Gsp will duck Silva by calling out Nick Diaz little bro Nate. Unfished business or what not. And he thinks nate won his last match against Benson.

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+5 # grogibaha 2013-02-15 12:48

nick diaz vs anderson silva
matchup of the century!!!

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+8 # orville 2013-02-15 16:36

Ya Diaz has allready stated he wants silva at 185 so this match up could likely come about.

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+5 # Sprocketscientist 2013-02-15 18:14

I would way rather see Silva vs Nick Diaz at a 180 than Silva v GSP at any weight.

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-13 # fuckandersonsilva 2013-02-15 12:52

fuck him

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+17 # H 2013-02-15 13:24

the thing is, if he wanted to, he could fuck you till you loved him and you could do nothing to stop him

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+1 # fuckandersonsilva 2013-02-15 14:42

that's why, fuck him

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+2 # mathematicscore 2013-02-17 12:48

Dan Henderson?

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-1 # volts 2013-02-15 12:59

why was that upkick illegal?

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+8 # Buckley 2013-02-15 13:09

Because those are/were the rules? Although technically that upkick would be illegal in the UFC. Okami is on one/both knees, and you can't kick or knee to the head or face in the UFC to a downed opponent, even if that opponent is in the top position. Had Okami been standing, that might have been a different story (again, depending on the rules of this particular organization).

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+1 # UFC Fan 2013-02-15 16:48

If you had to ask. Then fuck you

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+8 # Towelie 2013-02-15 13:00

UFC's only 3 weight class champion.

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-3 # fuckandersonsilva 2013-02-15 14:52

suck his dick, why dont you

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+4 # Towelie 2013-02-15 15:19

you wish Anderson Silva. I am only a mere fan of yours, not a groupie. Clever name though.

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+6 # MOTIVATED PENN 2013-02-15 14:52

He woulve kicked the shit out of BJ so hard.

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+8 # Mookiestick 2013-02-15 15:05

That dude will do "anything" to avoid Chris Weidman & Jon Jones. For Christ's sake...

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+1 # CanadianHour4 2013-02-15 19:23

there's like 5 guys people want anderson silva to fight and he's only got 2 fights on his contract. so no matter what, people like you are gonna say he's ducking someone in the end. pending he doesn't pick up the once rumored 10 fight contract

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0 # rippie74 2013-02-16 04:19

Quoting Mookiestick:

That dude will do "anything" to avoid Chris Weidman & Jon Jones. For Christ's sake...

Chris Weidman has a case of the Jonny Hendrix...

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0 # mathematicscore 2013-02-17 12:50

Except Hendricks has more top ten wins and a better name. Weidman is a badass, but he doesn't have the resume to get me excited about the fight just yet.

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+4 # meh 2013-02-16 08:45

jones perhaps, but the fact you can get away with & more so supported for saying silva is ducking wiedman who beat who? ummm... Mark Munos?! seriously, some of the most least knowledgeable fight fans on the planet congregate here. this guy beats munos and is prime for a title shot? gtfo

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+3 # Thank you 2013-02-16 14:00

So much

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+2 # han solo 2013-02-17 08:30

agreed
not only a tittle shot, but a tittle shot against AS.
the guy has more title defenses than Chis Whining's pro fights.

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0 # shogunofpride 2013-02-18 15:43

Who ducks Chris Weirdman?

I wouldn't freakin duck weirdman myself. I didn't even duck freakin bones jones~!

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+3 # redrocket...yummm! 2013-02-15 15:52

How did the one commentator speak so clearly with Anderson's dick in his mouth?

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+8 # NoHomo 2013-02-15 16:49

it is not impossible

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-2 # C P Sonnen 2013-02-15 17:31

Anderson walks around at over 200lbs so hes willing to cut over 30lbs to fight GSP?

Really! who's scared of whom.

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+4 # TheTruth 2013-02-15 17:54

Feed him to Bucky Boyd

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+3 # FilthyHippie 2013-02-15 18:04

Am I the only once confused why I'm hearing Bruce Buffer

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-1 # Sambro 2013-02-15 19:36

This is the one time I want GSP to wrestlefuck Silva to a decision.

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+4 # SemperFidelis 2013-02-15 21:41

i'll believe it when i see it. he's too big to drop. but fuck if anythony johnson could do it 1/3rd of the time who knows

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-2 # JUSTICE 2013-02-15 23:34

AS drugs up! Didnt u see the brasilian version of cribs??

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0 # meh 2013-02-16 08:42

hope he does gsp the same way when he attempts to lay and pray

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0 # han solo 2013-02-17 08:27

What else does he have to do to get hespect from the americans?
i mean, the guy is one of the greatest MMA fighter of all time, the best one that still fights, hes been beaten everybody on his weight class.
I agree that he should fight JBJ, but if i was him i honestly woudnt.
Now, about Chris Weidman, tell him to keep fighting and stop whining. AS has more title defenses than his PRo fights! The guy has 9 professional fights and keeps making these stupid statement about AS ducking him.
I'm pretty sure AS will fight him and will make him never wanna fight him again.
Sorry, but i really dislike Weidman (he is a great fighter, thou).

Thanks Middleeasy, i just lost 6 minutes that i couldve spent playing Far cry 3

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0 # MMMMMA 2013-02-18 09:57

GSP is going to murder Silva at 170lbs!!! Are you kidding? Sonnen is 5 times slower and no where near as strong as GSP!!! Silva has no idea what he's getting into.

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0 # The Truth 2013-04-25 14:27

Silva is too afraid to fight GSP at 170.

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