Here's an excerpt from John Morgan's story on Anderson Silva on mmajunkie.com:
While Silva has always said defending the middleweight title is of utmost importance to him, the Brazilian suggested he may be willing to continue a run at light heavyweight - despite the difficulties of fighting bigger men.
"It's a big problem, because these guys at 205 (pounds) are a lot bigger than me," Silva said. "But I want to fight against the best. Whoever the best is at the time, that's who I want to fight."
Silva is now an astounding 10-0 in the UFC, and his dominance in two divisions warrants real consideration for the dangerous striker as the world's top pound-for-pound fighter.
Ted: Notice Silva didn't say "I want to fight against the best, but not my close buddy Lyoto." OK, so we know that Silva and Lyoto Machida, UFC's light-heavyweight champ, have said they will not fight each other. They train together, although I did not see Machida in attendence at Silva's training camp for last night's fight.
The thing is, if Silva keeps beating LHWs, and says he wants to fight the best, well, right now, the best in the LHW division is Machida. Machida's next fight is Shogun Rua at UFC 104 in October. Silva's next opponents appear to be Dan Henderson and the winner of Maia/Marquardt. If Silva vanquishes those two foes, we might see the two teammates clash before Silva's contract ends (he has three more fights left).
As to who would win, man, I'm just shaking my head right now.
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