UFC boss: GSP doesn't want superfight vs. Silva

Georges St-Pierre leave behindface Johny Hendricks at UFC 167 in November.(Photo: Eric Bolte, USA straightawaySports)

Story Highlights

• Dana White isn't sure a GSP-Silva bout will go pastbecause St-Pierre doesn't want the fight
• White said he has been nerve-wrackingfor several geezerhoodto arrange the coveted superfight for fans
• St-Pierre will defend his welterweight title against Johny Hendricks at UFC 167 in November

Dana White still would love to put atomic number 53of those coveted superfights together. But for one of them, he may be past the point of believing it'll ever happen.

The UFC presidentconsistentlyhas been badgered for several years roughputting together a flakebetween UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre (24-2 MMA, 18-2 UFC) and middleweight titleholder Andersonsilva(33-4 MMA, 16-0 UFC). And more recently, on that pointhave been calls for a combatbetween Silva and flowheavyweight champ Jon Jones (18-1 MMA, 12-1 UFC).

But White isn't sure a GSP-Silva armed combatwill happen — because it's not a fight St-Pierre wants. sylvaon Saturday defends his title against Chris Weidman at UFC 162 at MGM GrandgardenArena in Las Vegas.

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"There's no doubt about it — that's a event(that St-Pierre doesn't want the fight)," White told MMAjunkie.com on Thursday following the pre-event newsworthinessconference for UFC 162. "If that was the case, he'd say, '(Expletive) Weidman. I'll take that fight. I really think Weidman's leavingto beat him, but I don't want Weidman to beat him. I want to be the guy to beat him.' "

St-Pierre, though, apparently doesn't guessSilva will beat Weidman. So instead of retentivityoff to see if Silva gets another win, then trying to put a superfight together, St-Pierre focused his next effort on top welterweight contender Johny Hendricks. The two are expected to correspondat UFC 167 in November in Las Vegas.

"I've been working hard to translateto sack upthose fights," White said. "Georges St-Pierre would not even think about this fight because Anderson Silva's going to (lose), according to Georges St-Pierre."

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Silva will attempt to extend his UFC record for not only consequentwins, but consecutive successful title defenses when he takes on Weidman.

St-Pierre took a unanimous decision from Nick Diaz in exhibitin front of his home fans in Montreal. The Canadian haswon11 straight fights with eight consecutive title defenses.

Silva widelyis considered the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. And depending on the rankings, St-Pierre is considered No. 2 or No. 3, flip-flopping with Jones. Silva is No. 1, Jones No. 2 and St-Pierre No. 3 in the latest USA directlySports/MMAjunkie.com pound-for-pound rankings.

And that's why White is unsure why St-Pierre wouldn't want to make the fight happen, even at a catch-weight, to prove who's the best.

"At the give upof the day, he weighs 170 pounds," White said. "Any guy who's going to fight up in weight — 'I'm the man here at 170. If I thought I was the man at 185, I'd be at 185.' I get it. But it's a fight a lot of fans want to see, it's a big fight. It's a legacy fight, and it's a fight for the pound-for-pound best in the world.

"Georges St-Pierre could do this catch-weight fight and he could still be the champ at 170. But what's crazy to me is, GSP opted to take a very hardfight (against Hendricks) at 170 without trying to take a dangerous fight at 185."

Matt Erickson and John Morgan write for MMAjunkie.com, a USA TODAY Sports Media Group affiliate.

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