Would Anderson Silva step up in weight to challenge UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar?

THE DAILY STAR  sure seems to think so. In regards to a possible Brock vs Silva showdown, reporter Kevin Francis wrote:

 

ANDERSON Silva loves a challenge. And now he could be ready to take on the biggest one of all by climbing into the Octagon with man-mountain Brock Lesnar.

I believe that brilliant Brazilian Silva is seriously contemplating giving up his world middleweight crown to concentrate on the light-heavyweight and heavyweight divisions in the future.

And it would be in the biggest division where he could go to war with champ Lesnar who would have a weight advantage of more than FOUR stone over him.

Silva moved to light-heavy over the weekend where he demolished Forrest Griffin with a  spectacular  striking display at UFC 101 in  Philadelphia.

The contest was over inside the first round and left people talking about a possible match-up with world light-heavy champ Lyoto Machida – but the pair are friends and I understand Silva will never meet him for that reason.

And that’s where a bout with Lesnar could come into the picture. Although the giant American is far heavier, both fighters are similar in height at around 6ft 3ins and I know that Silva would not be afraid of such a challenge.

He gave a clue to his feelings when he said after beating  Griffin inside four minutes: “I want to fight against the
best.

“Whoever the best is at the time, I want to fight them.”

Silva certainly KO’d the boo brigade who gave him some jeers following his far from impressive showings in his previous two bouts against Patrick Cote and Thales Leites in which he was the victor on both occasions.

Now he could be heading for that clash with Lesnar as he hopes to spend his time moving up and down between the light-heavy and heavyweight divisions as he continues to show just how dominant he is.

BJ Penn returned to the light-weight division and showed why he is still the best 155-pounder in the world as he submitted No.1 contender Kenny Florian in the fourth round of the main event at the weekend.

It was Penn’s second successful defence of the title he won against Joe Stevenson in 2008 and it was a good comeback following his last fight loss to Georges St-Pierre.

Penn said: “This fight was very important. After you get a loss like I had to GSP, it was very important to come back. I wasn’t used to going places and the fans booing me.”

Florian fought valiantly at times but it was to no avail, with the tap-out coming at 3:54 of the fourth.

 

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