Dana White: Anderson Silva vs. GSP Super Fight likely for Cowboys Stadium

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Dana White: Anderson Silva vs. Georges St-Pierre Super Fight Likely for Cowboys Stadium - MMA Fighting

Sep 4, 2012 - The long-awaited super fight between UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva and welterweight kingpin Georges St-Pierre not only seems more likely than ever, but it also looks to be the UFC's next big stadium show.

As part of a wide-ranging interview with MMAFighting.com's Ariel Helwani which aired Tuesday night on Fuel TV, UFC president Dana White confirmed the bout is well on its way to being made.

"I think we're pretty close," said White. "I mean if Georges St-Pierre beats [Carlos] Condit, that could be the next fight."

If the match comes about, the most likely venue candidate is Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TX.

"If that fight happens, it will probably happen at Dallas, TX stadium," said White.

The stadium's regular configuration for the NFL's Dallas Cowboys is 80.000. The UFC's attendance record is 55,724 for UFC 129 on April 30, 2011 in Toronto.

If the bout goes off, it's likely to be held at a catchweight of 180 pounds. White explained the reasoning behind the move.

"At one point it sounded like Anderson wanted to go to 170 and take Georges' welterweight title," said White. "That was what he was talking at one point. Then it was 180 as a catchweight, because Georges doesn't want to go to 185, he's going to stay at '70. He said if ‘I had to make the move to go to '85, I'd have to stay at '85.' We figured that a 180-pound catchweight makes sense."

As to why the fight should come about at this stage in both fighters' careers, White figures it has something to do with legacy. Silva has the longest title reign in UFC history at nearly six years, and St-Pierre has the second longest reign at four-and-a-half years and counting.

"These guys want to fight each other now," said White. "I think that, if you're a fighter and you've dominated as long as Anderson has, and been great as long as Georges has, you finally want to say, ‘I want to test this guy, I think I can beat this guy.'"

St-Pierre returns from a long layoff to meet Condit in the main event of UFC 154 in November in Montreal.
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I'll believe it, when the fight is officially announced. This has fight has been rumored for a while now.
 
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If that stadium was in Toronto or Montreal, they fill 80k easily. But I dunno in Dallas. And remember thats 80k with the nfl setup, for ufc they gonna fill in that field wit mad seats.

I always thought it would take a Brock Lesnar to fill out a stadium in the US just cuz of the WWE fans will want to see as well.
 
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:russ: at a catchweight...GSP could fight at 185...he'd be a bit small, but still





Edit: ill belive this shyt when its signed. Dana trying to draw up some interest
 
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They aint gonna fill all them seats:yeshrug:
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It's possible but at the same time why put this fight in a place like cowboys stadium when they've proven to sell out crowds in canada and brazil and the there's more of a demand ticket wise with the fanbase and following of mma in canada. this fight would be huge in rogers centre or even olympic stadium.

overall i dont even care for this fight anymore, jones-silva is the real fight most fans want to see.
 
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