Per Dana in a MMAWeekly Interview, if Anderson comes out of the Irvin fight healthy the plan is to have Anderson vs. Okami in Atlanta at UFC 88. “Anderson Silva, being the monster that he is, you all know is going to move up to 205 on July 19. He's going to fight at 205. If everything goes well, he wants to move back to 185 and fight Sept. 6 in Atlanta, probably against Yushin Okami, then he wants to fight again two months later,” he continued. That’s not where the blueprint ends. White later spoke to MMAWeekly.com, saying that not only are Silva’s next couple of middleweight fights lined out, but he also has White’s confidence in making a go at both retaining the middleweight belt and hunting down light heavyweight gold. “When I talk about real fighter, this is the kind of guy I'm talking about. This guy sat down in a meeting with us, literally, two months ago and said you're not fighting me enough, I want to fight more,” explained White. “And he wants to keep proving himself. He's one of these guys that said my window is this big and I want to get everything in before this window closes. “He wants to fight (July) 19. He wants to fight again Sept. 6 (at UFC 88), back down to 185 (pounds); he wants to defend his title, then again two months later. Anderson Silva might fight three or four more times this year. He might fight three or four more times this year and it's almost August!”
Dana says Anderson came to him and said he felt he wasn't being fought enough. He wants to fight at least 3 times before years end. Those 3 fights being Irvin, Okami, and winner of Cote/Almeida according to Dana.
Also Dana has decided for the first time to let a fighter defend 2 titles at once. Anderson wishes to go after the 205 title and hold the MW title.
Anderson Silva = Budo!
some quotes from the interview:
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Hard not to be a fan of the guy.
My only wish is that he'd learn some english like Nog has so that he could become an even bigger star to mainstream fans.
This is great news!!!
Winner of Cote/Almeida vs. Anderson and winner of GSP/Fitch vs. BJ in Montreal on New Years eve would be insane.
I've copyrighted the idea and will sell it for tickets to said event.
Make it happen Dana.
TTT
Anderson Silva is simply awesome.
He should be picking up some English by now.
^ He's too busy destroying guys, he'll have to get back to you later.
TTT
No matter what you think of the guy, you have to admire that.
Silva's what being a warrior is all about.
This is awesome, awesome news. Anderson Silva fighting more often is something that will make everyone happier, right?
^ yup.
Im a fan of this guy. I like a guy who wants to fight more and show that hes a true champ
Nate Diaz style double birds to all you clowns who said the UFC won't book that fight.
glad to see a champ who actually defends his title and makes it his own before going up in weight
Wish BJ would do the same
^ For true fight fans, it doesn't get any better than that.
This is way cool; it will be very interesting to see if Spider could pull off this rare double - attaining both the MW and LHW Championships.
I only see Machida and Rampage being favored over him at LHW.
Anderson is the man!
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WOW! TTT