This past weekend was UFC 153 who’s main event was
Anderson Silva moving up to the 205 pound division to face Stephan Bonnar. Bonnar had never been knocked out before and
Silva quickly changed that in the first round.
Silva made quick work of Bonnar while at the same time toying with him
for most of the fight. This is the third
time that Silva has fought at 205 and none of those fights have ever made it to
the second round. He has also dominated
his own division of 185 pounds for years.
The only logical thing to do next, in my opinion and most other UFC
fans’ opinion, is to set up a superfight between Jon Jones and Silva.
This fight has been talked about within the last
year and a half ever since Jones started to dominate his weight division. Both of these fighters are 1-2 in the pound
for pound rankings of current fighters.
Not only would this fight be amazing for the fans to see it would also
be great for the UFC. The financial
potential for this fight would be through the roof.
The highest gate revenue ever at a UFC event
happened within the last couple months at UFC 148. This event included Silva and had a revenue
of almost 7 million. The fight between
Silva and Jones could easily surpass this no matter where the event is
held. The event could exceed the highest
grossing Pay Per View total as well. The
current record is held by UFC 100 which featured 2 title fights and a matchup
of Ultimate Fighter coaches. The
Silva-Jones fight could beat this just on its own so adding one other great
fight could destroy the old record.
Finally sponsorship sales would be at record levels because of the
potential record amounts of people viewing the event.
Everyone who is a fan of the UFC hopes that this fight
may one day happen but I doubt that it ever will. After last weekend Silva said that he is done
fighting at 205 forever. If this fight
were to happen it would not be until after Jones fights Chael Sonnen in April
of 2013. We are realistically looking at
this fight at the earliest of July 2013, which is if the fight even happens at
all. As a fan I will continue to dream
that this matchup happens one day in the future but I will not get my hopes up
to high.
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