Dana White says Anderson Silva is still the “pound for pound” king, but Georges St. Pierre isn’t in the top three
UFC President, Dana White has surprisingly labelled the promotions middleweight champion, Anderson Silva a “pain in the ass” while debate who is the best “pound for pound” fighter on the planet but surprisingly 170 pound champ, Georges St. Pierre didn’t make his top three.
When asked by ComcastCalifornia.com whether Jose Aldo should now occupy the top spot in the rankings, Dana said:
“Are you [expletive] nuts? Potential future pound-for-pound king. Anderson Silva hasn’t lost since 2006! He’s never lost in the UFC! Yeah. He [expletive] won! And he’s 35 years old. You media geeks need to learn the fight biz. I’m at dinner right now, but you’re really pissing me off.”
“Anderson Silva is a pain in my ass. This isn’t Chuck Liddell, we aren’t best friends. But you can’t deny what the man has done. [Silva] hasn’t lost in the UFC. The guy has not only cleared out his division, he’s gone up to 205 and beaten a guy like Forrest Griffin (former light heavyweight champ), who beat Rampage Jackson and (current champion) Shogun Rua.”
“And Frankie Edgar is right there too. I might actually put him at No. 2. This guy is for real. He beat BJ Penn twice, and kicked his ass in their last fight. I love and respect Manny Gamburyan, but he’s no BJ Penn. And the only thing keeping [UFC welterweight champ Georges St. Pierre] out of the Top 3 is (a UFC 69 KO loss) to Matt Serra.”
Many fans will be surprised at the exclusion of Georges St. Pierre from the top three in the mind of the UFC President right now, especially considering he’s cleared out a division once and is in the process of repeating that feat. Stay tuned to MMABay for our “Pound for pound” rankings in just a couple of hours time.
By Michael Pepper. (Follow me on Twitter)
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