After decimating his latest challenger, Yushin Okami, at UFC 134, Anderson Silva has all but cleaned out the middleweight division and has proven to be one of the greatest of all time.
With no serious retirement talk in the air, fans and analysts are wondering what’s next for “The Spider.”
All that is for sure is that Silva will take on the winner of Brian Stann vs. Chael Sonnen at UFC 136 at an event that is yet to be named, but almost definitely will not take place until 2012.
Assuming Silva can defend his title successfully one more time, fans would love to see a super fight with either welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre or light heavyweight champ Jon Jones.
Outside of these aforementioned fights, there seem to be little challengers left for the highly skilled Brazilian fighter.
That leads one to ask, could anyone, from any era of MMA, possess the ability to defeat Anderson Silva?
Let’s take a look inside at some all-time greats who could have given The Spider a closely contested bout.