I have finally come to the conclusion that Georges St-Pierre is daunted by the prospect of throwing down with Anderson Silva.
St-Pierre recently spoke about his willingness to throw leather with Silva in the not-too-distant future, on one condition; that Silva be interdicted from participating in any fight until GSP gains the necessary weight that is required for their proposed fight.
I’m not privy to any fighter, mixed martial artist or otherwise, who has sat at home and counted sheep whilst his opponent cuts or adds weight so as to make an intended fight fair and square.
It doesn’t happen and it won’t happen in this case either, unless the UFC are willing to pay Silva a lot more than “Anderson Silva-type money” whilst being furloughed.
The mere suggestion that Silva should stay idle whilst St-Pierre juggles his weight is insulting to say the least and it reeks of fear on the part of St-Pierre.
Why else would St-Pierre make stipulations as such regarding the fight? He more than likely knows the UFC would never sanction something like that (unless as I stated above).
St-Pierre shouldn’t bow to media or fan pressure in making this fight happen if he knows he’s not up to the task.
What he should do is admit that Silva is the better man, and that a proposed fight would be ludicrous, instead of coming up with some half-baked desideratum for the fight to materialize.
There’s no shame in being afraid, it happens to the best of us. But making outrageous demands like that, will more than likely fall on deaf ears.
The best thing for St-Pierre is to stay in his weight class and continue his legacy; mind you, that legacy will take a bit of a bashing when he locks horns with Carlos Condit at UFC 137.
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