At 36, UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva might not stay around long enough to give a new middleweight challenger an opportunity to fight him. The line of fresh contenders in the middleweight division is rising, and there are several fighters waiting for their first chance at the “Spider” while others await a rematch.
MMA fans are calling for superfights between the pound-for-pound king and UFC champions Georges St. Pierre and Jon Jones, but it might be worth it for him to stay at middleweight and defend his belt against the best of the rest that his division has left to offer from inside and outside the UFC.
These are five possible middleweight fighters he could face who he hasn’t fought before.