UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva reiterated he has no interest in a proposed super fight against light heavyweight champion Jon Jones.
Silva (32-4) is set to face Stephan Bonnar in a non-title light heavyweight affair Saturday at UFC 153 in Rio de Janeiro. It will be his third venture into the 205-pound division. He finished each of the first two fights via first-round knockout.
A fight against Jones (17-1) would be a highly marketable event for the UFC. However, both fighters have expressed opposition to the idea, with Silva the latest to do so Thursday.
“There are many possibilities,” Silva said through an interpreter. “But fighting Jon Jones is one of them that I don’t think is possible. There is no way.”
That statement came less than 24 hours after UFC president Dana White suggested the possibility of a Jones-Silva fight during an interview on “SportsCenter.”
“There’s been all this talk about a Jon Jones fight with Anderson Silva,” White said. “That fight or the Georges St. Pierre fight is the fight people want to see. I honestly believe Anderson Silva is putting his toe in the water testing 205 pounds.”
(STORY CONTINUES…)
WRITTEN BY Brett Okamoto | ESPN.com & FULL STORY HERE
