Anderson (The Spider) Silva vs. Jon (Bones) Jones

We at www.fightswewant.com have been getting a lot of comments and emails on that needs to be made sooner rather than later before it gets relegated to a dream match status. Reason being is that Anderson Silva, the current UFC Middleweight Champion (as well as longest reigning) is on the wrong side of 35 years old for this sport. At this point in his very impressive MMA career, he should only be looking at big fights and super bouts that could and should include things like matches held at a catch-weight. Speaking of catch weights, this fight would be one of those as Jon Jones, the current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion.

For Anderson Silva, he has a rematch Chael Sonnen tentatively slated for sometime this summer in Brazil. This bout has also been one receiving a lot of chatter on the www.fightswewant.com site and has long been anticipated ever since the first fight when they met at UFC 117. A bout that saw Sonnen completely dominate Silva for four plus rounds only to be submitted late in the fifth by Silva via a triangle choke. Regardless if Anderson Silva wins this fight or not, the bout with Jones would still be an intriguing matchup and one that still command a lot of PPV buys or strong ratings as a headliner on the FOX network.

Regarding Jones, he is expected to face former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans at UFC 145 on April 21, 2012. Here again, it would seem to make sense that Jones vs. Silva should happen regardless of the outcome of this fight.

There are some MMA industry experts that feel putting him in against Silva at this point would be too soon. On the flipside there are those who feel he can hang with Silva and then some. Jones is a 25 year old phenomenal fighter who gets better every time he fights. He absolutely ran through Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (former PRIDE Middleweight Grand Prix winner, Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion) to win the UFC Light Heavyweight title. He then made his first title defense facing another former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion in Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. He won that fight by Submission in the 4th round. In his second title defense he faced yet another former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Lyoto Machida; who he beat late in the second round with a nasty standing guillotine that left Machida unconscious in a crumpled heap against the cage.

I tend to agree more with the latter point of view. This has the ingredients to be a great fight and would be an equally tough task for both fighters. Would it be Silva taming the up and coming young buck or will it be Jones continuing his road of destruction by solving the conundrum that has been Anderson Silva.

By Rich Serpa

Feb 9, 2012 Add comment Share

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