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Trainer: Georges St-Pierre wants to fight Anderson Silva in UFC superfight

Aug 9, 2012 - 7:30:33 PM Trainer: Georges St-Pierre wants to fight Anderson Silva in UFC superfight

Anderson Silva's camp has made it abundantly clear over the last month that they'd like to the UFC Middleweight Champion to face UFC Welterweight Georges St-Pierre in a superfight in his next bout. The only problem with St-Pierre as an opponent is he's got a bout set this November. Returning from knee surgery, St-Pierre's going to have to get past Carlos Condit first.Still, if that's what happens this fall, St-Pierre would be very interested in a fight that's been discussed for a few years now. In an interview with Mauro Ranallo on The MMA Show , GSP's head trainer Firas Zahabi revealed that St-Pierre is up for the fight with Silva should he defend his title again in November."Georges St-Pierre told me he wants [to fight Anderson Silva]," Zahabi said. "But right now he has to get back on the horse and fight Carlos Condit and be Champion again. He needs to keep focused.""[If the Silva fight happens' ideally I'd like a catch weight. I think it'd be more fair. If you fight at a catch weight, Silva won't be 20 pounds heavier. 177 or 178 pounds is much more fair."The pieces are moving to finally put this fight together, so as they continue talking about it, it's going to become an even bigger disappointment if it doesn't happen. St-Pierre has to defeat a massively talented opponent first, and he's going to have to do that after knee surgery and a year and a half out of action, but if he does, a fight against Silva would be massive for both fighters and for the UFC. Both fighters are interested in the fight, now it's left to a couple of things to happen in order to put it together.