The Doggy Bag: UFC 127 Edition

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Georges St. Pierre has his hands full with his fights at his own weight, and shouldn't be a sideshow for an ADD-addled audience. No one's suggesting Mauricio “Shogun” Rua take on Cain Velasquez. Pressure is already on Aldo to jump to 155, and he hasn't even had his first UFC exposure. Props to B.J. Penn for attempting the jump to 170 and not faring too badly, but he wanted to do that.

Anderson Silva’s already big for 185, and he dispatched 205'ers with ease. Why the hell should he take on a smaller guy, despite GSP's skill, athleticism, and wrestling base? Let them both continue to reign in their respective weight classes.
-- James from California

Jason Probst, writer: Agreed. GSP is doing great at welterweight, and while a bout with Silva is an amazing opportunity for him, I don't really think that making a few defenses means a guy should move up to a weight class he's not really comfortable at, while taking on a guy that might be the best fighter in two separate weight classes, or at the very least one of the top five light heavyweights in the world.

I guess it's my boxing background and knowing what's happened to fighters like Roy Jones as they've gone up and down the scale. However, St. Pierre has Jake Shields to think about and if the UFC wants to throw him in against Silva, I guess they will.

If St. Pierre does beat Shields in Toronto in April, and the UFC make Silva-St. Pierre, it'll make them a lot of money. But, if that hypothetical fight goes the way I think it will, I just hope GSP gets paid a boatload for it, because that's a potentially terrible beating he might take at the hands of the middleweight champion.

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