With all the upheaval in the UFC light heavyweight after UFC 76, it’s hard to predict what will happen in the coming months for the 205 lb division. What will Dana White and UFC matchmaker Joe Silva do now that both Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and Chuck Liddell have lost?
Wanderlei Silva was scheduled to fight Chuck Liddell at UFC 79 in December, but Keith Jardine managed to sideline those plans with a bunch of well place kicks to Liddell’s ribs. With the Liddell fight conceivable off the table now, Silva has too look at other possible matchups and today he announced that he would like to fight Forrest Griffin in December.
On his personal website, Wanderlei had this to say:
Lidell’s fight had a direct relationship with me because Dana White had said I would challenge him if he won. I was disappointed with the defeat because Lidell’s opponent is good, he has his merit but was not so qualified to defeat him. I believed Lidell was going to win and I was disappointed with the result. I hoped to perform against him in December and now I will have to wait for another name. It was a balanced, hard fight; I think Lidell should have prepared better in view of the importance of this combat.
I’d like, in view of the last event and also as a vengeance for my friend [Mauricio Rua], to fight with this Forrest Griffin. I guess it could be a good name for me.
Forrest vs Wanderlei? Sounds like a good fight to me.
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(via MMA HQ - Mixed Martial Arts News and Analysis)