With Anderson Silva creaming yet another opponent without breaking a sweat, the quest is on to find an opponent that'll be able to put up a decent fight. Here's our list of the guys who may possibly be in Anderson Silva's future:
Georges St Pierre: Anderson Silva is P4P #1 in the world. He's also the greatest fighter of all time. There used to be some debate about that, with some dude named GSP being the guy you could once make a case for. Not so much any more. If Georges wants to be known as the best, it's his prerogative to move up and beat the best. Sure, Anderson will have a size advantage. No, that's not a good enough reason for this fight to not happen.
Jon Jones: If GSP won't move up, then Anderson should. Once he seemed interested in doing just that, but things changed a bit once his fellow Black House fighters Lyoto Machida and Lil Nog started vying for title contention. Jones is also one of the few people in the UFC that legitimately have a chance of beating Anderson. Yeah he's untested, but thus far when it comes to his potential the sky has been the limit. The calls for this fight to happen are only going to get louder, but I doubt the UFC will put it together until Jones builds up some fame and has cleared out all the former champs clamoring for their turn against him. After Rampage, Rashad, and Machida, this makes sense.
Cain Velasquez: Anderson Silva has talked about jumping up to heavyweight before, and what's he supposed to do? Let Dan Henderson pull it off and not give it a shot himself? A quick grab at multiple UFC belts is a great way to lock in that 'greatest ever' title, but isn't likely to happen until camp mate Junior Dos Santos is out of the title picture. With a major weight advantage and the wrestling ability that had everyone buying Okami's chances, Cain is probably the stiffest challenge for Anderson you're going to find in the UFC.
More after the jump!
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Source: http://www.fightlinker.com/whos-next-for-anderson-silva
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