Welterweight champion
Georges St. Pierre and middleweight king
Anderson Silva will not collide inside the Octagon until at least 2010, according to UFC President Dana White.
A super fight between the two superstars has had mixed martial arts fans salivating for months, but White cooled those jets at a pre-fight press conference for UFC 100 on Thursday in Las Vegas. The 28-year-old St. Pierre (18-2) will meet American Top Team ace
Thiago Alves in the co-main event on Saturday at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.
“I’d like to see GSP defend his title at 170 pounds a couple of times,” White said. “If he wins, then who knows? Maybe next year.”
St. Pierre has made two successful title defenses since he recaptured the welterweight crown from
Matt Serra in April 2008. He last appeared at UFC 94 six months ago when he throttled
B.J. Penn en route to a fourth-round stoppage.
Silva, who will meet
Forrest Griffin at UFC 101 next month, still has a vested interest in UFC 100. Top middleweight contenders
Michael Bisping and
Dan Henderson will square off in one of the featured bouts, and the victor may land the ultimate prize -- a crack at Silva and his 185-pound title.
“It will either be Bisping or Henderson,” White said. “Probably.”
The 34-year-old Silva (24-4) submitted Henderson with a rear-naked choke at UFC 82 in March 2008. The middleweight titleholder and pound-for-pound luminary has pieced together a record-setting nine-fight winning streak inside the UFC and has not lost a match since he was disqualified for an illegal upkick against
Yushin Okami at a Rumble on the Rock event in January 2006.
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