It looks like Anderson Silva’s next fight will be at light heavyweight against Keith Jardine.
If Anderson Silva had beaten Thales Leites in exciting fashion, it would have been Demian Maia that was assured of the next shot at Silva’s belt. Because of the lackluster Silva/Leites fight, however, Zuffa is hesitant to match Silva up with another grappler any time in the future. Yushin Okami has been placed on the sidelines yet again, and Maia will meet Nate Marquardt to determine a number one contender for the middleweight title.
If Maia does beat Marquardt, he’ll get the title shot, but in the meantime we’re going to see Silva move up to light heavyweight yet again. Nothing is set in stone regarding his opponent, but we’re hearing that the honor will likely go to Keith Jardine, and it will probably be a free Spike broadcast.
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Jeremy Botter is the editor-in-chief of Inside Fights. He has covered the pro wrestling and mixed martial arts industries since 1994 and is a graduate of the University of Texas.
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where is the source? this is all bullshit. bad journalism.
[...] inside MMA rapporterar att Anderson Silva kan få möta Keith Jardine i lätt tungvikt härnäst. Dock är dem den enda av de större MMA-sidorna som rapporterar detta och han ingen källhänvisning så det bör kanske tas med en nypa salt. Om det händer hade det varit en intressant match. Vi får helt enkelt vänta och se. [...]
So journalists are supposed to tell you who their sources are, by name? They won’t stay sources for very long under that method of operation.
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