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After middleweight champion Anderson Silva’s less than impressive showing against Thales Leites the UFC realizes they need to start putting up bigger names for Silva to fight. Silva’s performance likely was his not-so-subtle way of letting them know he isn’t pleased fighting middle of the road 185′ers.

UFC Prez Dana White stated at the UFC 97 presser that if St. Pierre gets past Thiago Alves at UFC 100, Silva vs St. Pierre is a definate possibility. He stressed however that Alves was a huge test for St. Pierre, as long as he made the damn weight. Ok, he didn’t say that, but that dude is just way too big for welterweight.

With the UFC imposing retirement for their top draw Chuck Liddell, that is one less superfight option available to Silva. I think the UFC needs to make the Silva/St. Pierre happen regardless of the outcome of GSP’s fight at UFC 100. Has he not proven enough that no 170lb guy can really challenge him?

It would be just about the biggest fight the UFC could put on, and REALLY get Silva’s engine going. He has never taken Franklin, Hendo, Irvin or Marquardt lightly, which kind of spells out to me that he didn’t take Cote/Leites seriously.

After asking the NSAC to investigate the alleged greasing by the St. Pierre camp, Penn has filed an official complaint. He asks for quite a few things…but the highlights are listed below:

• Accuses that George ingested a substance that would cause his body to become highly and unnaturally slippery
• Phil Nurse, Greg Jackson, and the unknown parties are named as co-conspirators to St. Pierre’s alleged use of vaseline
• Penn is asking the commission to fine St. Pierre, Jackson, Nurse, and the unnamed parties up to $250,000.00
• To suspend Georges St. Pierre’s fighter license as well as the licenses of Jackson, Nurse, and the unnamed parties
• To change the result of the UFC 94 fight to a “no contest”
• Asks that St. Pierre take a pre-bout shower to make sure no substances exist on his body

Wow.

It was an unfortunate incident, and I believe there was an unintentional transfer of vaseline to St. Pierre, albeit a miniscule amount. However, that that point after the first round, the fighters were already drenched in sweat, and I do not believe the vaseline affected the outcome of the fight whatsoever. Not sure what Penn is trying to do here… Perhaps he had convinced himself so thorougly he could beat St. Pierre that he cannot accept a loss.