Matt Hughes: GSP Will Beat Carlos Condit & Anderson Silva

STUDIO MMA, RIVERSIDE, CA – UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre makes his long anticipated comeback from a torn ACL, when he faces the well-rounded Carlos Condit this Saturday at UFC 154 in Montreal.

UFC president Dana White has been campaigning for a potential super-fight between middleweight champion Anderson Silva and welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre. White has stated if St-Pierre wins Saturday, a fight with Silva could be next for the French-Canadian in 2013. Even Silva says he wants St-Pierre next, win or lose. However, St-Pierre has dismissed any notion or talks about a super-fight with Silva, focusing solely on opponent Carlos Condit.

Former two-time UFC welterweight champion and UFC Hall of Famer, Matt Hughes, recently was a guest on BJPennDotCom Radio. Hughes chimed in on GSP vs. Condit, as well a possible super-fight between GSP and Anderson Silva.

GSP has a tough fight coming up against Condit on the 17th, but if he has got his timing down I think he will get his hand raised that night,” said Hughes. “I’m not sure what Condit can do to have his hand raised, I don’t know what kind of game plan he can come up with. To be honest with you I don’t think Condit has the necessary tools to beat St. Pierre.

I really believe if GSP and Silva fight Georges will have his hand raised. I have a lot of respect for Georges having lost to him twice. GSP is not a great wrestler, but he transitions so well from striking to wrestling that he will be on Silva’s legs before Anderson even knows what’s going on. I believe Georges is that quick and I don’t think Silva will be able to do a whole lot with Georges on top of him.

Georges is going to be in great shape, he always is and I don’t think Silva would be able to use his weight advantage on GSP to try and tire him out. If anyone will get tired I think it will be Silva because he’s not going to be in the positions he wants to be in. Georges will put him in some bad situations and I think GSP will do well in the fight and walk away the winner.

Hughes suggests GSP might as well move up to 185 pounds and challenge Anderson Silva for his UFC middleweight title as well.

If I was Georges I would tell the UFC if they want to make this fight between the two of them they should contest it at 185lbs. and Silva should put his title on the line. If Georges is going to fight Silva he might as well add the additional weight and try and get a belt out of the deal. That’s the way I would look at it, the price for me would be an opportunity to unify the two titles. I just wonder how long GSP would need to get his body prepared to make the move to 185 would it be a year off. It would be interesting to see how much time he would want. I wonder how hard his cut to 170 is, if he’s having a hard time then maybe it’s time to move up to 185.

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