Dana White was never one to hide the fact Anderson Silva is one of his favorite employees, which makes sense as he is seen as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, and the Brazilian is also now being seen as a gold mine.
Accepting the challenge of moving up in weight classes on short notice to face James Irvin, at UFN 14, on the 19th of this month, only earned him points in the eyes of his boss, who also seeks to attend to some of the "Spider's" requests, like fighting more for example.
“Anderson Silva, being the monster that he is, you all know is going to move up to 205 on July 19. He's going to fight at 205. If everything goes well, he wants to move back to 185 and fight Sept. 6 in Atlanta, probably against Yushin Okami, then he wants to fight again two months later. When I talk about real fighter, this is the kind of guy I'm talking about. This guy sat down in a meeting with us, literally, two months ago and said you're not fighting me enough, I want to fight more. Anderson Silva might fight three or four more times this year. might fight three or four more times this year and it's almost August!" said the UFC's top dog to MMA news site MMAWeekly.com.
As the Jiu-Jitsu black belt and muay thai ace is the man to beat, comparisons are constantly being made to other fighters, and without changing the subject from Anderson, Dana praised another young promise, who he dubbed "the new Anderson Silva" present in the eighth season of the "Ultimate Fighter" reality show, which includes Rodrigo Minotauro and Frank Mir as coaches.
"I was going off when I saw this guy. He’s 24 and he’s destroying people. It’s sick how bad ass he is. I’m getting goose bumps talking to you about him," said the UFC president in an interview with Yahoo Sports, without revealing the promising young fighter's name.
