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Anderson Silva vs. Showtime? Pettis and the Spider both want the fight

It may not have been the plan anyone expected, but it does appear that there was some legit movement to the idea of putting on a superfight between former middleweight king Anderson Silva and combat sports superstar Conor McGregor. Silva recently revealed to Chael Sonnen that he’s already started cutting weight in anticipation of the bout, and in an interview with ESPN, McGregor told Ariel Helwani that it was a fight that made him excited too.

Unfortunately that same interview was explanation from McGregor as to why exactly he was retiring. In part because he realized that even a bout against someone like Anderson Silva just wouldn’t offer the kind of challenge he was looking for.