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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
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In less than two weeks, long-reigning UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre will step back in the Octagon for the first time since April of 2011. He'll be greeted from his lengthy injury hiatus by one of the most dangerous challengers he's ever faced in Interim Champion Carlos Condit, but if he gets past that test, he may have an even bigger one awaiting him afterward.
For quite some time, there has been talk surrounding the potential for a super fight between St-Pierre and UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva. The Brazilian superstar himself has been eying that particular matchup, and a win by St-Pierre in Montreal could be the final step needed to set the fight up.
Perhaps in anticipation of that, Silva will head to Montreal next week to attend UFC 154, and he'll be sitting cageside as St-Pierre battles Condit.
That's the word from his manager via Fuel TV's UFC Tonight program. Per Tuesday's show, Silva's planning on attending the event, perhaps so as to call out St-Pierre in the cage following the fight. If he does just that, the UFC will kick off a time period for what will be one of the most anticipated fights in the organization's history.
Penick's Analysis: They've done it before with a St-Pierre fight to set up a future meeting, and he himself has been involved in stepping into the cage after someone else has picked up a victory (see: his infamous "I was not impressed with your performance" comment to Matt Hughes). It most recently happened back in 2008, when B.J. Penn was brought in after his victory over Jon Fitch at UFC 87 in Minneapolis, setting up their UFC 94 rematch. If St-Pierre defeats Condit, and we get a staredown with he and Silva in-cage afterward, that will be one hell of a moment for the UFC.
[Anderson Silva art by Cory Gould (c) MMATorch.com]
Jamie Penick, editor-in-chief
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