According to UFC Tonight, Anderson Silva wants a champion vs champion match against Luke Rockhold. UFC MW Champ against Strikeforce MW Champ. They really need to start cross promoting and making some interesting fights if they want to keep people interesting in the middleweight division. Reports are that Silva vs Sonnen II did well, but that was 99% based on Sonnen talking a lot of smack and hyping the fight up for 2 years.
I don't think Silva vs anyone else at 185lbs in the UFC would really pull very big numbers (besides maybe Cung Le or Wanderlei but neither one deserve a title shot right now). The only other big money fights for Anderson Silva are super fights with GSP (who has been out for well over a year) or Jones, but the UFC seems content not giving the fans what they want. Silva moving to 205lbs would also create several interesting match ups. Silva is just as big as most UFC LHWs so it shouldn't be a problem for him to move up if he wants to challenge himself.
Luke Rockhold holds notable victories over Ronaldo Souza, Keith Jardine and Tim Kennedy.
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