UFC News: Conor McGregor accepts Anderson Silva’s Super-fight Challenge

UFC News: Conor McGregor accepts Anderson Silva’s Super-fight Challenge. The Brazilian legend challenged McGregor to a 176lbs limit match.

MMA Legend Anderson Silva called out Conor McGregror on social media challenging the Southpaw to fight at UFC catchweight of 176lbs. The 45-year old appealed to McGregor stating he wanted to test their “martial skills” against each other.

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McGregor recently hailed Silva as the greatest of all time on his twitter. Silva immediately issued a challenge to the ‘Notorious One’ on his Instagram. He wrote:

“I have a huge admiration for the great athlete that Conor is and I believe this superfight would be something historic for the sport, neither of us has anything else to prove.

“I believe UFC and (MMA) fans would like to watch this great martial spectacle, testing my martial skills against him would be fantastic.”

 

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SUPER 👊🏾FIGHT 176.37LBS Tenho uma imensa admiração pelo grande atleta Conor e acredito que um super fight seria algo histórico para o esporte, nem um de nós precisa provar mais nada a ninguém; acredito que os fãs do ufc e do esporte gostariam de ver este grande espetáculo marcial, testar minhas habilidades marciais com ele seria fantástico!! I have immense admiration for the great athlete that Conor is and I believe that a super fight would go down in the history of the sport, neither of us need to prove anything to anyone; I believe that fans of the UFC and of this sport would like to watch this great martial arts spectacle, it would be fantastic to test my martial arts skills against him!!

A post shared by Anderson “The Spider” Silva (@spiderandersonsilva) on May 27, 2020 at 6:36pm PDT

Conor McGregor accepts Anderson Silva’s Super-fight Challenge

McGregor simply said “I accept” in response to the challenge.

I accept. https://t.co/HYqF132EvZ

— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) May 28, 2020

While Silva has predominantly fought in the 185lb middleweight division. He will have to lose a few pounds to get to the 176lb limit he has set. However, that may be a little difficult considering he is recovering from a surgery.

McGregor on the other hand has never fought above the 170lb welterweight limit. However, he appeared to suggest fighting at the 185lb middleweight limit.

185! Rock in like Rousimar.

— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) May 28, 2020

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