Pound for Pound The best fighter in the world Mr.Anderson Silva will be taking on a new challenger before GSP.

If the world of MMA wasn't tense enough.  News comes  that Anderson "The Spider" Silva is gonna take on a challenge before meeting up With George St Pierre shows that "The Spider" has no fear when he steps in the cage.

(Yahoo Sports)

It appears the UFC has switched gears away from the proposed super fight and opted to put middleweight champion Anderson Silva in against the last man to technically hold a win over him, Yushin Okami, at UFC Rio in Brazil on Aug. 27.

UFC president Dana White confirmed the bout to USA Today on Wednesday.

Okami earned a title shot by defeating Nate Marquardt last year, but after Silva dispatched of Vitor Belfort in February, most thought the next fight on the horizon for the champ would be a battle to be declared the sport’s undisputed pound-for-pound best fighter in a match-up against St-Pierre.

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