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POPSAnderson Silva 'Very Happy' at 185, Thinks Jon Jones Is 'Amazing'
<p> <br /> Michael David Smith <br /> Lead Blogger <br /> <br /> </p> <p> It didn’t take long after <a href="http://www.mmafighting.com/tag/Jon+Jones/">Jon Jones</a> won the UFC light heavyweight championship for everyone in the MMA world — right up to <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/lorenzofertitta/status/49347969090203648">UFC Chairman and CEO Lorenzo Fertitta</a> — to start clamoring for a superfight between Jones and UFC middleweight champion <a href="http://www.mmafighting.com/tag/Anderson+Silva/">Anderson Silva</a>. <a href="http://www.ultmma.com/">ULTMMA.com</a> asked Silva what he thinks, and the UFC’s oldest champion said he’s in awe of the UFC’s youngest champion. But he didn’t sound all that interested in moving up to light heavyweight. <br /> “Jon Jones? I don’t know, amazing,” Silva said. “This is very new for Jon Jones. Jon Jones will get more fights, more experience, more techniques. My opinion of Jon Jones? The best in his category.
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POPSAnderson Silva 'Very Happy' at 185, Thinks Jon Jones Is 'Amazing' <p> <br /> Michael David Smith <br /> Lead Blogger <br /> <br /> </p> <p> It didn’t take long after <a href="http://www.mmafighting.com/tag/Jon+Jones/">Jon Jones</a> won the UFC light heavyweight championship for everyone in the MMA world — right up to <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/lorenzofertitta/status/49347969090203648">UFC Chairman and CEO Lorenzo Fertitta</a> — to start clamoring for a superfight between Jones and UFC middleweight champion <a href="http://www.mmafighting.com/tag/Anderson+Silva/">Anderson Silva</a>. <a href="http://www.ultmma.com/">ULTMMA.com</a> asked Silva what he thinks, and the UFC’s oldest champion said he’s in awe of the UFC’s youngest champion. But he didn’t sound all that interested in moving up to light heavyweight. <br /> “Jon Jones? I don’t know, amazing,” Silva said. “This is very new for Jon Jones. Jon Jones will get more fights, more experience, more techniques. My opinion of Jon Jones? The best in his category.
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