If Anderson Silva ever considered himself the UFC’s best fighter, he doesn’t any longer. Chris Weidman ended that in July, and even if the often outwardly humble Silva ever admitted he was the UFC’s best during his long reign as middleweight champion, his loss to Weidman now has him believing someone else is the world’s best: light heavyweight champion Jon Jones . Silva (33-5 MMA, 16-1 UFC) could start the argument anew over who the world’s top pound-for-pound fighter is, though, with a win over Weidman (10-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) when they rematch next week at UFC 168 , which takes place Dec. 28 on pay-per-view from Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena. But it was Jones’ win over Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 165 in September that has Silva believing he’s the best in the world. “Jon Jones keeps going up and up and up,” Silva recently said in Los Angeles.
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