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The press tour for the UFC 94 GSP vs. Penn II super fight kicked off earlier today in Canada. The inevitable question of whether or not the winner will fight Anderson Silva was asked. Dana White’s answer? YES!…sort of…but only if GSP wins. Penn, on the other hand, is just going to have to be satisfied with two belts if he pulls out the victory.

Back to GSP, White didn’t specify when the fight would happen, but the general presumption is that the fight would go down sometime in 2009. Hopefully the latter half, because there happens to be a welterweight wrecking machine patiently waiting in the wings. His name’s Thiago Alves. You may have heard of him.

Quick Update: Apparently, there were three more parts to the press conference. I’ve added them in the video player above. The topic of Gina Carano came up at one point and Dana said he willing to sign Gina Carano to fight for the WEC, which would be great, but I’m not sold that it’s going to happen, at least not anytime soon. First of all, Gina still has to be freed from her ProElite contract. Second of all, Gina’s already stated that she is going to go with the highest money offer, and I find it hard to believe the WEC is going to outbid Affliction. Zuffa is not going to get in a bidding war with an organization they believe is going to fold soon, so while we may see Gina in the WEC at some point, I highly doubt it’s going to be anytime soon. Unless of course, Affliction doesn’t want her anymore.

Props to MMA Rated for the find

With title contenders looming in both divisions like Thiago Alves and Kenny Florian, does the fight make sense right now? GSP thinks so, and judging from the poll results thus far, it looks like you guys think so too.

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Guess what? It looks like the ridiculously long rumored Wanderlei Silva vs. Quinton Jackson III blockbuster has been moved again. Most recently, Jackson’s new training camp’s co-owner, Anthony McCann of the UK-based Wolfslair, stated that UFC 91 in November was too soon for the fight to take place for either camp. Despite multiple reports to the contrary, it appears that may be the case.

According to Kevin Iole, it’s now looking like the fight may take place on Super Bowl weekend at UFC 93.

A very good source told me on Tuesday he expects Jackson and Silva to fight Jan. 31 (Super Bowl weekend) in Las Vegas in UFC 93. It’s a very fluid situation, but it’s almost certain it won’t happen in November and it’s very unlikely for December.

This is starting to enter “I’ll believe it when I see it” territory.