Dana White Shoots Down Rumors of Anderson Silva-Georges St. Pierre Bout at UFC 206

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Last week, rumors began to circulate that a long-awaited super fight between Anderson Silva and Georges St. Pierre would become a reality at UFC 206. First, UFC welterweight Patrick Cote tweeted this on Oct. 7:

Rumor GSP vs Silva UFC206. .. this is just 7 years to late …. #MayweatherVsPAC

— Patrick Cote (@patrick_cote) October 7, 2016 Then Kalyl Silva, son of the former middleweight champion, posted a picture of the fighters side by side on his Instagram account with the caption: “Christmas month should be exciting.”

• Christmas month should be exciting •

A photo posted by One Of A Kind (@kalylsilva) on Oct 8, 2016 at 9:17pm PDT

Leave it to Dana White to put a damper on all the speculation. Speaking to BT Sport, the UFC president denied that Silva vs. St. Pierre was in the works. Of course, it wouldn’t be the first time White denied something that later turned out to be true. The UFC 205 headliner between Eddie Alvarez and Conor McGregor is just the …

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