5 Fights in the UFC for Georges St-Pierre's return

#1 Anderson Silva

The aura is gone but the skills still remain

Let's take a moment and reminisce The Spider in his prime. A man with 10 title defenses in the middleweight division, an ungodly amount of stoppage victories won in unbelievably dominating fashion. Who could forget the matrix like performance against a heavier and stronger Forrest Griffin? Or the brutal knees that ended up finishing Rich Franklin twice?

Before we lose ourselves in the dreamy world of fantasy fights and match making, let's get one thing out of the way, Anderson Silva is undoubtedly one of the greatest MMA fighter of all time and also he is without a single shred of doubt, way out his prime.

While GSP vs a prime Silva would have sounded like an undeserving punishment laid on GSP, the fact is that we have just seen Silva put another mediocre performance which barely earned him a win (in a highly controversial fashion).

But let's make another proposition. While facing Anderson Silva is no tune up fight for any fighter in existence, the fact that he is out of his prime is very obvious. Before Silva tarnishes his reputation any further by losing another fight or being a part of another controversial decision, let's get GSP and Silva back in the octagon.

There's only so many times someone can be called the greatest of all time and not expected to win in a gruelling finish.

It would only be fitting to hit the final nail in the coffin on Silva's career as a new chapter begins for St. Pierre.