Anderson Silva sparked rumors that he may be the replacement for Jon Jones against Daniel Cormier at UFC 200 this weekend with a post he made on Instagram Thursday afternoon.
The Spider posted a photo that contained the words, “It’s Time for Spider,” along with the UFC 200 logo. He also wrote Vegas here we come:
He posted his caption in Portuguese, but here is the Google Translation of what he wrote:
“It pays to be a winner? Maybe, maybe not. Obviously everything has a shelf life. The improvement requires self-awareness to know when to speed up their efforts and when to just park them. But here in MUAY THAI COLLEGE In the train until it is impossible to go wrong. And we never parked, because life is like water, if you stop it rots Is a tip !! Vegas here we come”
Silva’s post adds to what Combate reported about an hour earlier. They said the Brazilian fighter was going to be the replacement to fight Cormier.
Gegard Mousasi, Michael Bisping and Cowboy Cerrone are among the other names who have been mentioned in conjunction with the fight. The UFC has not yet announced a replacement. They could be waiting for Silva to pass his medical exams/tests before confirming the fight.
Silva taking this fight would seem like a risk considering he pulled out of his fight with Uriah Hall in May to have gallbladder surgery. There would also be something uncomfortable about a guy who was banned due to a positive steroids test replacing a fighter who just got pulled from a title fight due to a positive test.
