BJ Penn: Do not bet against Anderson Silva in Georges St Pierre superfight Penn is fascinated by the Silva-GSP fight - the Hawaiian has fought GSP twice, of course - and has said that if he were in GSP's boots asUFC welterweight champion, he would just fight and not argue. Whatdoes he think would happen in the contest, which UFC president Dana White reiterated would happen in 2013. "I do think that Silva is very hard to bet against right now," said Penn, the hugely popular Hawaiian who held both lightweight and welterweight UFC crowns. We just saw what he did to big Stephan Bonnar, you know, and he's hard to bet against. GSP, as great as he is, is really up against it. Silva is simply very hard to bet against at this moment. I think a lot of GSP's chances would lie in his double leg takedowns, his outside single back to double leg, he's very good at that and then when he got there, what damage he could do on the ground. And we've seen Anderson in there with very strong guys like Chael Sonnen and these other guys and Anderson does well because he stays so calm on the ground. He never over-trains and he stays so calm and I really think that plays to his benefit. Would Penn like to fight Silva ? I am in no place to say I would fight Anderson Silva at all. But If I was the welterweight champion of the world I would be looking to probably fight the 185lb champion of the world. I'm not going to call out Anderson Silva per se. He's a buddy of mine right now but you know that's what you do when you are a champion and in a position to challenge. That's what I did. People say BJ, look at your record, look at your last 5 fights and this and that, but look at when I was at the top. I did it. No one can say I didn't.