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30th March 2016
07:56am BST

In an interview with Combate, Silva named the three fighters he wants next. It will come as no surprise to hear a certain Irishman mentioned. Silva said:
"That's a challenge I would like to do. I've never asked to fight anybody, but I would like to test my martial arts skills against Conor McGregor. "I would like that and a rematch with Nick Diaz and Michael Bisping. "I think McGregor is a great striker, but he didn't do very well in his last fight because he played into Nate Diaz's game and that's really hard. The Diaz brothers have a lot of gas. You have to respect him, the loss to Diaz doesn't diminish his career at all. "These are the fighters I would like to fight. McGregor, Diaz and Bisping because that fight did not end nicely."Kenny Florian is of the opinion that McGregor is fighting Nate Diaz again - reported to be at 170lbs - because he is keen to prove himself at welterweight and earn a shot at Georges-St-Pierre. Silva has fought at 170lbs before but that was a long time ago, 2005, during his days with the Pride promotion.

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