Anderson Silva is already looking for his next challenge after an anticipated victory at UFC 112.

The UFC middleweight champion mentioned wanting to cut weight and drop down to middleweight for a super fight against current champion Georges St. Pierre, according to an interview with Yahoo’s Kevin Iole.

“I’d like to test myself and I always love to take on new challenges,” Silva said in the interview. “It’s not that I want to go fight Georges St. Pierre for his title. There’s no doubt in my mind that he’s the reigning champion, the absolute champion, in that weight category. But I just want to test myself and see how I’d do at that weight.”

Silva said that if he did it, he’d have to do two fights at 170; one to make sure he could fight at thatweight, and the second a highly anticipated superfight with Georges St. Pierre.

Those who doubt Silva’s ability to cut that much weight are reminded he has fought at 167 pounds in Pride. Anderson has competed as a middleweight and light-heavyweight since his debut in the UFC in 2006, and often bulks up to 215-220 pounds on his off time between fights.

Silva is also considering the possibility of fighting as a heavyweight.

Although Silva’s body seems to be made for the185-pound and 205-pound divisions, it seems clear that he’s on the look out for that next big challenge after he defeats Demian Maia at UFC 112

UFC 111: St-Pierre defeats Hardy, and retains his title

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight champion Georges “Rush” St-Pierre successfully defended his title via a unanimous decision against Dan “The Outlaw” Hardy in UFC 111 on Saturday March 27th 2010.

“It’s a win, but I’m not really happy with myself,” St-Pierre said in an article on UFC.com. “I made a lot of stupid mistakes.”

St-Pierre, who’ s record includes 20 wins and 2 losses, also admitted that he may have underestimated his opponent.

“I wanted to avoid the fight where my opponent was strongest, and fight where he was at his weakest, but he’s a lot better than I thought he was.”

Hardy, was willing to acknowledge St-Pierre as the better fighter.

“I can see why he’s the champion… He’s a strong athlete, very skilled,” said Hardy, who now has 23 wins, 7 defeats with 1 no contest (NC).

UFC 111: St-Pierre vs Hardy was held at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

The event also featured a heavyweight fight between former heavyweight champion Frank Mir and Shane Carwin, with the latter claiming the interim UFC heavyweight championship belt in the absense of Brock Lesnar.

Carwin knocked out Mir at 3:48 of Round 1 and remained undefeated at 12-0.

Mir, on the other hand, now has 13 wins and 5 losses.

Other results

Kurt “Batman” Pellegrino defeated Fabricio “Morango” Camoes via submission (choke) at 4:20 of Round 2.

Jon Fitch and Jim Miller scored unanimous decision victories over Ben “Killa B” Saunders and Mark Bocek, respectively.

Saunders replaced Thiago Alves after the Brazilian mixed martial artist pulled out of the fight due to medical licensing issues, UFC.com reported.

Nate Diaz, meantime, scored a technical knockout win over Rory Markham at 2:47 of Round 1 while Ricardo “Big Dog” Almeida had a win over Matt “The Immortal” Brown by submission (choke) at 3:30 of Round 2.

Jared Hamman scored the first unanimous decision win in UFC 111 over his foe, Rodney “Shonuff The Master” Wallace.

Rousimar “Toquinho” Palhares quickly defeated Tomasz “Gorilla” Drwal via submission (leg lock) at 0:45 of Round 1 while Greg Soto lost to Matthew Riddle by disqualification at 1:30 of Round 3.

Want a body like Georges St. Pierre?

Georges St. Pierre says he tries to eat as well as he can, but he primarily uses his diet to for cutting weight, “I weigh 185 pounds, and I have to be 170 on the scale to make weight.” He has to lose 15 pounds in four days (almost 4 pounds per day).

In order to do this St. Pierre says he cuts down on his sodium, carbs and eats a lot of protein and vegetables. After making weight he will begin to do the exact opposite and increase his carb intake to try and gain his weight back before the actual fight.

“My favorite food is tourtiere, a French Canadian dish, but unfortunately I can’t eat that when I’m cutting my weight down. It’s going to be for after the fight. My mother makes the best tourtiere in the world.”

“I tend to eat as well as I can, but I use the diet to lose weight,” Georges St-Pierre says.

Diet and Nutrition continued