Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva is definitely taking place. For actual. Rumors had been swirling for weeks that negotiations for the struggle have been ongoing, however on Tuesday, Paul made it official.
“My hardest check but,” Paul stated in a tweet. “I respect the legend, however he should be exterminated.”
After a glittering profession within the UFC, Silva is arguably the best combined martial artist of all time. On the very least he is within the high 5. Silva broke a number of information throughout his reign as middleweight champion, however it’s the type with which he destroyed his opponents that made him legendary.
“I do know that in life all the things has its goal,” Silva stated in a press release despatched to ESPN. “Nothing comes simply by likelihood. So I thank God for my well being, my household and my crew for offering me with this chance to proceed doing the factor that I like essentially the most. I imagine this would be the greatest fight occasion of the 12 months and can really make historical past within the sport without end.”
Is there a press convention?
In fact there’s. No huge fight sports activities occasion can happen with no wild press convention. Paul has already introduced not one however two pressers subsequent week within the US, dwell on Paul’s YouTube channel.
#PaulSilva Kick-off press convention Monday September twelfth in Los Angeles dwell on my YouTube.
Phoenix Press Convention Tuesday, September thirteenth.
Ticket on-sale Wednesday, September 14th.
It’s SHOWTIME
— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) September 7, 2022
I would not anticipate something too rowdy from these press conferences. Silva is a middle-age man who does not wish to trash speak. I would anticipate even Paul to deal with Silva with a splash of reverence and respect.
The primary one kicks off on Monday Sept. 12 at 11 a.m. PST.
When and the place does the struggle happen?
Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva is about for Oct. 29. The struggle will happen within the Gila River Area in Phoenix.
The place can I can I watch?
Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva might be accessible to look at on Showtime PPV. Particulars are incoming, however the PPV occasion is about to kick off at 9 p.m. ET.
Who’s Anderson Silva
As talked about above, Silva is among the best fighters in UFC historical past. After defeating Wealthy Franklin for the UFC’s middleweight title in October 2006, Silva went on to carry that title for a report 2,457 days. His 16-fight undefeated streak within the UFC is a report that stands to today.
However it was Silva’s struggle type that made him an icon. A flashy, elusive counter striker, he did issues that felt not possible. Preventing together with his fingers down, touchdown outlandish kicks, knees and punches from wild angles, Silva is basically the Roy Jones Jr. of MMA. For a lot of, he is the best martial artist who’s ever lived.
After ultimately dropping his title to Chris Weidman in 2013, Silva had a troublesome run of losses, leading to him leaving the UFC in 2020 on the ripe previous age of 45. Since then he is had a exceptional resurgence in boxing. Most notably, he outclassed former world champ Julio César Chávez Jr. in an eight spherical boxing match.
Who’s Jake Paul?
You are most likely conscious of Paul, the social media persona who first made it large on Vine earlier than shifting throughout to each platform in existence. He is moved into boxing lately after preventing on the undercard of brother Logan Paul’s viral boxing match with UK YouTuber KSI. He confirmed a expertise for boxing and has been preventing ever since.
Paul has additionally moved into promotion, co-promoting an enormous struggle between Eire’s Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano, which was one of many greatest feminine boxing matches of all time.
Is that this a good struggle?
Paul has been selective about his opponents up to now, which is sensible. Each new struggle is a step up in competitors, however this one is exclusive for a number of causes.
Measurement is maybe a very powerful. Each different Paul struggle, till this level, has been towards a dramatically undersize fighter. Paul has a preventing weight of 190 kilos, however in his final struggle, confronted off towards Tyron Woodley, who in his prime within the UFC, competed at 170 kilos.
Silva was the UFC’s middleweight champion with a preventing weight of 185 kilos. Not solely that, he commonly stepped up in weight to struggle within the UFC’s mild heavyweight division. Arguably his finest ever efficiency — a spectacular dismantling of former champ Forrest Griffin in 2009 — passed off on this weight class, at 205 kilos.
Not like Woodley, Silva additionally has earlier expertise in boxing. Most lately, he is devoted his focus to the game, placing collectively some extraordinarily spectacular wins. Silva can be some of the deadly strikers in MMA historical past.
However Silva can be 47 years previous. That is fairly previous. Historic when it comes to fight sports activities. To be clear, he is not a standard 47 12 months previous, however age continues to be a large, huge issue.
I suppose we’ll learn the way a lot of a consider October.
