Jake Paul is taking on a formidable fighter. The 25-year-old YouTuber and boxer will face off against 47-year-old UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva in a boxing match on October 29 in Phoenix, Arizona. Anderson is considered one of the greatest champions in UFC history and holds the record for most consecutive victories ever in the promotion. “The plan is for me to fight at 185 [pounds] going forward and that’s what I wanted this fight at given it was the weight Anderson Silva fought at during his reign as the most dominant UFC champion ever. Anderson‘s team asked if we could set the weight at 187, two pounds more than what I wanted.
That level of professionalism and precision is appreciated and of course I agreed to his request,” Jake told ESPN in a statement. Click inside to read more… The fight comes after Jake was supposed to fight Tommy Fury in August, until Tommy withdrew due to travel issues.
He was then meant to fight Hasim Rahman Jr., but that was canceled due to weight complications with Hasim.
This is his fourth fight against a former UFC fighter. He knocked out Ben Askren and went 2-0 against former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley. Anderson was the best pound-for-pound MMA fighter in the world from 2006 to 2013 and one of the most creative knockout artists ever in that sport. “I know that in life everything has its purpose.
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