Jake Paul to field “childhood idol” Anderson Silva

A future wrestle between Jake Paul and future UFC Hall of Famer Anderson Silva seems to be like potential as a result of the influencer turned boxer shares a childhood story involving the MMA legend

In a present interview with Ariel Helwani at MMA Hour Jake Paul has revealed that he is up for an issue to discipline the longest-reigning UFC champion Anderson Silva.

“Positive, undoubtedly, I might love that wrestle. Consideration-grabbing story, I imagine he was the first film star I ever observed.”

He continued:

Correct when MMA was blowing up, my dad was a superb massive fan and we went to this native MMA event they often ought to have paid Anderson Silva to return on account of it was in Ohio so I don’t know why he would have been there. Nevertheless I actually requested for his autograph and we took a picture with him. I’m presumably like 12 years earlier nevertheless I imagine he was the first film star that I met. So it may very well be pleasurable to ship it once more full circle and wrestle any person who was one among my first idols.” [via BJPENN.com]

A potential wrestle between the every has all the elements for a box-office hit and might pretty most likely Paul’s largest downside thus far. Anderson Silva has been on prime of his sport ever since he switched to boxing, roping in massive wins in direction of Julio Chavez Jr. and Tito Ortiz.

Quite a few MMA fighters and consultants have tipped Anderson Silva to be the suitable match-up in direction of Jake as a consequence of his all-round boxing skills.

Whether or not or not this wrestle takes place throughout the near future continues to be undecided, nevertheless the considered it excites boxing and MMA followers alike.

In his latest assault in direction of Dana White, Jake Paul redesigns UFC’s emblem

Jake Paul who has vocally bashed the UFC and Dana White for underpaying the fighters continued in order so as to add gasoline to the feud by redesigning the UFC emblem which he launched on Twitter.

Paul had beforehand slammed the UFC 270 fighter pay and instructed they pay their fighters greater. In his latest tweet, he captioned “I’ve redesigned the logo.”

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