On October 30, with the sound of a gong, the 8-round boxing match between former UFC legendary champion Anderson "Spider" Silva and Internet celebrity boxer Jack Paul came to an end.
As a result, Paul defeated Silva by a big score with a knockout in the final round, defeating another former UFC champion.
Once the most powerful fighter in MMA, Silva has built a dynasty since joining the UFC in 2006 with 16 straight fights and a 2,457-day title defense.
But after being knocked out by Chris Weidmann in 2013, Silva fell to the bottom. In the nine MMA matches since, he has won only one win and one draw, lost seven games and lost four times by opponents. In 2020, the 45-year-old Silva announced his retirement.
Since then, Silva has moved to boxing and last year defeated former WBC middleweight world belt winner Chavez Jr., who is more than 10 years his junior. It proved to the world that "although Lian Po is old, he is good at cooking".
It was probably this performance that gained the attention of Paul's team! A few months later, the news came that the two would have a boxing fight.
Although Paul is labeled as an "Internet celebrity", his daily training is actually no different from that of a professional boxer, and due to sufficient funds, the training level of his preparation team is far better than that of ordinary boxers.
Therefore, this match, at the age of 47 against the 25-year-old Paul, Silva is generally not favored.
However, in the first half of the game, Silva performed very well. A few thumps also gave the audience the idea that he was likely to knock out Paul.
But the body is nearly fifty years old, and it seems difficult to support long-term confrontation. Over time, the spider's attack is no longer sharp. In the final round, Silva was also greedy for merit, and was knocked to the ground by Paul's counterattack.
In the end, the two played the whole game, Paul won by a big score, and the professional record became 6-0!
For the 47-year-old Spider, victory may not matter anymore, and fans would love to see the old legend pick up his wallet. As for the "Internet celebrity" Paul, probably everyone just wants to see him beaten!
It is reported that after the game, Paul and the team of "Little Ma" Diaz almost fought for some reason. At the post-match press conference, Paul successively spoke to Xiaoma and the current WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO super middleweight world champion Sur Alvarez.
If his next opponent will be one of these two, probably the day when Internet celebrities are really not far from being beaten!