On October 29th, at the Gila River, Phoenix Arizona, Anderson Silva, 47, will lock horns with Jake Paul, 25. Speaking of the fight with ‘The Spider’, in a recent interview, Paul expressed that he expected the fight to have up to 700,000 pay-per-view buys. In a sentence, he termed this potential outcome the ‘biggest pay-per-view’ of Silva’s career since he began fighting.

However, Anderson Silva recently denied what Paul had earlier been saying. According to him, he never entertained the idea of fighting for money. The only reason he chose to fight Paul was that he had a legacy to think of and ‘respected’ fighting.

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To Paul’s ‘biggest payday’ claim, Silva said, “No, it’s not true. I don’t like to talk about money because I’m not here for money. Thanks to God I have enough money to take care of my family.’

In addition, Silva even claimed that he was not a rich guy but tried to live a good life. According to Silva, he woke up every day to train and spar with his kids and younger fighters in order to continue ‘respecting’ the sport that has earned him life and given him global fame.

Anderson Silva spoke about earning only $200 from four fights ahead of his upcoming fight with Jake Paul

To supplement his statement that he did not fight for money, Silva borrowed an example from his earlier life. Reminiscing about his past, Silva spoke about having four fights in one day to earn only $200 from all the fights combined. He recounted driving for a stretch of hours to fight four times the same night.

Although he was only a blue belt at the time, Silva soon picked up MMA and knew how to fight. Silva, who has traveled the world, competing and fighting, looks to continue adding glory to his name.

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On October 29th, when Silva will square off with ‘The Problem Child’ what would your expectations be? Let us know in the comments.

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