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Jorge Masvidal Outrages After Jake Paul Fight: “They Did Anderson Silva Dirty,” Despite ‘The Spider’ Being Content

Published 10/30/2022, 7:45 AM EDT

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Jorge Masvidal is one of the most noted faces in the entire UFC. ‘Gamebred’ is also the ‘BMF’ belt holder of the UFC, which he won against Nate Diaz. Masvidal is reputed as one of the best strikers inside the Octagon. He also prefers keeping his fingers busy posting various stuff on his social media handles, whhen he is out of his Octagon and training. Recently, Masvidal took to Facebook and shared a post related to the highly anticipated ‘Jake Paul vs Anderson Silva’ boxing bout.

Masvidal being an MMA fighter must have been rooting for ‘The Spider’ in this fight. He was apparently startled by the results of the fight.

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Jorge Masvidal thought that Anderson Silva was robbed

Masvidal captioned his post, “Wow… they did #AndersonSilva dirty”. He was evidently shocked by the results of this match. ‘Gamebred’ felt that ‘The Spider’ was declared as the loser in this fight incorrectly.

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The bout between Silva and Paul ended in a victory for Paul via a unanimous decision by the judges. The fight was scored, 77-74 and 78-73 (twice) against the 47-year-old Silva.

The 47-year-old spider described in the pre-fight press conference, “When you fight in combat sports you have to be a little crazy. I’m a little crazy, too. This is not for everyone. Everyone here is special guys and for sure everyone here is a little crazy.” Very few would opt to step inside the boxing ring at 47 years of age, against a 24-year-old despite achieving all the success in the field of MMA.

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Masvidal shared an article posted on ‘Fightworld.net’ which raised questions about whether the Anderson Silva vs Jake Paul fight was rigged. A lot of combat sports fans thought that the decision should have gone in favor of Silva instead of Paul.

Anderson Silva just wanted to put on a good show

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Silva also said, “This is a competition and I’m training hard to make a great show for everyone. This fight is very special to me. I try to do my best because I love fighting and I love my job and now I’m free to do everything I like to do.”

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After his loss to Jake Paul, he stated that, “I don’t believe this affects my legacy, in my journey in combat sports. I try to do my best to give something to the new generation.” He continued, “Jake and I are bringing two big generations together and people think this will affect my legacy or affect Jake’s legacy, but I don’t believe that because it’s about passion and love.” It was apparent that Silva was only worried about putting on a show for the fans irrespective of the result.

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A lot of MMA fans would actually agree that it is really impossible to tarnish the legacy of ‘The Spider’ in the combat world. Masvidal had his opinion about the fight, but Silva’s vision also seemed to be accomplished after this bout.

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Souvik Roy is currently a UFC writer at EssentiallySports. An avid UFC follower, Souvik combined his love for the sport and his passion for words to turn his interest into his Livelihood. A Diploma holder in Electrical Engineering, Souvik has worked as a Freelance Link Builder and Content Writer previously and wrote for various clients and businesses.
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