Anderson Silva is inarguably one of the most touted names in the entire world of Combat Sports. ‘The Spider’ has accomplished a few challenging achievements inside the UFC Octagon before retiring and stepping into boxing. His previous match with the YouTuber turned boxer ‘Jake Paul’ turned out in a defeat for the ’47-year-old’ but both the fighters earned the respect of the combat sports community due to their performance in this bout.

Silva lost the fight to Paul via a unanimous decision. The judges scored the fight 77-74 and 78-73 (twice) in favour of Jake Paul.

Both the fighters earned the respect of the combat sports community legends

While Silva was already accepted by many to be a ‘Great’ of MMA, he also showcased to the world that he bears a never give up personality fighting boxers considerably younger to him in the boxing ring while he is 47.

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The former UFC light Heavyweight Champion ‘Daniel Cormier’ wrote on his Twitter handle, “Let’s go Anderson! @SpiderAnderson #PaulSilva versusSilva”.

UFC Lightweight Fighter Terrance ‘T Wrecks’ McKinney tweeted, “Anderson still the goat look good for 47 years old”. A lot of combat sports fans would agree to his words.

The noted boxing trainer ‘Teddy Atlas’ tweeted, “Hats off to both fighters. Paul earned right here to be called a legit fighter. Still raw, but improving and behaving like one. #PaulSilva”

The ONE Championship legend, ‘Gurdarshan “Saint Lion” Mangat’ also tweeted and said, “I been hit harder in sparring and stayed standing than Paul hitting Silva #SilvaPaul”

https://twitter.com/saintlion/status/1586579910902296576?s=20&t=aaW6TJEuN3dtXZ1GABdubQ

‘Adrian Yañez’, the noted UFC fighter also wrote, “Sad he lost but glad it wasn’t by KO.” He was definitely referring to Silva.

https://twitter.com/yanezmma/status/1586583667450732544?s=20&t=YnjzGR5dbHWSU4LMB4myXA

The MMA covering Twitter page named ‘SHOWTIME Boxing’ wrote, “I want Nate Diaz…You too Canelo.”

UFC Legend ‘BJ Penn’ tweeted, “J

ake @jakepaul very gracious in his post fight speech talking about @SpiderAnderson He has a lot of respect for Anderson! @MostVpromotions #SilvaPaul”

https://twitter.com/bjpenndotcom/status/1586580534334889984?s=20&t=6KZd_cfy3zEC6zOXGhOujg

Kevin Holland, the reputed UFC Welterweight, also looked sad as he tweeted a few ‘saddened’ emojis after this event.

It was a great showdown for the combat fans, with both fighters earning their due credit from the fans.