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The upcoming fight between Anderson Silva and Jake Paul is on hype. The former UFC legend is going to face the undefeated ‘Problem Child’ in the squared circle on 29th October. However, Silva made a daring confession of being knocked down by his trainer.

Recently, Jorge Masvidal shared a post on his Facebook page, connecting to Silva’s revelation. The MMA legend revealed that he got knocked out during his last sparring session.

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Anderson Silva got knocked out twice

Anderson Silva recently revealed that he was knocked out twice during his intense training for his upcoming fight against ‘The Problem Child’. He said, “And the last sparring with Eliezer, he’s my sparring partner, is knocked me out two times, and when I finish my training, I talked to my coach and even said, ‘Coach, let me tell you something, why the guys knock me out two times?’ And the coach said, ‘You need to prepare for war, and you prepare for war.’”

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However, Luiz Carlos Dorea, coach of the 47-year-old fighter, denied it all. He said, “What I can say is that didn’t happen.” He further stated that ‘The Spider’ did excellent in his sparring sessions and is 100% ready for his fight with Jake Paul.

Fans responded to Jorge Masvidal’s post

Recently, Jorge Masvidal shared a post on his Facebook page, captioned, “Yoo… Should the fight go on?” Masvidal’s doubt about Anderson Silva vs. Jake Paul’s upcoming fight was indeed reflected in the post. The post also had an attachment to the story of Anderson Silva’s training. However, fans kept questioning the fight’s legitimacy.

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Here’s how the fans reacted to Masvidal’s post

  • Why all UFC legends selling their body
    Looks like UFC didnt paid them well !
  • Get knocked out the third time he’ll wake up a millionaire. He is fine all he needs is to take a shot and be on Jake Paul’s highlight reel.
  • He’s training to take the fall, it was planned
  • He is practicing taking a dive for a few mill!
  • Because his trainer is most likely a better boxer than Jake Paul, he should definitely have a brain scan after being slept twice by sparring partner
  • Massive pay day for silva, take a dive and the money and ride off into the sunset
  • I respect the shit out of Anderson. That being said, I hope he doesn’t go through with this fight. If Jake was a real man, he’d call it off himself.
  • Masvidal should step in. Jake won’t accept that I bet
  • It’s like fighting his dad !! SILVA at 25 will SMASH him
  • Anderson is 47 and has had his bell rung many times over the years.
    In his prime he was as good as it gets. I hate to see him chasing a dream that can’t come true
  • The spider won’t win anyway
  • Bad training partner

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