Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on MMAJunkie.com.
LOS ANGELES – You are Anderson Silva. You are in the twilight of your career, many would say even beyond. You are a former UFC Middleweight Champion and one of the greatest Mixed Martial Artists of all time. A lot of people have you at their MMA Mount Rushmore.
So why, at 47, would you choose to fight a 25-year-old YouTuber and social media influencer who’s only just starting to create a buzz in boxing?
“This is a good challenge,” Silva told MMA Junkie of his upcoming boxing match with Jake Paul.
Sure enough, Silva and Paul will square…