UFC\u2019s Dana White responds to Jake Paul vs Anderson Silva rumors: \u201cThat\u2019s a real fight\u201d Showtime\/Instagram\/AndersonsilvaUFC President Dana White responded to rumors that Jake Paul would be fighting Anderson Silva and seemed very excited for the potential boxing match. Earlier in August, it was reported that Jake Paul and Anderson Silva were locked in to face each other in a highly anticipated head-to-head match. Although the fight has yet to be made official and talks are seemingly still ongoing, that hasn\u2019t stopped the hype train. With more and more people excited to see what \u2018The Problem Child\u2019 can do against the former UFC champ, Dana White was asked for his thoughts. Speaking at a press conference after Dana White\u2019s Contender Series 52, the UFC boss explained why Jake Paul vs Anderson Silva could be a must-see matchup. Dana White praises Jake Paul for taking a \u201creal fight\u201d At first, White seemed disinterested when asked for his opinion on the rumored fight, claiming that he \u201cdidn\u2019t give a sh*t,\u201d but ended up changing his tune. \u201cIf he\u2019s really fighting Anderson Silva, and that\u2019s true, it\u2019s about time he\u2019s got a real fight on his hands there,\u201d White said. \u201cRegardless of how old Anderson is, yeah, that\u2019s a real fight.\u201d Silva is nearly 50 years old, but despite his age, White is excited for the contest \u2013 which makes sense, considering he\u2019s been pushing for Jake to fight \u2018The Spider\u2019 for quite some time. If Paul does step into the ring against Silva, it would be the third time he faced off with a former UFC fighter, having defeated Ben Askren and former Welterweight Champion Tyron Woodley twice. The fight, regardless of the opponent, is currently set for October 29 with an announcement scheduled for later this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
UFC\u2019s Dana White responds to Jake Paul vs Anderson Silva rumors: \u201cThat\u2019s a real fight\u201d Showtime\/Instagram\/AndersonsilvaUFC President Dana White responded to rumors that Jake Paul would be fighting Anderson Silva and seemed very excited for the potential boxing match. Earlier in August, it was reported that Jake Paul and Anderson Silva were locked in to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63125\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}