Anderson Silva wants his fans to know he wasn’t knocked out in sparring as a recent interview with MMA Weekly implied.<\/p>\n
Silva is set to face Jake Paul in a boxing match at the Desert Diamond Arena in Arizona on October 29th. The betting community already has Paul a slight -180 favorite to Silva’s +150 dog, mainly due to ‘The Spider’ being 47 years old. Getting knocked out twice in training wouldn’t improve Anderson’s chances.<\/p>\n
“The last spar, [my sparring partner] knocked me out two times,” Silva said during the interview in question.<\/a> “And when I finish my training, I talked to my coach and even said, \u2018Coach, let me tell you something, why the guys knock me out two times?\u2019 And the coach said, ‘You need to prepare for war, and you prepare for war.'”<\/p>\n The morning after the interview aired, a representative for Anderson Silva contacted TMZ Sports<\/a> and told them ‘The Spider’ meant to say he was knocked down, not out. Shortly after, Silva sent a full statement to the gossip site.<\/p>\n “After seeing the reports and concern for me, I’d like to clarify two important things,” Silva’s statement read. “One, I was NEVER knocked out in sparring. I misspoke in that interview as I sometimes do when interviewing in English and exaggerated the normal back-and-forth action that occurs in sparring.”<\/p>\n “Second, this sparring session I referenced was in early September. The interview with MMA Weekly was done on September 13th and, for some reason, just released this week. So, it wasn’t recent.”<\/p>\n Two generations, two fighters. One fight. One winner. I\u2019m ready. #PaulSilva<\/a> available for order now on https:\/\/t.co\/uadTQANZMj<\/a>. Link in bio. @showtimeboxing<\/a> @gilariverarena @showtime<\/a> @MostVpromotions<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/RBlG0DwwnU<\/a><\/p>\n — Anderson Silva (@SpiderAnderson) October 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n