UFC legend Anderson Silva trashes both his sons at the same time
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Anderson Silva(C) with his sons Gabriel(L) and Kalyl(R)
Anderson Silva may have retired from MMA altogether, but the UFC legend’s skills haven’t deteriorated as he was recently seen sparring with his two sons Kalyl and Gabriel in a video.
A clip was posted by his son Kalyl, the younger of the two siblings on his Instagram. The 46-year-old former UFC middleweight champion took on both his sons simultaneously as he dominated their father-son sparring session.
Old flashes of the Brazilian could be seen in the video as his usually fast reflexes were on display when he subtly avoided a punch thrown at him by his elder son Gabriel. He even caught a kick thrown from the elder sibling before sweeping him off his feet whilst handling Kalyl.
It looked to be an interesting bonding session in the Silva household as ‘The Spider’ may have been providing lessons to both his sons who are kickboxers.
Gabriel is currently a 5-1 record holder and two-time kickboxing champion last having fought in November losing his first match in an amateur bout. 22-year-old Kalyl impressed with a debut win last August after he dropped his opponent within the first 8 seconds with a head kick and now currently holds a 2-0 record while their father had taken up boxing as a career having returned to the ring last year in March with a decision win over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr after which he won his second bout with an impressive knockout over Tito Ortiz within the first round last September.
Anderson Silva rekindling his interest in taking up boxing as a career
Anderson Silva, former UFC middleweight champion is a name feared and known throughout the world of combat sports is a UFC legend who currently holds the record for longest title reign in UFC history at 2,457 days which includes a span of 16 consecutive victories.
He retired from MMA in November 2020 after his stoppage loss to Uriah Hall and now has turned into a professional boxer fighting in the cruiserweight division.
Silva entered the ring after almost 16 years to face Julio Cesar Chavez Jr beating him by decision and then taking on Tito Ortiz who was knocked out in the first round. Silva now sits at a boxing record of 3-1, losing his only fight at his debut back in 1998.
Though his next fight hasn’t been announced, Jake Paul seems to have a lot of interest in taking on the Brazilian and has even emerged as one of the favorites to take on ‘The Problem Child’.
Many fighters have expressed their interest in seeing the two take on each other, Aljamain Sterling and Michael Bisping to name a few. However, Paul seems to be currently interested in taking on UFC fighters such as Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal while Silva hinted at a potential bout against Vitor Belfort but don’t write out anything just yet.
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Nimish Ganapathy
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