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Jake Paul took the following step in his boxing journey on Saturday night time with a formidable victory. The social media star turned rising prospect confronted his hardest check so far when he battled former UFC middleweight champion and all-time nice Anderson Silva.
Despite getting into the battle at 47-years-old, Silva acquitted himself effectively and supplied Paul, 25, with distinctive challenges that earlier opponents had didn’t. Silva’s quickness and awkwardness gave Paul suits to find the vary, however he did late within the battle when he scored a knock down within the eighth and remaining spherical.
It proved to be the distinction as Paul earned the unanimous choice to enhance to 6-0 as a professional.
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Elsewhere on the cardboard, younger prospect Ashton Sylve confirmed why he was such a coveted expertise by scoring a brutal first-round knockout of Braulio Rodriguez. Plus, one other UFC veteran in Uriah Hall scored his first win within the boxing ring by outpointing former NFL star Le’Veon Bell. And Chris Avila, teammate of Nick and Nate Diaz, outpointed viral sensation Dr. Mike Varshavski.
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Fight card, outcomes
Jake Paul def. Anderson Silva by way of unanimous choice (77-74, 78-73, 78-73)
Ashton Sylve def. Braulio Rodriguez by way of first-round TKOAlexandro Santiago def. Antonio Nieves by way of seventh-round TKO
Uriah Hall def. Le’Veon Bell by way of unanimous choice (40-36, 40-36, 40-36)
Chris Avila def. Dr. Mike Varshavski by way of unanimous choice (40-36, 40-36, 40-36)
