Jake Paul will take inspiration from Israel Adesanya 's fight against Anderson Silva when he faces the UFC legend next month.
Paul, 25, looks for his sixth professional win when he fights 47-year-old Silva in arguably his toughest challenge to date. The pair faced off for the first time ahead of their fight, with Silva being the first opponent of Paul's short-lived boxing career to have a size advantage over him. The fight will take place over eight rounds of three minutes with both men weighing 187lb, two pounds above the weight at which Silva reigned as UFC champion.
The YouTube star has taken note of his friend Adesanya's performance against Silva in their 2019 fight, in which Adesanya won by unanimous decision. Adesanya gave Silva some of his own medicine in the fight, encouraging him to throw strikes and insisting many of his shots were not having an effect on him. Paul said he will throw Silva's taunts back at him if he tries it in their fight.
