Anderson Silva's trainer, Luiz Carlos Dorea, has warned Jake Paul that he will be made to "pay dearly" if he fights the UFC legend in his next bout.
The ex-middleweight champion was dropped from MMA's top promotion in 2020 after losing seven of his last nine fights. But he has had a resurgence in his career after switching to boxing in his forties, defeating former world champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr and viciously knocking out Tito Ortiz in his return to the ring.
And after dominating Bruno Machado in an exhibition bout last weekend on Floyd Mayweather's Dubai undercard, Paul claimed that he could defeat the UFC icon, as well as Mayweather, in one night. Silva tends to remain coy about call-outs, having opted not to engage in trash talk throughout his lengthy fighting career, and chose not to publicly respond to Paul.
