Anderson Silva Blasts Dana White For Disrespecting Him

Anderson Silva is considered one of the greatest fighters in MMA history for good reason. He went up against many top names in the MMA world when he used to be active. After his release from UFC back in 2020, Silva hasn’t been quiet and is not finished in combat sports at all.

The Spider duked it out against Tito Ortiz on September 11 last year at Triller Club in his second boxing match. Similar to his first one, Anderson Silva displayed immense skill and technique.

So much so, that he knocked out Tito Ortiz within the first round in just 81 seconds. Silva also previously noted that he doesn’t rule out facing off against Jake Paul in a boxing match.

While speaking to Sportsnaut.com, Anderson Silva talked about his time in the UFC. Silva blasted Dana White for disrespecting him after Silva ended up getting released from the UFC.

“When I was done in UFC, everybody — especially Dana White — said, ‘Oh, Anderson can’t fight anymore. Nobody in the same age [group] with Anderson can fight, it’s terrible,’ and blah, blah, blah. And talking a lot of s*** about me. And I feel disrespected because it doesn’t matter what happened — fight is fight. You can win, you can lose.

When you make a success of [MMA], the one thing you need to do for your fighters is [give] respect. In that, I feel no respect. But I don’t care because when I stop fighting, I’m gonna stop fighting because I say I’m gonna stop it,” Silva continued. “Nobody can say for me I [should] stop. No one can say for [anybody] you need to stop now. Nobody. I’ll stop when I say I’m done.”

We will have to wait and see who Anderson Silva’s next opponent will be. Odds are, Jake Paul is always someone who will be in the conversation for the foreseeable future.

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