I also observe that, knowing Silva from UFC he is more on defense and will counter back once he see good opportunity, but today he don't have that same strategy or barrowing your words, he is not on his self I guess.
Yes, He isn't the usual Silva, in my opinion, he was fighting but in a manner where he is not himself, watching the fight surely crashed my heart, I'd never imagined Silva in this state surely he is 47 years old now and this is surely the ring rust that everyone is talking about and for Anderson Silva, it really hit him very very hard,
I feel the same and surviving 8 solid rounds with an aggressive opponent will really give him that tough and exhaust feelings, the fighter mentality was there but it might be the body language who can't follow what his mind is directing, age and reflex affects him during the fight as per my own take on this fight.
Addition to that, as long as Jake Paul and his camp initiate the exhibition his chance of winning is high, though I go with your point it's Jake Paul who set it up favorable to him but in terms of making money, both are good in picking the fighters to fight with, they keep sucking fans money from the ticket sales and viewers, there's no stopping as they really assessing the potential before calling or scheduling the fight.
Well setup and in returned they will get a decent amount of paychecks.
Yeah! It's weird but they making lots of money here due to the demand of the crowd which is increasing every new fight. What I mean by that, is they are inviting new audience whenever there is a new fight. That's why we see more veterans boxers are doing the same thing right now. Just look at Manny Pacquiao, who is he fighting now?
Right, Manny is also showing his interest with exhibition and I will not be surprised if one of the Paul Bro will use that fame to call for Manny inside the ring. Money will speak eventually, so let's wait for it.