Watch: Anderson Silva spars 2-on-1 and makes it look easy

More than a year removed from his last UFC fight, Anderson Silva is still capable of putting his masterful striking on display.

The former longtime UFC middleweight champ was recently seen dominating a 2-on-1 sparring session. In a video uploaded by Silva's son Kalyl on social media, 'The Spider' appeared to be passing down his knowledge to the future generation of fighters in his family. The Instagram post came with the caption:

The 46-year-old last saw action in the octagon against Uriah Hall at UFC Fight Night 181 on October 31, 2020. After a string of losses, the UFC announced the following month that they had released the Brazilian from his UFC contract.

Meanwhile, Kalyl lived up to his father's reputation by making short work of his opponent in his amateur kickboxing debut last year. The 22-year-old only threw a single strike – a jumping roundhouse to the head – to put away his opponent at the 00:12 mark of the very first round.

His older brother and Silva's firstborn, Gabriel, is also in on the family business. He reportedly went undefeated as an amateur and has three professional kickboxing bouts under his belt.

Anderson Silva opened as the favorite to be Jake Paul's next opponent

Silva had a career resurgence over the past year. 'The Spider' made a triumphant return to professional boxing when he defeated Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., son of multiple-time boxing world champion Julio Cesar Chavez.

Silva followed up his awe-inspiring comeback by knocking out fellow former UFC champion Tito Ortiz in a boxing match last September.

Now 2-0 since his comeback to combat sport, Silva has been listed by gambling site BetOnline.ag as the early betting frontrunner to become Jake Paul's next opponent. The former UFC middleweight champion opened as the slight favorite over some of Paul's rivals including Tommy Fury and Nate Diaz.

However, it appears unlikely that Paul will take on Silva. 'The Problem Child' has been vocal about wanting to fight the likes of Nate Diaz, Jorge Masvidal and Conor McGregor, but has never mentioned Silva as a potential foe.

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Writing out of the red corner from the Philippines, Rafael has been entrenched in the world of mixed martial arts for the past five years.

He kickstarted his journalistic career with Rappler.com and had continued covering the world's most violent sport for the newspaper Manila Bulletin. He joined Sportskeeda MMA in 2021 and has garnered over 9 million reads.

The combat journalist is also a television sports reporter for the Manila-based network PTV 4.

In his spare time, Rafael trains in boxing and has sparred with MMA pros Rabin Catalan and John Tirona (he obviously got obliterated).

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