Beating Anderson Silva in Rio de Janeiro was never going to endear Jared Cannonier to the Brazilian fans, so instead he leaned into the hate.
In Saturday’s co-main event at UFC 237, Cannonier picked up a signature win over middleweight legend Anderson Silva, landing a leg kick on the 44-year-old near the end of the opening round that resulted in an ugly injury. As expected, the crowd at Jeunesse Arena was not pleased with Silva’s loss or the circumstances under which it occurred, and they let Cannonier have it.
He wasn’t going to take that lying down and engaged in some theatrics to further incite the audience.