{"id":95784,"date":"2023-11-08T16:24:56","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T16:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/?p=95784"},"modified":"2023-11-08T16:24:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T16:24:56","slug":"former-legend-looks-unrecognisable-but-can-you-tell-who-it-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/fighting\/former-legend-looks-unrecognisable-but-can-you-tell-who-it-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Former legend looks unrecognisable&#8230; but can you tell who it is?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Sporting legend looks unrecognisable as 48-year-old shows off goatee to fans on his official Instagram page&#8230; but can you tell which star this is?<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A former sporting legend has shown off his new look to fans on social media\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Can YOU guess which former MMA star is posing in the picture?\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Anthony Joshua is the Emma Raducanu of boxing: Listen to why on The Hook\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A picture of a former UFC legend has gone viral as fans struggled to identify the retired star.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0UFC Hall of Fame inductee took to his official Instagram page to show off his new look &#8211; with the ex-MMA star now rocking a goatee.<\/p>\n<p>Former two-division champion Conor McGregor commented on the post: &#8216;Living legend!&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian is highly regarded as one of the best fighters to ever step foot inside the Octagon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After 14 years with MMA&#8217;s biggest promotion, he decided to retire from the sport in 2020 &#8211; but has since gone on to compete in the boxing ring.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/08\/12\/77553083-12725081-image-a-72_1699447791472.jpg\" height=\"783\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A former MMA icon looked unrecognisable in a picture he shared onto social media<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/08\/12\/77553441-12725081-image-a-73_1699448074478.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The individual is none other than former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva<\/p>\n<p>The mystery former UFC man is, of course, Anderson &#8216;The Spider&#8217; Silva.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He captioned the post: &#8216;My uncle used to tell me: &#8216;Work impoverishes a man; We continue here, on this productive day, with a lot of work, a lot of creation and good people. Have a great Friday my people!&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The image of Silva went viral as many struggled to identify the former middleweight champion.<\/p>\n<p>Silva joined MMA&#8217;s biggest promotion back in 2006 after successful spells in\u00a0Pride and Cage Rage. He made his UFC debut against\u00a0Chris Leben &#8211; winning via first-round KO.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In his next fight, the 48-year-old would go on to defeat\u00a0Rich Franklin in the first-round to become the middleweight champion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He would go on to defend the title 10 times &#8211; beating the likes of Dan Henderson, Demian Maia,\u00a0Chael Sonnen and\u00a0Vitor Belfort &#8211; before losing the title to\u00a0Chris Weidman in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>After losing to Weidman, the Brazilian went 1-6-1, and retired from the sport in 2020 after suffering a knockout defeat to\u00a0Uriah Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Despite retiring from MMA in 2020, Silva would step foot inside the boxing ring a year later &#8211; beating\u00a0Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/08\/12\/77553629-12725081-image-a-75_1699448132739.jpg\" height=\"458\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Silva spent 14 years with the UFC and will go down as one of the best to ever grace the Octagon<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/08\/12\/77553465-12725081-image-a-74_1699448123038.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Despite retiring from MMA in 2020, Silva would step foot inside the boxing ring and even fought Jake Paul<\/p>\n<p>His last fight in boxing took place last year &#8211; where &#8216;The Spider&#8217; would go on to lose via unanimous decision against YouTube star-turned-boxer Jake Paul.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Back in June, Silva revealed that he is targeting one more fight in the cage before he calls it a day.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to MMA Fighting, the Brazilian said: &#8216;I&#8217;m now focused on these two projects and pretty soon we&#8217;ll have something nice regarding fighting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We&#8217;re in talks with Japan for a possible last MMA fight in Japan. 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