Silva-Weidman added to Nov. 14 Paul-Davis card

MMA fable Anderson Silva volition instrumentality to a boxing ringing against 1 of his top rivals erstwhile helium faces erstwhile UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman connected the undercard of Jake Paul vs. Gervonta Davis Nov. 14 astatine Kaseya Center successful Miami, ESPN learned connected Thursday

The boxing match, which volition beryllium streamed unrecorded connected Netflix arsenic the opening combat connected the main card, volition beryllium contested arsenic a six-round heavyweight bout.

"Anderson and his squad approached maine instantly aft the Jake Paul vs. 'Tank' Davis combat was announced and said they would similar to beryllium a portion of the lawsuit and helium would similar to combat Chris Weidman," Nakisa Bidarian, Most Valuable Promotions CEO and co-founder, said to ESPN. "Once it was wide that some men wanted it, and wanted it arsenic a nonrecreational fight, MVP was 100% successful fixed the past betwixt them, reaching a broader generational user basal and enhancing the event's marketability successful Brazil."

The combat volition springiness Silva, 50, the accidental to avenge his MMA losses to Weidman, though wrong a boxing ring. Silva was famously knocked out by Weidman successful July 2013, ending his historical 2,457-day reign arsenic UFC middleweight champion. The rematch took spot 5 months aboriginal and Silva lost by TKO aft suffering a horrific limb break.

"I americium ace excited to embark connected different conflict against Chris," said Silva successful a statement. "We person a past and connected Friday, November 14th, unrecorded lone connected Netflix, we're putting different stamp connected our section together. It volition beryllium a spectacle for the fans!"

Weidman, 41, held the UFC middleweight rubric for 2 and a fractional years aft beating Silva, making 3 palmy rubric defenses against Silva, Lyoto Machida and Vitor Belfort earlier losing to Luke Rockhold successful December 2015. After starting his vocation 13-0, helium went 3-9 and dealt with a myriad of injuries, including a limb interruption of his ain successful 2021. He announced his retirement from the UFC successful January but signed with Global Fight League and was slated to look Rockhold successful April. However, the combat ne'er came to fruition arsenic GFL cancelled each of their events indefinitely.

The standout collegiate wrestler and grappler volition present effort his manus successful a boxing ringing and look to spell 3-0 against 1 of the top mixed martial artists of each time.

"I'm undefeated successful boxing and it's gonna enactment that mode connected Friday, November 14, unrecorded connected Netflix," Weidman said successful a statement. "I'm the archetypal spider killer."

Silva has gone 3-2 arsenic a boxer, with a triumph implicit erstwhile middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. successful 2021 and Read Entire Article