Silva-Weidman boxing match set for Paul-Davis card
MMA rivals Anderson Silva and Chris Weidman are set to meet in a boxing match on the undercard of Jake Paul versus Gervonta "Tank" Davis on Nov. 14 at Kaseya Center in Miami, Most Valuable Promotions announced Thursday.
The bout will be contested as a six-round heavyweight fight. The event will stream live on Netflix.
Silva and Weidman squared off twice in the UFC in 2013. Weidman famously knocked out Silva in the first fight, ending the Brazilian's historic 2,457-day middleweight title reign. Five months later, Weidman successfully defended the belt in the rematch after Silva suffered a gruesome broken leg.
"I am super excited to embark on another battle against Chris," Silva said in a press release. "We have a history, and on Friday, Nov. 14, live only on Netflix, we're putting another stamp on our chapter together. It will be a spectacle for the fans."
Silva, 50, retired from MMA in 2020 but has since competed in three boxing matches, beating Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Tito Ortiz in 2021 and losing to Paul in 2022. Weidman, 41, will be making his professional boxing debut. He retired from MMA in January but was briefly scheduled to rematch Luke Rockhold in the Global Fight League (GFL) before the promotion canceled all of its events indefinitely.
"I'm undefeated in boxing, and it's gonna stay that way. ... I'm the original spider killer," Weidman said in the release.
Silva is one of the greatest fighters in MMA history, having held the UFC middleweight title from 2006-13. He owns numerous Octagon records, including the most successful title defenses in middleweight history (10) and the most finishes in title fights (9). Silva was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2023.
Weidman defended the UFC middleweight championship three times between 2013-15, also earning wins over Lyoto Machida and Vitor Belfort. He dropped the title to Rockhold at UFC 194 and then went 3-7 in his last 10 appearances in the promotion, including a nasty leg break of his own in 2021.