Anderson Silva and Chris Weidman will run it again for the third time, however this bout takes place out of the octagon and into the boxing ring.
Most Invaluable Promotions introduced that Silva vs. Weidman 3 will open the primary card on the Jake Paul vs. Tank Davis boxing occasion on Nov. 14 at Kaseya Middle in Miami. The principle card streams solely on Netflix.
The trilogy bout between Silva and Weidman is ready for six rounds within the heavyweight division, though the burden restrict is 205 kilos.
“I’m tremendous excited to embark on one other battle in opposition to Chris,” Silva mentioned in a launch. “We’ve got a historical past and on Friday, Nov. 14, dwell solely on Netflix, we’re placing one other stamp on our chapter collectively. It will likely be a spectacle for the followers!”
“I’m undefeated in boxing and it’s gonna keep that approach on Friday, Nov. 14, dwell on Netflix,” Weidman mentioned. “I’m the unique spider killer.”
Weidman defeated Silva within the first assembly to seize the UFC middleweight title at UFC 162 in July 2013 in a stunning end result, and went on to win the rematch by way of harm TKO 5 months later at UFC 168. After two extra title defenses, “All-American” was stopped by Luke Rockhold to lose the title at UFC 194 in December 2015. The 41-year-old went 3-8 over his remaining 11 UFC bouts, and introduced his retirement from MMA following a call loss to Eryk Anders at UFC 310 this previous December.
Silva, broadly thought to be the best middleweight fighter of all-time, has transitioned to the boxing world after calling it a profession in MMA following a knockout loss to Uriah Corridor on October 2020. “The Spider” defeated Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. by way of cut up determination in June 2021, earlier than knocking out fellow former UFC champ Tito Ortiz in 81 seconds three months later. The 50-year-old’s highest profile boxing match happened in October 2022, shedding a unanimous determination to Paul.
“This one is for Brazil…the best MMA fighter of all time Anderson Silva makes his return to boxing, in entrance of the world, in opposition to Chris Weidman, the person who ended Andersons’s record-setting championship reign,” Nakisa Bidarian, co-founder and CEO of Most Invaluable Promotions, mentioned in regards to the battle.
“Each fighters have all the pieces to achieve on Friday, November 14 as legends closing out the trilogy chapter of a contentious rivalry, assembly within the ring for the primary time following their two iconic clashes within the cage. Unfinished enterprise will lastly be settled.”
