{"id":297795,"date":"2025-11-21T15:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T15:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/297795\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T15:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T15:59:09","slug":"anderson-silva-returns-to-box-tyron-woodley-on-paul-vs-joshua-undercard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/297795\/","title":{"rendered":"Anderson Silva returns to box Tyron Woodley on Paul vs. Joshua undercard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Most Valuable Promotions has just announced that former UFC middleweight champion and GOAT contender Anderson Silva will take on former welterweight champion Tyron Woodley in a pro boxing match. The bout will be contested at 195 pounds and consist of six three minute rounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Silva was originally set to compete on the Jake Paul vs. Gervonta Davis undercard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/boxing\/396298\/anderson-silva-vs-chris-weidman-heavyweight-trilogy-booked-nov-14-miami-boxing-ufc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">against Chris Weidman<\/a> in a rehash of their UFC rivalry that saw Weidman beat Silva twice in 2013. That whole event, scheduled for November, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/boxing\/400597\/refunds-netflix-pulls-plug-on-embattled-tank-davis-jake-paul-still-looking-for-more-responsible-last-second-replacement-gods-plan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was scuttled<\/a> after a civil lawsuit was filed against Davis accusing him of physically assaulting an ex-girlfriend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Now the Jake Paul circus has moved to Friday December 19th on Netflix with two-time unified boxing champ Anthony Joshua as Paul\u2019s new opponent, and Silva will face Woodley instead of Weidman. Why the opponent change? According to Uncrowned\u2019s Ariel Helwani, an injury has forced Weidman out of the bout.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The 50-year-old Silva and 43-year-old Woodley share Jake Paul as a common opponent. Woodley went 0-2 against Paul in 2021, getting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2021\/12\/19\/22845293\/video-every-angle-high-low-ringside-slow-motion-highlight-from-jake-paul-knockout-tyron-woodley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">brutally knocked out<\/a> in their second fight. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2022\/10\/30\/23429759\/watch-jake-paul-vs-anderson-silva-full-fight-video-highlights-results-ppv-showtime-ufc-boxing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Silva lost<\/a> a unanimous decision to Paul in 2022. Neither fighter has competed since those defeats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Silva vs. Woodley is a bit of an odd duck booking but interesting enough to draw in MMA fans early as they await what is widely expected to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/boxing\/404159\/could-jake-paul-die-against-anthony-joshua-it-might-be-his-last-day-on-earth\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a Jake Paul execution<\/a> at the championship-level hands of Anthony Joshua. While we\u2019re not fans of Paul\u2019s shtick, he\u2019s acted as something of a UFC retirement fund for aged fighters. Silva and Woodley were both paid handsomely to face Paul, and now they\u2019re getting one more payday from MVP to shore up this undercard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Are you interested in this fight? Let us know what you think in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Most Valuable Promotions has just announced that former UFC middleweight champion and GOAT contender Anderson Silva will take&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[36109,49,48,641,33601,638,82],"class_list":["post-297795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-boxing-news-results","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}