{"id":626943,"date":"2026-04-25T03:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T03:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/626943\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T03:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T03:43:09","slug":"chris-weidman-vs-anderson-silva-trilogy-almost-landed-on-netflix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/626943\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Weidman Vs. Anderson Silva Trilogy Almost Landed On Netflix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The mixed martial arts (MMA) world nearly got a trilogy fight between former UFC champions Chris Weidman and Anderson Silva, but Jake Paul\u2019s team never came through with an offer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Fight fans have long wondered how a third fight between Weidman and Silva might play out. Weidman is already 2-0 against \u201cSpider\u201d under the bright lights of the Octagon, but many considered his first victory a lucky punch and the second fight ended with a nasty leg break. That was over 12 years ago, but fight fans would still love the chance to see the two legends square off one more time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Little did we know that a trilogy fight between Weidman and Silva was nearly booked for next month\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ronda-rousey-gina-carano-netflix-latest-news-odds-results-mma\/429661\/rousey-vs-carano-fight-card-start-time-date-and-location-netflix\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano fight card<\/a> on Netflix. Weidman was contacted about the possibility of fighting Silva in a third MMA bout, but Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) never responded with an official offer. Maybe they were scared off by Weidman\u2019s financial needs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThey did [reach out],\u201d Weidman told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/ufc\/484398\/chris-weidman-reveals-mvp-reached-out-about-possibly-booking-anderson-silva-trilogy-on-rousey-vs-carano-card\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MMA Fighting<\/a>. \u201cMy manager hit me up. They were curious if I had any interest in doing MMA against Anderson and I told my manager yeah but that has to be even way more money.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cTo get through a training camp and everything. We asked for as much money as possible and then I haven\u2019t heard anything back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cListen, I\u2019d be down for the right amount of money,\u201d Weidman reiterated. \u201cMe and Anderson have done a lot in our careers and have been through a lot. We\u2019d love to get paid good for that. We\u2019ll see what happens. That would be cool. I would be down.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The mixed martial arts (MMA) world nearly got a trilogy fight between former UFC champions Chris Weidman and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":626944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,33601,638,82,702],"class_list":{"0":"post-626943","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","12":"tag-mma","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-ufc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626943","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=626943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}