Silva and Woodley join Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua blockbuster in Miami

Silva and Woodley volition stock a ringing again, though not against Jake Paul this time. Most Valuable Promotions has retooled the Dec. 19 paper astatine Miami’s Kaseya Center, confirming that Anderson Silva volition present look Tyron Woodley successful a six-round cruiserweight bout connected the Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua show, streamed globally connected Netflix.

Silva had primitively been booked to conscionable Chris Weidman, who has withdrawn due to the fact that of injury. The reshuffle keeps Alycia Baumgardner’s unified ace featherweight rubric defence against Leila Beaudoin arsenic the co-main event, portion Silva’s caller matchup brings caller intrigue to a paper already built astir spectacle and prima power.

Silva and Woodley look for caller section aft Paul losses

Both Silva and Tyron know precisely however it feels to look Jake Paul. Silva dropped a adjacent unanimous determination to him successful 2022, portion Tyron lost twice, archetypal by divided determination and past by a brutal knockout successful their 2021 rematch.

Silva insists helium is embracing the change. “I judge that alteration ever happens for a reason,” Silva said successful a statement. “I americium focused connected doing a bully job. Always respecting my hostile and showing full respect to the boxing world.”

Tyron, a erstwhile UFC welterweight champion who ruled from 2016 to 2019, is inactive hunting his archetypal triumph arsenic a nonrecreational boxer. He sees this short-notice accidental arsenic a accidental to reset his story. “Rising to occasions similar this are the moments wherever legends are born,” Woodley said.

Stacked undercard aims to present historical night

The preliminary lineup remains busy. Cherneka “Sugar Neekz” Johnson volition support her undisputed bantamweight crown against Amanda Galle, portion Yokasta Valle puts her WBC strawweight loop connected the enactment against Yadira Bustillos. Avious Griffin meets Justin Cardona successful a welterweight clash, and two-time Brazilian Olympian Keno Marley makes his pro debut astatine cruiserweight against Diarra Davis.

Promoter Nakisa Bidarian calls Silva vs. Woodley “an iconic matchup” that pushes “Jake vs. Joshua: Judgment Day” toward becoming, successful his words, “one of the astir unforgettable nights successful boxing history.”