With Weidman injured, Silva to face Woodley on Paul-Joshua card - ESPN

Most Valuable Promotions has revealed the undercard for Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua on Dec. 19 at Kaseya Center in Miami, which will air live on Netflix.

The undercard form Paul's previously scheduled fight with Gervonta Davis remains largely intact, with Alycia Baumgardner's unified super featherweight title defense against Leila Beaudoin staying as the co-main event. However, Anderson Silva will no longer face former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman in the main card opener. Instead, fellow former UFC champion Tyron Woodley will step up to face Silva in a 6-round cruiserweight matchup.

Both Silva and Woodley have lost to Paul in the past. Silva dropped a narrow unanimous decision to Paul in 2022 while Woodley lost both of his fights to «The Problem Child,» a split decision in Aug. 2021 and a brutal knockout loss in the rematch in Dec. 2021.

«I believe that change always happens for a reason,» said Silva in a statement. «I am focused on doing a good job. Always respecting my opponent and showing total respect to the boxing world.»

Weidman was forced out of the fight against Silva due to injury.

Woodley held the UFC welterweight title from 2016 to 2019 and hopes to pick up his first win in a boxing ring against one of the greatest UFC champions of all-time.

«Rising to occasions like this are the moments where legends are born,» said Woodley.

The preliminary undercard will still feature Chernenka «Sugar Neekz» Johnson's undisputed bantamweight title defense against Amanda Galle, Yokasta Valle putting her WBC strawweight title on the line against Yadira Bustillos and Avious Griffin facing Justin Cardona in a welterweight fight. Two-time Brazilian Olympian Keno Marley will make his pro debut in a four-round