Chris Weidman Says Anderson Silva MMA Trilogy Needs Serious Numbers
Chris Weidman said anderson silva has been floated for a trilogy under MMA rules, but he would need “serious numbers” before taking that camp. He said his body has taken too much punishment for anything less, even as the idea was raised around MVP MMA’s Netflix card this weekend.
Weidman On Silva Offer
“Yeah, I don’t know what’s going to happen with that,” Weidman said when asked about the outreach. He said MVP MMA asked about both an MMA trilogy and a boxing match, then drew a hard line on the pay scale: “We got to talk some serious numbers.”
That is the most direct split in the story. The MMA side carries the old rivalry, but Weidman said he would have to be “definitely paid a lot” to put himself through another camp.
31 Surgeries Shape His Ask
Weidman tied that stance to the toll on his body. “My body’s been through a lot,” he said. “I’ve had 31 surgeries.”
He also said he would be interested in boxing Silva again, and the reason was personal as much as practical. “Yeah, I feel like I would almost owe Anderson that,” he said, pointing back to the early opportunity Silva gave him in his career.
“The Anderson fight, having the opportunity to fight him so early in my career, he could have said no to that fight,” Weidman said. “Boxing is a good place for that and I still think, I could really show a lot of what I could do in that world, too.”
MVP MMA’s Netflix Card
The outreach landed around MVP MMA’s inaugural card, which was set for a Netflix broadcast tonight in Los Angeles and was built around big names including Francis Ngannou, Mike Perry, Nate Diaz, Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano. Rousey and Carano headlined the card put together by Jake Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions.
For Silva, the offer was less about nostalgia than leverage. Weidman has left the door open to another fight, but only if the compensation matches the physical cost, and only boxing sounds like the version he would take without turning the ask into a full-scale MMA price tag.
