Anderson Silva catches Tyron Woodley with brutal punches in TKO win

Anderson Silva showed disconnected his swift hands Friday nighttime arsenic helium delivered an uppercut and a fewer close hooks to sound retired Tyron Woodley successful the 2nd round.

Woodley fell down look archetypal arsenic the referee counted to eight. The erstwhile UFC combatant was capable to get backmost to his country and arsenic helium touched gloves with Silva to get backmost into the fight, the referee called for the bell.

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Tyron Woodley, bottom, falls to the canvas aft being deed by Anderson Silva, top, during their cruiserweight fight, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, successful Miami.  (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Silva was credited with the method knockout for the 4th boxing triumph of his career. The UFC fable is 4-2 successful his boxing vocation with losses coming to Jake Paul and Osmar Luiz Teixeira.

Woodley is present 0-3 successful nonrecreational boxing. He mislaid to Paul doubly successful his career.

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Tyron Woodley, center, stands successful his country aft being deed by Anderson Silva during their cruiserweight fight, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, successful Miami.  (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

It’s unclear what’s adjacent for the 2 fighters. Silva is 50 years aged and Woodley is 43.

This combat betwixt Silva and Woodley took spot connected Paul’s paper against Anthony Joshua astatine the Kaseya Center successful Miami, Florida. The YouTuber-turned-boxer enactment unneurotic 1 of the biggest tests of his vocation successful taking connected the erstwhile two-time heavyweight champion and Olympic golden medalist.

Anderson Silva kneels connected the canvas aft being deed by Tyron Woodley during their cruiserweight fight, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, successful Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

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Paul lone has 1 blemish connected his boxing grounds – a nonaccomplishment against Tommy Paul. He’s coming disconnected of a triumph implicit Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. He defeated Mike Tyson successful a spectacle past year.

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