A matchup between two mixed martial arts legends has been booked for September 11. However, it won’t take place in a cage as an MMA fight, but instead in the sweet science of boxing.

Anderson Silva vs Tito Ortiz on Dela Hoya/Belfort undercard

Wednesday, ESPN reported that Ultimate Fighting Championships greats Anderson Silva and Tito Ortiz are set to square off in an eight-round boxing match on the undercard of the planned Triller Fight Club event in September.

The fight will take place on the main card of a pay-per-view event headlined by former Olympic gold medalist and 11-time world champion Oscar De La Hoya battling longtime UFC star Vitor Belfort.

Silva, 46, held the UFC’s Middleweight Championship for 2,457 days, which is a promotion record. He defended the title a record 10 times. The Brazilian most recently competed in the ring in June when he defeated former middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in a split decision.

Ortiz, 46, has never fought in a professional boxing match. He last competed in mixed martial arts in December 2019. Defeating former World Wrestling Entertainment heavyweight champion Alberto Rodriguez — formerly Alberto Del Rio in WWE — by submission in Combate Americas.

Ortiz last fought in the UFC in 2012, where he once held the light heavyweight championship for 1,260 days and successfully defended the title five times.

–Field Level Media