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Published 23:50 7 Jul 2016 BST
Updated 23:52 7 Jul 2016 BST
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Alexander Gustafsson, Michael Bisping and Ilir Latifi have all thrown their hats in the ring but, according to a report from Brazilian outlet Combate, former middleweight champion Silva has been selected as Jones' replacement.
Silva has fought at light heavyweight on three occasions in the past, winning all three by first round knockout, so he's no stranger to competing at 205 lbs.
Activity on the social media accounts of 'The Spider' would lead you to believe that Combate's report is indeed true as Silva took to Instagram and Facebook with the below photograph accompanied by the caption "It's time for spider!"
https://www.instagram.com/p/BHky0XLhdXD/?hl=en
But when journalists in Las Vegas reached out to Dana White for confirmation, they were met with a response denying Silva's claims.
https://twitter.com/bokamotoESPN/status/751158531634651136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/MMAjunkieJohn/status/751158577130196992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/KevinI/status/751158972061626368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/MMAjunkieJohn/status/751164682736504832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
The crazy aspect of all of this is that weigh-ins for UFC 200 take place in less than 24 hours and, if fighters have to travel from different countries, a decision would have to made much sooner rather than later.

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