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Tyron Woodley Reacts To Getting Knocked Out By Jake Paul

Tyron WoodleyTyron Woodley attended the post-fight press conference and seemed fairly positive despite getting knocked out cold by Jake Paul. The former UFC champion insisted it’s time to start putting respect on Paul’s name after the 24-year-old brought their rivalry to a definitive end last night. “At some point, you’re gonna have to start putting a […]

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Tyron Woodley attended the post-fight press conference and seemed fairly positive despite getting knocked out cold by Jake Paul.

The former UFC champion insisted it’s time to start putting respect on Paul’s name after the 24-year-old brought their rivalry to a definitive end last night.

“At some point, you’re gonna have to start putting a little respect on Jake’s name,” Woodley told reporters. I never really disrespected him as a power puncher – that’s something we knew, that’s why my defence was so tight.

“I told you guys I was in shape, I told you I was ready to fight, I told y’all I was coming and I would look in better shape than he was,” Woodley added. “I thought I was winning, it wasn’t a landslide. I went back and I looked at [the KO], and I’m like: ‘Why the f*** did I drop my hand?

“I had both hands up, I was ready, I knew it was coming, I was ready to block the overhand. I don’t know if he delayed it, [but] even if he didn’t delay it, I don’t know why I dropped my hand.

“In this sport, it can take literally one mistake. I blocked so many punches. Had he dropped his hand on me, the same s*** would have happened.”

Tyron Woodley Plans To Fight On

Woodley has now lost six consecutive fights in boxing and MMA and appears to be way past his best at 40 years old.

Despite that, the former UFC champ insists he will continue to compete in combat sports in 2022.

“I’m not done. Please do not look at me with sorrow [in your] eyes, shaking your head,” Woodley said. “I f****d a lot of people up, a lot of people had to have that talk in locker rooms, a lot of coaches had to go back to the drawing board. A lot of people, I saw it in their faces, it broke their heart when I took that from them.” (Transcribed by Independent)

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Kamaru Usman Reacts To Jake Paul’s KO Over Tyron Woodley

Kamaru UsmanUFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman wants the world to know that he shouldn’t be blamed for Tyron Woodley getting knocked out by Jake Paul. Usman and Woodley fought once before in their UFC careers at UFC 235, as Usman earned a unanimous decision victory to get the UFC welterweight title. After Woodley was viciously knocked […]

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UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman wants the world to know that he shouldn’t be blamed for Tyron Woodley getting knocked out by Jake Paul.

Usman and Woodley fought once before in their UFC careers at UFC 235, as Usman earned a unanimous decision victory to get the UFC welterweight title.

After Woodley was viciously knocked out by Jake Paul on Saturday night, Usman wanted to make sure fans know that he doesn’t take responsibility for Woodley’s disappointing loss.

Kamaru Usman Hilariously Reacts To Woodley/Paul Rematch

An argument could be made that Usman forever changed the combat sports career, Woodley. Before losing to Usman, Woodley had been regarded as one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world in many eyes.

But Woodley’s loss to Usman could be seen as the beginning of the end of his career. He went on to lose three straight fights in the UFC octagon to Gilbert Burns, Colby Covington, and Vicente Luque before being let go by the promotion.

Meanwhile, Usman has gone on to become one of the UFC’s biggest stars and most dominant champions and has entered the conversation as one of the greatest UFC fighters of all time.

Usman has had a fair share of back-and-forth with Paul in the past, with both men challenging the other to an eventual fight in the ring. Usman has also teased a move to boxing to challenge himself against Canelo Alvarez.

As for Woodley, he remains winless in his professional boxing career and it’s unclear what could be next for him.

Usman is coming off of a second victory over his rival Covington and is widely expected to face Leon Edwards for his next title defense. After that, he may dive into the world of boxing to challenge himself in another field.

What’s your reaction to Kamaru Usman’s tweet?

Jake Paul KOs Tyron Woodley In Rematch – Highlight

Jake PaulAfter fighting to a split decision earlier this year, Jake Paul and Tyron Woodley entered the boxing ring once again for a rematch in Tampa, FL. Let’s see how things played out. Round 1: It was a relatively uneventful first round as both fighters appeared hesitant. Paul and Woodley traded orthodox jabs but clinched multiple […]

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After fighting to a split decision earlier this year, Jake Paul and Tyron Woodley entered the boxing ring once again for a rematch in Tampa, FL.

Let’s see how things played out.

Round 1:

It was a relatively uneventful first round as both fighters appeared hesitant. Paul and Woodley traded orthodox jabs but clinched multiple times in the opening minutes, as the referee broke them up.

Round 2:

The pace began to pick up a little bit in the second round, and Paul started to find his footing. Both Woodley and Paul landed some solid shots on the inside, but there weren’t too many damaging shots in the round. Paul was the more active fighter by a slight margin.

Round 3:

Woodley began to pen up a bit more in the third round, especially with the straight right hand. There appeared to be an accidental elbow that opened up a brutal cut on Paul, and Paul appeared to have issues with his vision as blood dropped into his eyes. Woodley had Paul in a brief moment of trouble against the ropes, before slowing down.

Round 4:

Woodley opened up the fourth round with a flurry of combinations but appeared to take his foot off the gas as Paul started to fatigue. Woodley, in a clinching position with Paul, took him down with a UFC-esque move. The referee issued a brief warning and the fight resumed. Paul is breathing through his mouth and appears tired, but Woodley isn’t pouring out volume.

Round 5:

Paul and Woodley continued to engage in the clinch throughout the round despite multiple warnings from the referee. There appeared to also be an accidental headbutt by Woodley. Woodley landed a fast flurry of 1-2 combinations towards the end of the round but didn’t follow up. Paul landed a few decent hooks.

Round 6:

The sixth round began a bit slow with both men engaging the clinch, but Paul landed the decisive blow that send Woodley collapsing to the canvas for the knockout win. It was an overhand right hook that Paul set up from the hip that landed clean to Woodley’s left temple and ended the fight immediately. Doctors immediately came into the ring to attend to Woodley, and he appeared out for at least a full minute.

Check out the vicious knockout from the highly-anticipated rematch between Paul and Woodley.

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Archives: Woodley Says The UFC Underpromotes Him Due To Race (2017)

Tonight, Tyron Woodley will face Jake Paul in a rematch of their highly promoted bout from August. But before he was boxing YouTubers in specialty prize fights, he was the undisputed UFC champion. However, according to Woodley, you would have never kno…

Tyron Woodley

Tonight, Tyron Woodley will face Jake Paul in a rematch of their highly promoted bout from August. But before he was boxing YouTubers in specialty prize fights, he was the undisputed UFC champion. However, according to Woodley, you would have never known it by the way he was treated by the UFC.

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[ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED JANUARY 19, 2017, 8:51 AM]

Headline: Tyron Woodley: Race Responsible for Being “Worst-Treated Champ in UFC History”

Author: Adam Haynes

Tyron “T-Wood” Woodley believes that being an African-American in the UFC has worked against him and other fighters when it comes to promotional appeal.

Woodley feels that the UFC can capitalize on stardom in an effort to convert more African-American fans from boxing and other sports to MMA.

UFC’s welterweight champion is of the opinion that the UFC is not doing enough to promote both him and the sport as a whole to the African Americans, and feels as though the time has come for the franchise to do so:

“I think I’m the only African-American fighter on the roster who can capture the market,” Woodley said. “Especially with Floyd Mayweather retiring and things like that. But you have to educate the community on what it is. Most people in the community, those people think that mixed martial artists are a whole bunch of crazy white guys kicking on each other and they sprinkle in a few brothers. That’s their thought. They don’t see it as karate, wrestling, jiu-jitsu, taekwondo, sambo. They don’t see it’s a beautiful art with so many martial arts combined in them.”

Woodley’s frustration also stretches to another fighter he feels has not been promoted to the best of the UFC’s abilities, the current flyweight champion and pound-for-pound #1, Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson.

The Missouri native brought questions [courtesy of ESPN] to the fore regarding black fighters (such as Johnson),  have not attained the level of superstardom which white fighters such as [Conor] McGregor and [Ronda] Rousey have:

“The best pound-for-pound fighter, Demetrious Johnson, African-American male, completely a Tasmanian devil,”  “Why isn’t he getting the endorsements? Why isn’t he making the most money? What’s the difference? Think about it.”

“I’m by far the worst-treated champion in the history of the UFC. Blatantly fact.”

Woodley appears to be genuinely incredulous as to why the UFC have, as he feels, not made more of an effort to market him:

“I’m a husband, I’m a father of four, I’m a gym owner,” Woodley said. “I’m an actor. I’m an analyst. I’m a stuntman. I’m a Christian. Every avenue you can take me, I’ve done it. I grew up in the projects. I grew up in gang banging. Family of 14 in a four-bedroom house and I made a choice to be successful. What is there not to market? I’m fighting like hell. I’m not doing performance-enhancing drugs in my life. Why would they not want to market me?”

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VIDEO | Jake Paul Gives Tyron Woodley A $14,000 Rolex

Jake PaulJake Paul has shown respect to Tyron Woodley by giving him a watch as a Christmas present.  The social media star was meant to be fighting Tommy Fury, the half-brother of the WBC and Ring Magazine world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury.  Fury pulled out of the bout just two weeks before the highly anticipated match […]

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Jake Paul has shown respect to Tyron Woodley by giving him a watch as a Christmas present. 

The social media star was meant to be fighting Tommy Fury, the half-brother of the WBC and Ring Magazine world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. 

Fury pulled out of the bout just two weeks before the highly anticipated match because of a bacterial chest infection, and multiple fractures to his ribs. 

Woodley agreed to fight Paul on short notice, therefore, saving the whole show. To show his gratitude the “Problem Child” gave Woodley the very expensive watch, which he accepted. 

After receiving the gift the “Chosen One” told Ariel Helwani during a joint interview. “I ain’t never had an opponent do a lot of stuff this dude does. But mentally, it’s warfare because I don’t know what… You never know what to expect out of him”. 

Helwani then asked Paul how much the watch cost but Woodley added that the price isn’t important. It’s estimated that the watch is an Oyster Perpetual Explorer II, which costs roughly around $14,000. 

But after all this showing of good faith and respect between opponents, Paul then said the only reason why he gave Woodley the watch is because “it’s time for me to knock him out”. 

Tyron Woodley Won’t Play Nice In The Ring

The former UFC champion added that the gift changes nothing, and he is still coming to the fight with the intention of finishing Jake Paul. Woodley added “he wants to get beat up”. 

As well as: “He likes this s***. He signed up for this fight, it’s like, you guys on playing on I took the fight on last-minute notice. He didn’t have to say yes. He could’ve waited and fought Tommy [Fury]. Tommy is the easier fight.”. 

Who do you think will win the rematch?

Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley 2 Results & Highlights, Paul KOs Woodley

Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley 2 took place live tonight, and MMA News has you covered with the results and highlights!

Despite this fight coming together on short notice, Paul and Woodley managed to make a strong 11th-hour promotional push for this e…

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Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley 2 took place live tonight, and MMA News has you covered with the results and highlights!

Despite this fight coming together on short notice, Paul and Woodley managed to make a strong 11th-hour promotional push for this event. That includes a press conference that took place Thursday where both men once again made some bold predictions. It also includes a very contentious face-off yesterday at the ceremonial weigh-ins.

Tonight, all the promotion and talking came to an end and Jake Paul Left No Doubt. But before we get to the highlights of the main event, here’s a look at the highlights from the feature bout between former NBA star Deron Williams and former NFL Pro-Bowler Frank Gore and the co-main event between Amanda Serrano and Miriam Gutierre.

Deron Williams vs. Frank Gore

Amanda Serrano def. Miriam Gutierrez

Jake Paul def. Tyron Woodley

Main Card
  • Jake Paul def. Tyron Woodley via KO (R6)
  • Amanda Serrano (c) def. Miriam Gutierrez via unanimous decision (99-90 99-91 100-90)
  • Deron Williams def. Frank Gore via split decision (38-37, 37-38, 40-35)- No winner (special exhibitoin)
  • Liam Paro def. Yomar Alamo via split decision (94-95, 95-94, 96-93)
Preliminary Card
  • Chris Avila def. Anthony Taylor via majority decision (77-74, 77-75, 76-76)
  • J’Leon Love def. Marcus Oliveira via unanimous decision (77-75, 79-73, 78-74)
  • Jeovanny Estela def. Chris Rollins via unanimous decision

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