The former UFC Champions have insisted that Jake Paul deserves respect for his boxing abilities after losing to the Popular YouTube Star.
Popular YouTube star, Jake Paul knocked Tyron Woodley out last night in the sixth round of their UFC Rematch.
Paul had already gotten the better of Woodly earlier in August, prior to last night’s rematch.
The result now means that the 24-year-old American has extended his unbeaten run as a professional boxer to 5-0, knocking out every opponent he’s faced.
Tyron Woodley is a mixed martial artist who had never boxed professionally before taking on Paul earlier this year and after suffering a brutal defeat at the hands of his fellow American for the second time, the 39-year-old said,
“At some point, you’re gonna have to start putting a little respect on Jake’s name.
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“I never really disrespected him as a power puncher, that’s something we knew, that’s why my defense 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.
“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.”
Woodley was cut by the UFC earlier this year after suffering his fourth straight loss in the promotion, with the first of those consecutive defeats coming at the hands of current champion Kamaru Usman, whom he lost his welterweight title to.
