“My shoulders were sore”- Tyron Woodley reveals why he didn’t go for the knockout when he had Jake Paul on the ropes in the 4th round
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Tyron Woodley had Jake Paul on the ropes, but wasn't able to finish him.
Tyron Woodley and Jake Paul are set to face each other again for the second time on Saturday night in Florida. It won’t go unnoticed by viewers that Woodley had a Two-week notice, but it seems he had been preparing for the bout since October. He has been looking for a rematch against Jake.
It goes without saying that many MMA fans want to see Woodley fight Paul, especially considering how controversial the last fight’s decision was. Many fans felt a serve of biased to declare Paul the winner. But the biggest highlight of the fight was Woodley dropping Paul and nearly finishing him.
The former UFC champion blasted Paul with a huge left hand that sent the former YouTube celebrity turned boxer into the ropes after suffering the first real damage in his fight career. Unfortunately, Woodley wasn’t able to capitalize on the moment as Paul recovered and survived until the end of the round before ultimately winning a split decision on the judges’ scorecards.
Now just days away from the rematch on Dec. 18, Woodley has finally revealed why he wasn’t able to go for the kill to potentially end Paul’s night with a knockout. Woodley said, “My shoulder was f*cking sore, I ain’t gonna lie. I wanted to [knock him out] but my shoulder was swollen before and I was just kind of swinging on pure thug energy from MMA, not just giving a hell.”
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“I was going to hit him with the shot that was going to put him down”- Tyron Woodley explains why he wasn’t able to finish Jake Paul
Woodley originally suffered a torn labrum during a fight against Demian Maia back in 2017 that eventually forced him to have surgery to repair the damage done. It appears that same injury was hampering Woodley in his professional boxing debut as he sought to put Paul away but he wasn’t able to throw punches with full force behind them.
Woodley explained, “When you watch the punch, I punched him, he sprung off the ropes and he went back into my arm, So it kind of hype extended my elbow on my shoulder so at that point my moneymaker was at jeopardy so I had to try and walk him down, make him punch so I could punch straight shots. Straight shots off of his punches, very similar to what I had to do against Demian Maia when I tore my labrum in that fight.
“I couldn’t throw looping overhand rights because it made me feel like my shoulder was in jeopardy. So my left arm and my right arm and my shoulder, they were just throbbing like a motherf*cker.” Despite an ailing shoulder, Woodley says he still tried to put Paul away, but he just wasn’t able to mix together enough punches to take advantage of the situation after landing the near knockdown.
While he wasn’t able to get the finish, Woodley believed the decision should have gone his way because he didn’t see Paul doing anything after the fourth round that would have helped him secure the victory. Just three months later, Woodley will seek to rectify that loss in his rematch with Paul, It turns out Woodley’s prediction came true and now he’ll look for redemption when he faces Paul for the second time on Saturday night in Florida.
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