Michael Bisping, former UFC champion and current UFC commentator, shared his thoughts on the Woodley vs Paul boxing match.
For Bisping, Tyron Woodley is trying to resuscitate some kind of pride in his fighting career. Woodley’s losing streak in the UFC since Kamaru Usman took his title ended his MMA career, and an (on paper) easy money boxing match might be just what he needs to rebuild his confidence.
Bisping: Woodley “getting some kind of pride back” with Paul Fight
Bisping shared his thoughts with the Fighter vs the Writer podcast. “I know Tyron is coming at this from a different aspect than Ben Askren.
I know he’s looking at this to springboard a career into boxing. I don’t know if that’s going to work cause this is a tough fight. It’s a tough fight for both. Tyron’s training, I know that from social media and he came on my podcast as well. He’s taking this fight seriously.
Of course when you look at Tyron, he’s lost his last four. He had a massive fall from grace. Tyron was one of the best champions the UFC had and then he lost four in a row. Didn’t go well.
So more importantly for Tyron Woodley, this is about getting some kind of pride back, albeit against a YouTuber or a boxing match or whatever it is. This is about Tyron Woodley getting back to winning ways, so he’s pushing himself, training as hard as he can.”
Bisping described the difference in mentality between Paul and Woodley. “Jake Paul, 24 years old, literally young, dumb and full of c*m.
Everyone’s kissing his ass, he’s just knocked out Ben Askren, he thinks he’s hot sh*t. That’s just the reality. That’s how you are.
At that phase of your life, everybody’s swinging off his nuts, telling him ‘you’re the man.’ He’s already world famous. He’s got 40 million YouTube followers or whatever. He’s got wealth. With all that stuff comes ego. Now he’s beating people as well and he just knocked out Ben Askren.
So you bet your ass Jake Paul’s coming into this one thinking he’s going to walk through Tyron Woodley.
Of course he’s going to have reserved confidence, he’s going to have respect for Tyron and the ability that he has. But on paper, all the physicalities — whether they’re mental or physical — they all fall into favor for Jake Paul. That’s why Tyron is in a tough situation here.”
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