Dan Hardy, who is considering a return to combat sports outside of the UFC, was thoroughly unimpressed by Tyron Woodley’s performance against Jake Paul.
Hardy told Submission Radio that Tyron could, and should, have done more with the opportunity. “The reason I’m annoyed about it, is that he validated exactly what I thought was gonna happen, and I expected more from him.
Dan Hardy Slams “Weak” Tyron Woodley Over Poor Performance vs Jake Paul
Like dude, you’re nearly 40, you’re rap game’s not going anywhere, you’re MMA career’s done, you’ve got a guy in front of you that’s been trashing your mom, that’s been talking a whole heap of nonsense for how many months?
And you’ve got eight rounds to punch him in the face and you’re already half punching him through the ropes, and then you don’t put your foot on the gas because you’re afraid of being vulnerable?
That just looks weak to me. It looks weak and it wastes people’s money. And I love all these weird and wonderful fights, but that’s when it runs out of steam.
Like, that’s when the fire burns out, is when people tune in and they see that shitshow and they go, ‘oh, I won’t get it next time, because I’ll expect the same thing’.
Although Dan Hardy accused Tyron Woodley of pulling his punches against Jake Paul, Hardy showed no signs of similar proverbial treatment. He even considered stepping into the boxing ring to fight Tyron Woodley.
“There’s also a couple of boxing options as well, but until the right opponent’s offered that really kind of tantalizes me, then I’ll wait. Maybe if Tito beats Anderson Silva this weekend I’ll fight Tito.
I’d fight Tyron Woodley if he fancied it as well. He looked like a sack of sh*t the other week. That was very embarrassing.”
Watching two mixed martial artists fight in the boxing ring might well be precisely the sort of novelty bout that makes money for combat sports retirees these days. Tyron Woodley is likely more interested in a rematch with Jake Paul than in fighting a fellow UFC veteran for the immediate future.
However, Woodley has expressed interest in a professional boxing career, and may well take on former UFC colleagues in doing so. Perhaps he would even take on former MMA opponents in the boxing ring, not unlike Mike Tyson’s recent emergence from retirement to fight fellow retirees.
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