5 reasons why fight fans should avoid Jake Paul vs Tyron Woodley

#4 There’s a great UFC Fight Night card on at the same time

The UFC is airing a strong Fight Night card headlined by Edson Barboza at the same time as Paul vs Woodley

Due to the amount of hype around the Jake Paul vs Tyron Woodley fight, fans of combat sports would be forgiven for forgetting that there’s also a UFC Fight Night card on the same night – an event that will likely clash with Paul vs Woodley.

Sure, this event isn’t a high-level UFC pay-per-view, but it’s still a great-sounding card with a bunch of excellent fights on offer. The main event of Edson Barboza vs Giga Chikadze, for instance, pits two of the top featherweights in the world against one another in a striking fans’ dream match.

🔈 The thud in these shots 😱 [ @Giga_Chikadze | #UFCVegas35 | This Saturday | Live on @ESPN & @ESPNPlus ] pic.twitter.com/f9sUw92KrV

— UFC (@ufc) August 24, 2021

And elsewhere on the card, highly rated fighters such as Kevin Lee, Makhmud Muradov and Alessio Di Chirico are also in action.

It’s likely that Showtime probably planned the Jake Paul vs Tyron Woodley fight around the UFC’s schedule – and ensured it wouldn’t clash with one of the MMA promotion’s bigger events.

Given Paul’s profile, it’s natural that his fight is garnering more hype than the UFC Fight Night. But from a hardcore fans’ perspective? There’s no question that the better event will be produced by the UFC – meaning that Paul vs Woodley will be one to skip.

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#3 The undercard isn’t all that great

A world title fight featuring Amanda Serrano and Yamileth Mercado is the only big fight on the Paul vs Woodley undercard.

Unlike the UFC – which gives plenty of thought to an event’s undercard and usually fills it with highly-ranked fighters – boxing undercards are usually nothing to shout about. Unsurprisingly, the Jake Paul vs Tyron Woodley event is no exception to that.

It features Amanda Serrano defending her WBC, WBO and IBO world featherweight titles against challenger Yamileth Mercardo, as well as two high-level British prospects in Tommy Fury and Daniel Dubois.

Cleveland bound!! Let’s Goooo!!!!! pic.twitter.com/6TMHiJdX88

— Amanda Serrano 🇵🇷 (@Serranosisters) August 24, 2021

However, while the world title fight is a good one on paper, the only other fight likely to garner any attention is the one involving Tommy Fury, as he has been named as a potential future opponent for Jake Paul.

Unfortunately, Fury hasn’t been matched with a boxer – instead, he’s facing Anthony Taylor, a fighter better known for a middling MMA career rather than his skills inside the squared circle.

Basically, unless you’re a hardcore boxing fan who follows Amanda Serrano, this undercard isn’t worth bothering with – meaning that the event is a one-fight show. And when you consider that fight is a social media star boxing an MMA fighter, it simply isn’t worth watching.