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

#2 Tyron Woodley is probably shot as a top-level fighter

After four straight losses in the UFC, Tyron Woodley might be done as a top level fighter.

If Jake Paul were fighting an opponent at the top of his game – say UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman, who has also been called out by ‘The Problem Child’, then perhaps this event would have been worth checking out. However, while Tyron Woodley is a far superior striker to Paul’s last opponent Ben Askren, the truth is that he was still more well-known in the UFC for his grappling.

And more to the point, ‘The Chosen One’ is hardly in his prime at this point. In fact, he hasn’t won a fight since his victory over Darren Till, which came way back in September 2018.

It’s true that Woodley hasn’t been losing to scrubs. In fact, Usman, Colby Covington, Gilbert Burns and Vicente Luque might be the four best welterweights in the UFC right now. However, all four of them thoroughly whitewashed Woodley.

LUQUE SUBMITS WOODLEY!🤫 @VicenteLuqueMMA the not-so Silent Assassin tonight! #UFC260 pic.twitter.com/q9JWFA311v

— UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) March 28, 2021

Add in the fact that ‘The Chosen One’ is now 39 years old, so it’s probably safe to say that he is past his prime at this stage.

Can a past-his-prime Woodley defeat Jake Paul? It’s definitely possible. However, given the way he washed out of the UFC with four losses in a row, is it worth parting with money to see ‘The Chosen One’ compete at this stage? Unfortunately, it’s probably not.

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#1 Jake Paul is not a real fighter yet

Despite the hype around him, it's hard to truly view Jake Paul as a real fighter at this stage.

The biggest reason for fans of combat sports to give this event a miss is that simply put, Jake Paul isn’t worthy of the attention and hype that he is getting.

‘The Problem Child’ may be an entertaining character in terms of his social media presence. He may even end up doing some good for the world of MMA with his constant push for better fighter pay – even if his intention is probably more based around riling up UFC President Dana White.

But from a fighting standpoint, Jake Paul just isn’t proven or skilled enough to warrant headlining a big-time pay-per-view event. His three professional wins have come over a fellow YouTuber, a basketball player and a retired MMA fighter, who recently had hip surgery.

While he has shown he’s got power in his hands, boxing fans have already been making fun of the form he showed in a recent training session that was uploaded by Showtime.

.@jakepaul & @Serranosisters putting the work in🥊#MondayMotivation | #PaulWoodley: https://t.co/67IsijPXtB pic.twitter.com/jUH5OZ8zkD

— SHOWTIME Boxing (@ShowtimeBoxing) August 16, 2021

Jake Paul is clearly a talented athlete, but is he really 'on a trajectory to become the biggest prizefighter in the world' as he likes to claim? If that’s really his goal, then he needs to fight larger, more proven opponents than former MMA fighters that he outweighs.

And until he does that, then it’s probably worth giving the events that he’s headlining a miss – starting with this weekend’s one.