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Conor McGregor tweeted he changed into as soon as “salivating” after Jake Paul beat Tyron Woodley by a split resolution on Sunday night in an eight-spherical matchup.
Paul spoke back to that tweet by telling journalists he changed into as soon as “on the path to loads bigger fights,” acknowledged he changed into as soon as “salivating too” and added that McGregor needs to gain encourage within the ring and develop some wins before Paul would take into memoir that matchup [NSFW language]:
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Jake Paul has his eyes space on a fight with Conor McGregor
Or no longer it is a contact silly that Paul thinks McGregor is the one who needs to develop a skill matchup between the pair, focused on Paul’s four wins in his boxing profession contain come towards YouTuber AnEsonGib, feeble NBA player Nate Robinson, a feeble MMA fighter in Ben Askren and Woodley.
While Askren and Woodley contain huge combating experience, neither boxed professionally before facing Paul.
Suffice to bid, Paul has by no manner faced an true boxer. And he is by no manner faced a striker on the extent of McGregor, who has stepped into the boxing ring towards Floyd Mayweather.
That is rarely any longer to diminish Paul’s shut expend over Woodley, who introduced just a few power to the matchup and staggered Paul within the fourth spherical.
“I realized quite a bit tonight,” Paul quick journalists after the fight. “First time going encourage past four minutes. First time in an eight-spherical fight. … To be correct, I won convincingly. We’re gonna return to the drafting board. I mediate I proved quite a bit tonight and proved rather just a few of us imperfect.”
Woodley didn’t accept as true with the assertion that Paul won convincingly.
“I believed I won, to be correct,” he acknowledged. “I changed into as soon as vastly deal surprised it changed into as soon as a split resolution. I believed it changed into as soon as shut. … My demeanor and my emotion is as a result of I desired to knock him out. I had a pair immense photographs I landed, a pair opportunities, and I mediate I had him damage and I had him tired a pair occasions and I didn’t press him. I will must contain pressed him a tiny more.”
As for McGregor, he is candy 1-3 within the Octagon since 2018, which has incorporated a loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov and two losses to Dustin Poirier. He’s currently recuperating from a broken leg suffered in his most newest loss to Poirier.
