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YouTuber turned boxer Jake Paul took to social media and addressed the rumors of the pay-per-view buy rate for his most recent fight. ‘The Problem Child’ faced off against Tyron Woodley for the second time and ended up scoring a knockout in round six.

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News recently broke that the rematch with Woodley only did 65K PPV buys, a staggering drop from Paul’s previous fights. Some of Jake Paul’s biggest rivals in Jorge Masvidal and Dillon Danis came out and trolled him for his low buy rate. ‘Gamebred’ Masvidal even went so far as to detach his name from Paul as the two had been jawing back and forth to fight.

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Jake Paul rubbished the rumors of his disclosed PPV numbers and said the actual metrics are still not finalized. However, Paul admitted that things certainly didn’t go according to plan on the business end of things. ‘The Problem Child’ also seemingly blamed Tommy Fury for the drop in numbers and lauded Tyron Woodley for accepting the late-notice fight.

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Jake Paul’s knockout over Tyron Woodley

‘The Problem Child’ earned arguably the most impressive knockout of his professional career when he faced off against Woodley the second time. The fight was lacking in action until the finish, and both men continually engaged in the clinch. In fact, even the commentators remarked how slowly paced the fight truly was, even when compared to their first fight.

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However, everything would change in an instant once Jake Paul landed a well-placed right hand on Woodley’s temple. The punch was set up with a fake that led ‘T-Wood’ to drop his guard momentarily. The subsequent blow was as clean as they come, and Tyron Woodley folded like a lawn chair almost instantly.

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Jake Paul is now 3-0 against former MMA champions and he’s knocked out both of his opponents viciously. It remains to be seen who he chooses to face next as he’ll want to incrementally step up his competition.

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Darryl Pinto is a senior MMA writer and editor at EssentiallySports. He is currently pursuing his Sport Business Management degree out of Humber College, Canada and has completed nearly 3 years with the organization. He has also served as the Head of Content for the MLB department. Darryl specializes in predictions, reporting, and covering UFC events live. Having competed in MMA at a collegiate level, he consciously attempts to integrate an athlete's breakdown of MMA techniques like striking, defense, and grappling into his penmanship of the sport as he seeks to give the reader a well-rounded point of view. Before becoming the lead MMA writer, Darryl has also written articles for the NFL and boxing divisions. He began watching UFC 11 years ago at UFC 117 when Chael Sonnen went to war against Anderson Silva.

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