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VIDEO: Tyron Woodley Tattoos Jake Paul’s Name and Has Video as Proof

Published 09/29/2021, 12:57 AM EDT

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On Monday, former UFC welterweight champion, Tyron Woodley, got an “I Love Jake Paul” tattoo on his left middle finger. This was part of the wager between him and Paul, agreed to during their last bout’s buildup.

Woodley posted a picture on his Instagram, showing off his tattoo. “I love you son,” the caption stated. Now come and get this a** whippin cause i heard you been talking back to your elders.”

 

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Jake Paul responded to Woodley getting the tattoo and suggested that Woodley got it done in desperation.

Fans are calling Tyron Woodley’s tattoo fake

Even though Woodley shared a photo on his Instagram, many people were quick to say that the tattoo was fake and wasn’t inked permanently. One of those people was former UFC fighter, Dan Hardy, saying Woodley drew it with a pen.

Woodley took no time in replying to everyone who was doubting whether he got the tattoo by posting a video on Twitter. The video showed “The Chosen One” getting his left middle finger inked.

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Dan Hardy was quick to respond to the video posted by Woodley. He wrote, So you left out the ‘LOVE’ part, and that’s written in pen? Well played. It looks like a tattoo your friend did when you were both drunk. An embarrassing tattoo is one thing, but a bad embarrassing tattoo is a whole other.”

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The word ‘love’ appears to be written with a pen, while the rest of the tattoo appears to be inked. Dan Hardy and the fans are not wrong in speculating.

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After leaving the UFC, Tyron Woodley got in the ring against YouTuber turned professional boxer, Jake Paul. Woodley and Paul first got into an altercation before the latter faced Woodley’s teammate Ben Askren in a boxing match.

Shortly after the exchange, the fighters met in the ring on August 29th, 2021, inside the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland. Jake Paul won the fight via a split decision.

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Woodley wanted a rematch because of the controversy surrounding the decision. ‘The Problem Child’ agreed to grant him the rematch only if Woodley got the tattoo. Now that Woodley has gone through with the wager, it puts him back in the mix for the rematch.

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Arunaditya Aima

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Arunaditya is a UFC writer at EssentiallySports. Having completed his Post Graduate Diploma in Multimedia Journalism from the IIJNM, Arunaditya aspires to be an important voice in the world of MMA and interview the likes of Jon Jones, Conor McGregor, Amanda Nunes, and other such superstars of the sports. He has followed the sport for over a decade and is an ardent fan of Georges St-Pierre, who he believes is the greatest of all time.
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