Jake Paul KOs Tyron Woodley with monster KO

The YouTube sensation flattened Tyron Woodley with a brutal overhand right, knocking the former UFC star out in the sixth round of their blockbuster fight on Sunday afternoon (AEDT).

Paul feigned to target the body, then dropped a killer right hand that turned Woodley’s lights out and sent him crashing to the canvas. He remained motionless for seconds before being attended to by medics. He eventually got to his feet, but his day was well and truly over.

“I told you I was going to f*** him up and I f***ed him up!” Paul said in his in-ring interview.

The social media star scored a controversial split decision win over Woodley in their first bout back in August but he didn’t want to leave anyone in any doubt about the result for their rematch. Nobody can question the manner of his victory this time around.

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Fight card results

Jake Paul defeated Tyron Woodley via knockout (round six)

Amanda Serrano defeated Miriam Gutierrez by unanimous decision (10 rounds - lightweight)

Deron Williams defeated Frank Gore by split decision (4 rounds - heavyweight)

Liam Paro defeated Yomar Alamo by split decision (10 rounds - super-lightweight)

J’Leon Love defeated Marcus Oliveira via unanimous decision (8 rounds - cruiserweight)

Chris Avila defeated Anthony Taylor via majority decision (4 rounds - light-heavyweight)

Jeovanny Estela defeated Chris Rollins via unanimous decision (4 rounds - welterweight)

How the fight panned out: Round-by-round

Round one

It didn’t take long for a “f*** Jake Paul” chant to ring out at the stadium.

Neither fighter landed many meaningful blows. There were lots of rabbit punches and fighters getting caught in the clinch.

Woodley threw 34 punches in the round — barely any of them effective — but it was still more strikes than he threw in any single round of his first fight with Paul.

Round two

More punches thrown, but there was no shortage of clinches either. They’re trying to be aggressive but neither fighter can get the distance right to land anything of note.

Round three

Woodley landed the most significant strikes of the fight. After an accidental elbow from the UFC star split Paul’s head open, Woodley landed some clean jabs with both hands but didn’t follow-up with any great intent.

Blood was pouring from the bash on Paul’s forehead.

Round four

The pace was slowing down but Paul was knocked down with just over a minute left in the round. After a Woodley uppercut, he went back to his glory days with an MMA-style takedown that had the referee giving him a stern word.

Round five

Similar to round five, nothing major but Paul was more aggressive and landed a couple of more potent punches.

Round 6

Paul lands the killer blow, knocking Woodley out and ending the fight.

Paul enters in style

Paul walked to the ring to the tune of YMCA by the Village People, and kept rocking the iconic moves when he hit the middle of the squared circle.

Chaos erupts ringside as TikTok stars booted out

Social media stars Kodiyakredd and Flyysoulja — the “Island Boy” rappers — were reportedly caught up in some chaos in the crowd.

Paul enlisted the duo’s help to remix their famous tune and build up some hype for his fight against Woodley but they may have been too juiced up on Sunday.

Seated ringside in Cleveland, other fans in attendance reportedly started throwing drinks at them. Unconfirmed reports suggested they threw things back in retaliation, before being escorted out by security.

Serrano takes the win

Amanda Serrano beat Miriam Gutierrez via unanimous decision in their 10-round lightweight bout.

Both fighters gave it everything, and late in the clash had blood streaming from their faces in what was an epic battle

NFL, NBA star knocked out of ring in boxing barnburner

Fans were baying for blood in the electric four-round showdown between ex-NFL star Frank Gore and former NBA player Deron Williams in what was both men’s boxing debut.

Late in the second round Gore was knocked down and fell through the ropes, out of the ring. Commentators were reminding the pair this was boxing, not the WWE.

Then it was Williams’ turn to get shoved out of the ring, nearly taking a tumble through the ropes too.

“What is going on?” one commentator said.

The pair were throwing haymakers at every opportunity. There was no being cagey and dancing around — it was all about throwing as many punches, as hard as they could, as often as possible.

It was absolutely wild and Williams scored a split decision win (40-35, 38-37, 37-38).

‘Aussie invasion’ in full swing

Aussie Liam Paro made his mark on the undercard, extending his undefeated streak to 22 fights as he overcame Yomar Alamo via split deicison.

Two of the three judges favoured Paro’s work in the close contest, awarding him a 95-94, 94-95, 96-93 victory as he made an impressive comeback after suffering a first round knockdown.

Paro wanted to emulate George Kambosos, a fellow Aussie who put America on notice with his incredible win over Teofimo Lopez last month.

“He wanted the Aussie invasion to continue,” an American commentator said.

Paul eyes Mayweather with $1 billion payday

Paul is eyeing Floyd Mayweather’s crown as the richest fighter of all time — setting his sights on $1 billion in career earnings.

Mayweather retired officially in 2017 with a historic 50-0 record and as the pay-per-view king. His last fight, a 10th round stoppage against Conor McGregor is what he claimed made him a billionaire.

But for all Mayweather’s unrivalled ability and persona, he did not headline on pay-per-view until 2005, when he was aged 28 and 34 fights into his career.

Paul has divided opinions with his 4-0 record, but has been a box office hit from the start. What cannot be denied is his pulling power, selling 1.5m pay-per-views in his first-round knockout against ex-UFC welterweight Ben Askren.

Paul is confident the path he is currently on leaves him in a position to sensationally retire as the wealthiest fighter ever.

He told The Sun: “I do think I can hit the $1 billion prize-fighter mark, easily.

“All I’ve got to do is keep on winning — and I will keep on winning — and we’ll see.

“I think it’s very possible and that’s why I say there is no limit to where this can go. I have the ace up my sleeve. The ace up my sleeve is that I can actually fight.”

Paul debuted by blasting out online rival “AnEsonGib” in the first round in January 2020. He then followed it up with two showstopping KOs against ex-NBA star Nate Robinson and Askren, both 36.

His win over Askren proved to be the 10th highest-selling PPV fight of all time, only adding to Paul’s commercial value. He then went on to beat Woodley.

But despite the money to be made between the ropes, Paul warned he could hang up the gloves by 30 to start a family, and invest his time elsewhere.

He said: “It’s like, how long do I want to dedicate myself to these long, hard training camps? I see it happening for the next five, six years.

“But I want to have a family eventually. At the end of the day I’m an entrepreneur, so I can make money any way I want.

“It’s not like boxing is my only outlet. I’m doing it because I love it and I’m having fun.

“It would be nice to hit 10-0 and retire but we’ll see. This is just the start of my journey, not even the sky, there are no limits to this.

“I’m just enjoying each moment, each fight and taking it as I go.”

The Sun

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