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The holiday season is just around the corner as the world prepares to welcome Christmas and new year’s eve. UFC just hosted its final pay-per-view of the year, with one last fight night card remaining. The entire roster has officially signed off from all activities as the fighting season of 2021 has come to a close. Independent journalist, Helen Yee, sat down with Colby Covington to talk about a wide range of things.

She quizzed the former title challenger about the upcoming boxing rematch between former UFC Champion Tyron Woodley and Internet Sensation turned pro boxer Jake Paul. Woodley is once again in an unfavorable condition as he steps inside the ring on 2 weeks’ notice. Jake was about to face undefeated professional boxer Tommy Fury, but the fight did not happen.

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Colby Covington took shots at his former opponent ahead of his rematch against Jake

The former interim champion and title contender, Colby, brings chaos everywhere he goes. Everyone knows he is carrying a persona that has enchanted the MMA world. Speaking with Helen, the welterweight fighter shared his thoughts about the upcoming boxing rematch between Woodley and Jake.

“It definitely favors snake paul, you know? He’s been probably training like a madman to face, you know, Tyson Fury. So he was just worrying about that and now you know Woodley, we know he has no work ethic. He’s just not a hard worker. He’s just gonna show up on a week or two notice just to get a paycheck to pay off his baby mamas. he’s got all that alimony to pay so, he’s showing up to pay off, you know the alimony”

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The world of professional boxing has picked this new trend of pitching retired MMA fighters against pro boxers. These exhibition matches generate a lot of revenue and serve as a splendid avenue for retired MMA professionals to have a career outside of their domain.

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Will Woodley suffer another loss at the hands of Jake Paul, or will Tyron Woodley secure a victory in a grand comeback from the last defeat?