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Matt Erickson and MMA Junkie Radio

Tyron Woodley doesn’t stress over Jake Paul KO loss, hoping for that Anderson Silva life

It’s coming up on a year since the combat sports world has seen Tyron Woodley in action. But don’t worry – he hasn’t retired.

The former UFC welterweight champion, who set off into the boxing world in 2021 with a pair of matchups with Jake Paul, says he’s just taking some time away right now and enjoying freedom he hasn’t had since he was a kid.

Woodley is planning a 2023 return, he recently told MMA Junkie Radio, and isn’t planning on letting a decision loss in August 2021 to Paul and a follow-up knockout loss to him a few months later be the end of his story.

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