Tyron Woodley is preparing for his fight with Jake Paul by taking tips from Floyd Mayweather.
Paul fights former UFC champion Woodley on Sunday night, taking his 3-0 professional record into the ring against his toughest test yet. Woodley has been in contact with Mayweather to get his advice.
"The times I worked with Floyd [Mayweather], he was very vocal. You couldn't do nothing wrong. And that's what makes him so great,” Woodley said, reported Sky Sports.
"In MMA we over-do it a lot, but it doesn't always transition into power. It doesn't always transition into accuracy.
"He gave me the foundation of how he beat everyone he did."
Paul acknowledged the threat Woodley posed, saying: "Tyron said he's training like he's fighting Mike Tyson. Mayweather is training him and you can tell he's in shape. He's got the six-pack back. He's looking good. He's not messing around.
"This is his biggest fight ever and the whole MMA community is counting on him to represent them and to get the 'W'. Unfortunately, that's not going to happen.
"And when I beat him, there will be no excuses because he was being trained by Mayweather.
"Because Jorge Masvidal said he was going to knock me out. Because he took this camp and had a 14-week camp. He has no excuses.
"I love boxing. I fell in love with it. There's something about knocking someone out and cracking someone in the face.
"My whole life has been a fight. I never got anything handed to me so I feel like I'm at home. I feel like I was put on this earth to fight. And I like challenges. I'm driven by challenges."