Tyron Woodley surprised many people when he stepped up to fight Jake Paul on short notice only minutes after Tommy Fury pulled out of the fight due to an injury. The former UFC champion sees it as a big opportunity.

Jake Paul won the first fight with a split decision over Tyron Woodley. The former UFC champion is hoping to right his wrongs.

“Very few times you get to go back and redo something,” Woodley told reporters including MMAJunkie during Thursday’s media call. “Sometimes you sit there and you live in regret like, ‘Damn, man. I think I won the fight. Maybe I could’ve done this different. Maybe if I would’ve threw more punches here.’

“So now I get the opportunity to undo what’s already done. That’s something that drives me without any additional money or a sold-out crowd. The fact that Jake Paul can walk around and say that he beat me just boils my skin and blood and everything inside of my body. I’m trying to go out there and just make it clear I’m the better fighter, I’m the harder puncher, and I’m the professional at heart.”

Tyron Woodley sees the rematch going very differently based on the things he did well in the first fight. He had a stern warning for Jake Paul ahead of the rematch.

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“I feel like there was times where I made him miss, but I didn’t make him pay,” Woodley explained. “I feel like there was times where he could’ve had more stern consequences for him even trying to hit me. That’s the one thing I can pick out.

“If I change that, … I feel like I won the fight anyways. I watched the fight for the first time yesterday, and I thought I won rounds 4 through 8. That’s five of the eight rounds. I don’t understand how I can win 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 and he still won the fight – and even that, not counting the 10-8 round in the fourth. So add those small tweaks, a little bit more volume, and I think you’ll see me get the knockout.”

Tyron Woodley takes on Jake Paul on December 18 on short notice. The rematch will be his opportunity to get the knockout and build on what he did the last time.