UFC Great Alleges Mike Tyson Is Faking His Training Regimen Ahead Of Jake Paul Bout

There's a lot of buzz surrounding the upcoming fight between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson. Sure, there's been a lot of talk about how it's kind of weird that a dude under 30 is going to duke it out with a guy old enough for an AARP card (Tyson is 57, for the record), but that older just so happens to be one of the greatest boxers of all time.

And, Tyson's preparations for the fight have also gotten a lot of attention. 

Because, well… it's just pretty impressive.

I wouldn't want to hop in the ring with Iron Mike, even when he's been able to help himself to senior discounts for a few years.

But not everyone was impressed with Tyson's training. In fact, that last video of Tyson hitting the pads caught the attention of UFC great Chael Sonnen.

And he was not as impressed as those of us who have never been in the ring or octagon before.

"In the future, if you’re ever going to spend five seconds hitting mitts, as a way of making the audience believe you’re doing a training session, make sure you splash water on your face and T-shirt first," Sonnen wrote.

Sonnen may have his tinfoil hat on here… but Tyson is looking a bit dry in that video.

Maybe it was early in his training session? Maybe he's just one of those freaks that simply doesn't break a sweat no matter what?

I don't know, but it did bring up some questions I didn't have before.

Sonnen Also Criticized The Age Difference Between Tyson And Paul

Sonnen hasn't just been critical of the apparent lack of sweat in Tyson's videos, he has also been critical of he substantial difference in ages between Paul and Tyson.

He said it is specifically an issue for Paul, who he said could face a similar situation to the one fighter Vitor Belfort found himself in after defeating Evander Holyfield in 2021.

"Vitor Belfort, who has never boxed, put him away so fast. So, this [Holyfield] is an Olympic gold medalist you’re watching," Sonnen said on the PBD Podcast, per The New York Post. "Vitor, who has never done it [boxing], put him away so fast that it ended Vitor’s [boxing] career.

"They would not book him again. They labeled him like an elderly abuser. ‘How dare you? How could you do this?’ Vitor never got another fight… He [Paul] will get teased for taking this fight.’"

Well, age difference or not; sweat or not, this fight is happening and it's going to have a helluva lot of eyes on the fight when it takes place this summer.