A separate scuffle also took place on the side as a man fell to the ground. Security officials move in as the entire room became entangled in the melee. Amid the chaos someone can be heard saying: "Why have you got a knife man?"<\/p>\n
UFC reporter Ariel Helwani posted a video of the incident on Twitter.<\/p>\n
"This could have gone much worse. Thankfully not but it was pretty damn tense for a minute there," the ESPN reporter wrote.<\/p>\n
"Very ugly scene here. All hell has broken loose after a member of Paul's team got into it with Woodley's mom."<\/p>\n
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Paul addressed the incident on YouTube admitting his team needed to take responsibility for its role in the melee.<\/p>\n
"Everyone was in the wrong. It just makes everyone look stupid," he said.<\/p>\n
After the altercation, Woodley said the situation with his mother "will not be tolerated."<\/p>\n
"I addressed his camp because they're a whole bunch of f— goofies, and they are," Woodley said. "At the end of the day, they didn't like what I said, well, s–t is the truth. So they started going back and forth and talking, which they are more than willing to do. But you're not willing to do is f–king talk to my mother in any type of way."<\/p>\n
Jake Paul's most recent fight was a knockout victory over Ben Askren.<\/p>\n
Paul is 3-0 in his career all by knockout with wins over online rival 'AnEsonGib', ex-NBA star Nate Robinson, 37, and retired UFC welterweight Ben Askren, 37.<\/p>\n
Floyd Mayweather tipped Paul to beat Woodley, but that call comes as no surprise as both men have deals with ShowTime.<\/p>\n
"Jake's sharp as f—, bro. Tyron's f—ed, I've been saying it since day one. I'd be scared if I was Tyron."<\/p>\n
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