Tyron Woodley News
Tyron Woodley responds to Colby Covington's sister
Chris Taylor - June 16, 2018
UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley has issued a response to Colby Covington’s sister. Earlier this month at UFC 225 in Chicago, Colby Covington was crowned the UFC’s new interim welterweight champion after scoring a unanimous decision victory over former lightweight title holder Rafael dos Anjos.
Tyron Woodley and Colby Covington feud could save the welterweight division
Jordy McElroy - June 15, 2018
An interim title, six straight wins and a post-fight callout for the ages at UFC 225 is all it took for Colby Covington to get UFC champion Tyron Woodley’s attention. Brace yourselves, MMA fans, things are about to get nuclear in the welterweight division.
Tyron Woodley is hoping to get Colby Covington bounced from American Top Team
Tom Taylor - June 13, 2018
There was a time not all that long ago, when UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley and new interim welterweight champion Colby Covington trained under the same roof at American Top Team in Florida. Today, however, they are perhaps the fiercest rivals in MMA. Woodley, of course, no longer trains at American Top Team. All the same, he believes he still holds some sway at the gym, and is hoping he can get Covington kicked to the curb after they unify their titles.
Tyron Woodley issues $10,000 takedown challenge to Colby Covington
Tom Taylor - June 13, 2018
UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley’s next fight is almost certain to pit him against Colby Covington, the UFC’s new interim welterweight champion. If Woodley and Covington’s fight goes ahead as planned, Woodley is hoping to use it as a chance to punish Covington for the ceaseless trash talk he’s unleashed over the last few months. Rather than taking Covington down, he’s hoping to settle things on the feet. He does not, however, expect Covington to play ball. Instead, he expects the interim champion to lean on his wrestling — the same wrestling he used to defeat Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 225 last weekend.
Tyron Woodley plans to take out top welterweight contenders, retire as middleweight champ
Tom Taylor - June 6, 2018
UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley is almost fighting fit again, and he’s itching to return to the cage. More specifically, he’s keen to return at UFC 227, on August 4th in Los Angeles — whether against the winner of Rafael dos Anjos and Colby Covington’s UFC 225 interim title fight, or somebody else. “I’m not really concerned with who’s ready, who’s next,” Woodley recently told MMA Junkie. “You’ve got to realize there are certain rights you deserve as a champion. When I’m ready to fight, now it’s time to fight. Whoever they got for me to fight at this time, come get this work. I don’t want to sit back and say, ‘Oh, I want to sit and wait to see what happens with this fight.’ I’m the champion. I want to fight.”
Kamaru Usman sends message to welterweight champ Tyron Woodley, Woodley responds
Tom Taylor - May 20, 2018
Last night, in the main event of the UFC’s anticipated debut in the South American nation of Chile, surging UFC welterweight contender Kamaru Usman authored his best win yet, braving a tough first round to pick up a dominant, unanimous decision win over the veteran Demian Maia. Usman’s win became even more impressive post-fight, when he divulged that he believed he’d broken both of his hands early in the contest. With this win over Maia, Usman improved to a solid 13-1 overall, and a flawless 8-0 in the UFC’s Octagon. Needless to say, he’s now one of the welterweight division’s top contenders, and is in sprinting distance of a fight with reigning champion Tyron Woodley.
Tyron Woodley says he'll start training with Floyd Mayweather next week
Tom Taylor - May 18, 2018
For a time, Floyd Mayweather’s potential move to the perilous world of mixed martial arts was all anybody was talking about. When Mayweather suggested that he’d be preparing for this undeniably risky career change under the tutelage of UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley, buzz about his MMA move reached a deafening crescendo. Over the last few weeks, however, this talk has quieted down significantly. Mayweather and his camp have grown quiet about a potential MMA move, and the fans seem to have lost interest in seeing it happen.
VIDEO | Tyron Woodley says 'b*tches' Georges St-Pierre and Nate Diaz are constantly avoiding him
Drake Riggs - May 14, 2018
“Let me say this in a very educated way… I think that those two guys [Georges St-Pierre and Nate Diaz] contemplating fighting is the hugest bitch move on the planet.
VIDEO | UFC champion Tyron Woodley has a message for the Welter-Whiners
Chris Taylor - May 6, 2018
VIDEO | UFC champion Tyron Woodley has a message for the Welter-Whiners UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley (18-3-1 MMA) appears to be all healed up from his recent shoulder surgery as he released the following video of himself smashing pads.
Kelvin Gastelum happy at middleweight, but still wants rematch with Tyron Woodley
Tom Taylor - May 3, 2018
Former welterweight Kelvin Gastelum is now firmly embedded as a member of the UFC middleweight roster, having earned the number-five spot in the divisional rankings. The Ultimate Fighter Season 17 winner’s next middleweight bout will occur at UFC 224 this May 12, when he takes on Brazilian grappling ace Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza in a fight that could well produce the division’s next title contender.
Tyron Woodley reveals which fighter would "definitley" give him his "hardest fight"
Chris Taylor - April 1, 2018
Tyron Woodley reveals which fighter would “definitley” give him his “hardest fight” Current UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley has faced a ton of tough challenges during his storied mixed martial arts career.
Tyron Woodley expects "gatekeeper" Thompson to dispatch of Till so he doesn't have to
Tom Taylor - March 30, 2018
Having not lost a single MMA bout, Darren Till has been rocketing toward UFC welterweight title contention for some time. In the opinion of UFC welterweight champ Tyron Woodley, however, Till’s momentum will stop in his next fight, when he battles two-time welterweight title challenger Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson. “‘Wonderboy’ the gatekeeper,” Woodley said in a recent Q&A on Instagram Live (via MMAJunkie). “He’ll do all my light work for me. All the dudes that think they want a shot at the strap, they’ve got to go through him, and ain’t nobody do it yet. I think Thompson [beat Till] man, to be honest. I know I’ve talked a lot of trash about Thompson, more in light joking. But Thompson is a very difficult puzzle to figure out. And it took me a lot of time, a lot of money, a lot of training partners to figure him out.”
Tyron Woodley updates on Floyd Mayweather's MMA training
Tom Taylor - March 26, 2018
Undefeated boxing legend Floyd Mayweather wants to test his mettle in the perilous arena of mixed martial arts. At the very least, that’s what he wants us to believe. Regardless of whether or not the 41-year-old Mayweather ever actually makes this jump, he’ll reportedly begin game-planning and training with UFC welterweight champ Tyron Woodley very soon. Woodley, who offered to prepare Mayweather for his MMA debut, updated on the boxer’s transition in an interview with TMZ. Apparently, his role in Mayweather’s training will have more to do with game-planning than actual hands-on training, though there could be a few legitimate training sessions peppered in throughout the process.
Max Holloway roasts Floyd Mayweather and Tyron Woodley over MMA claims!
Chris Taylor - March 25, 2018
Max Holloway roasts Floyd Mayweather and Tyron Woodley over MMA claims! Undefeated boxing legend Floyd Mayweather, who retired following his tenth-round TKO victory over Conor McGregor this past August, continues to make headlines.
Tyron Woodley wants to return in July, so why is the promotion creating an interim title?
Chris Taylor - March 24, 2018
Tyron Woodley wants to return in July, so why is the promotion creating an interim title? Tyron Woodley captured his UFC welterweight title by scoring a jaw dropping first-round knockout victory over Robbie Lawler in the main event of UFC 201 in July of 2016.
Tyron Woodley reacts to Dos Anjos vs. Covington interim title news
Tom Taylor - March 23, 2018
Yesterday morning, Chris Taylor of BJPenn.com reported that UFC 224 will feature an interim welterweight title fight between top contenders Rafael dos Anjos and Colby Covington. While this news was met by a tidal wave of excitement among fans, a few members of the MMA community pointed out that it’s been far less than a year since reigning welterweight champion Tyron Woodley fought. His most recent fight also marked the end of a busy stretch during which he fought 4 times in just 12 months. The need for an interim title fight, then would seem to be nonexistent…
VIDEO | Chael Sonnen Not Buying Tyron Woodley Helping Floyd Mayweather Move to MMA
Drake Riggs - March 16, 2018
https://www.instagram.com/p/BgZERS5gaG6/?taken-by=sonnench “Tyron Woodley says he is preparing Floyd Mayweather for MMA. Right out of the gate I have to tell you I don’t buy it.
Floyd Mayweather to begin training with Tyron Woodley "soon," already grades his wrestling at 7/10
Tom Taylor - March 15, 2018
Last week, we learned that UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley had offered to help undefeated boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. prepare for his much-discussed move to MMA. Speaking to TMZ this week, Mayweather confirmed that he plans to take Woodley up on this offer. “I’m going to start soon,” Mayweather said (h/t MMAJunkie). “We’ve been texting back and forth. We talked a couple times, but we’re going to start working out real soon.”