Tyron Woodley has not competed since losing the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) welterweight title to Kamaru Usman in a one-sided incident of UFC 235 (see here again).
His inactivity is related to the fact that the right fight was not fought, especially the rematch with "Nigeria Nightmare." Booked an "irresponsible" injury that injured Colby Covington.
Nevertheless, fighting with someone he had knocked out before was not all that Woodley first started. Leon Edwards wasn't even fighting the front line at 170. And since "Rocky" is not a talented enemy, Woodley is G.O.A.T and not a gatekeeper to let ascending rivals make their names.
Tyron Woodley doesn't have to fight Leon Edwards in Brendan Schaub's “Food Truck Diaries” (via BJPenn.com). "Leon Edwards is trying to name him. I'm not a gatekeeper who names someone."
After months of debate between Uman and U'Chaos, at the main event of UFC 245 in Las Vegas last December 14, Usman was recently announced that he would defend his title against Covington.
Tyron will be an interested observer after crossing for the winner through this set of title fights.
“Why not fight Colby [Covington]? Tyman Woodley said: “A fight like that excites me. Leon Edwards, he is a beast. I dealt with his fight. He is really good, sharp, accurate and really humble. "
Woodley explained that the fight against Edwards was still a champion and it would be reasonable for Leon to follow his path. I'm not interested in anything else.
Woodley said, “When someone is really good, it's fine. "like [Darren] Until it was very good, it prepared me and prepared me to be ready. Leon Edwards fought as if I got up and fought when I was fighting him as a champion. It was always through the torch. ”
“I was Leon Edwards; I used to be. Now I had to be the man who was on the throne. I had a million red dots on me. Everyone wanted to fight me and I think a rematch with Usman makes sense. The battle with Colby also makes sense. ”
Of course, Tyron does not guarantee the winner of Usman vs Covington because Nate Diaz and Jorge Mas Vidal will try to raise the case for the title when they clash in the main event of UFC 244. Nov 2.
I can understand Tyron's urgency to return to the title competition, but if you wait for the results of these two matches, it may not be longer after a year.