UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley is done fighting—at least with his boss Dana White.
After being caught up in a public dispute with the brash-talking UFC president about, one in which Woodley was said to be “full of shi*t” about a potential fight with lightweight contender Nate Diaz, Woodley has decided to move on and focus his energy on himself.
“I’ve had a deep breath, had a weekend,” he said on The Hollywood Beatdown. “I didn’t have much sleep because I’m always working and I’m squashing everything. I’m focusing on getting the shoulder together. One-by-one, everybody will get these hands. I don’t know the order, I don’t know who’s next, but I never wanted to bounce around and not continue to defend my belt. I’ve been here for a while and I plan on knocking everybody out.”
Woodley’s statements also reference being called out by contenders Rafael dos Anjos and Colby Covington, who chided the champ for looking for a super fight with Diaz instead of staying in his division.
“People have a short-term memory on what I’ve been able to do: 11 finishes, nine in the first round, some of the most vicious KOs in UFC history,” Woodley continued. “Those stats are never talked about, so therefore, I’m going to take a woosa. So, if you people want to know about the Dana beef, about the Frankenstein beef, about the ‘Qeefington’ beef, I don’t want to talk about it. I’m focusing on being successful.”
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Experts have submitted testimonies as well as supporting documents to back up their claims. The UFC is being for up to $1.6 billion.
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