Former UFC champion Tyron Woodley laughed off the concept that Kamaru Usman is the best welterweight of all time.
As everyone knows, Kamaru Usman has completed a number of feats all through his combined martial arts profession. Within the lineage of nice welterweight fighters, he actually has a spot on Mount Rushmore, and a few, together with UFC boss Dana White, even imagine he’s the perfect of all time to do it at 170 kilos.
In fact, there may be an elephant within the room in the case of that dialogue. The elephant’s title is Georges St-Pierre. Whereas GSP’s resume speaks for itself and was extremely spectacular throughout Kamaru Usman’s reign on the high, the final consensus is that St-Pierre stands above him within the pecking order.
Tyron Woodley, who misplaced his belt to Kamaru Usman, had a number of issues to say on the matter.
Woodley criticizes Usman for being named welterweight GOAT
“Kamaru shouldn’t be the best welterweight of all time,” Woodley instructed MMA Preventing. “I am probably the most pragmatic. I took probably the most pragmatic path and had probably the most pragmatic governance. I used to be the one who might cope with probably the most issues behind the scenes and nonetheless win. I do not speak about that. I ran towards all the highest candidates who weren’t large trash talkers.”
“No person wished to say something unhealthy about Demian Maia or Robbie Lawler or ‘Wonderboy’ (Thompson). I fought all of the up-and-coming guys. Usman, Colby (Covington), even (Darren) Until, they’re all up-and-comers. He isn’t the best welterweight of all time. No matter he’s, he is probably the most ass-kissed fighter.”
“He is fighter,” Woodley mentioned. “He stayed disciplined, however that is his character. He isn’t the perfect welterweight. How are you going to say that? When you say he is the perfect, you attempt to say he is higher than Georges, after that nobody even listens to you.”
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Usman is at the moment looking for his second reign as welterweight champion, and there are rumors that he might problem for Islam Makhachev’s belt as the following champion.
