Tyron Woodley as soon as dominated the UFC welterweight division, however he feels he is overlooked what introduced him to the dance.
When Georges St-Pierre surrendered the 170-pound gold medal on the finish of 2013, the door opened for brand new blood on the prime. The title bounced from Johny Hendricks to Robbie Lawler to Woodley. Of the three names that got here up after GSP, who held the gold medal for greater than 2,000 days, Woodley held the gold medal the longest at 945 days.
This was a powerful feat for “The Chosen One,” who finally surrendered the welterweight title to Kamaru Usman. In an interview with MMAFighting, Woodley spoke candidly about making the fallacious selections throughout his title struggle.
“Throughout that interval of my profession, I misplaced focus and was too targeted on the life-style and the issues that got here with it. Ladies, partying was simply going to Maxim 100 events, not consuming or medicine or something like that. I used to be invited in all places and simply turned a socialite. I really feel like that took over the place the main target ought to have been.”
Woodley admitted he did not essentially spiral, however he did not put all of the items collectively on the proper time.
“I simply began residing two totally different lives,” Woodley mentioned. “I used to be a terrific father. I used to be a terrific athlete. I used to be a horrible husband and lived the lifetime of a rock star. However nobody educated me, nobody educated me, nobody raised me.
“These are the issues I used to be higher at as a fighter, however when it got here to different spots, I believed they have been separate issues. They don’t seem to be. They’re all collectively. I believed they have been separate issues, however they actually weren’t.”
Woodley is scheduled for his third boxing match towards UFC Corridor of Famer Anderson Silva on Friday. The struggle can be featured on the Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua card. BJPenn.com will present protection of the occasion, with video highlights accessible on the house web page.
