The previous UFC champion believes Tyron Woodley’s need to combat is just not on the degree it as soon as was.
Woodley hasn’t had the identical success in martial arts since 2018. “The Chosen One” misplaced 4 straight fights after the UFC welterweight title combat. He’s at present 0-3 as knowledgeable boxer with two losses to Jake Paul and a second-round TKO loss to 50-year-old UFC Corridor of Famer Anderson Silva.
Former UFC middleweight titleholder Luke Rockhold appeared on Submission Radio and expressed his perception that Woodley’s competitiveness is not there (h/t MMAFighting).
“That is what I anticipated,” Rockhold mentioned. “Tyrone is not there to combat anymore. He does not actually care about preventing. Tyrone remains to be my boy, however today he simply sleeps and fights, what I am saying?”
“You might have to have the ability to consciously see the punch and throw the punch, however he isn’t there reside anymore.”
Woodley will flip 44 in April 2026. Many really feel the once-elite 170-pounder must be given a everlasting break from competing for cash. “The Chosen One” hadn’t stepped right into a boxing ring for 4 years earlier than going through Silva on the Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua undercard.
You need to go all the best way again to September 2018 to seek out Woodley’s final martial arts victory. “The Chosen One” submitted Darren Until in his final profitable UFC welterweight title protection. The next 12 months, he misplaced the gold medal to Kamaru Usman, which started a downward spiral.
Woodley would go on to undergo defeats by the hands of Gilbert Burns, Colby Covington, and Vicente Luque. The submission loss to Luque was Woodley’s final combat beneath the UFC banner, and his most up-to-date skilled MMA bout.
It stays to be seen whether or not Woodley plans to proceed his preventing profession.
