Tyron Woodley vs. Eddie Corridor is the combat we by no means knew was doable.
That’s based on the previous UFC welterweight champion, anyway. Woodley, 42, has been absent from fight sports activities motion since his post-UFC boxing rivalry with Jake Paul in 2021. Contemplating the outcomes of these two matches and his ultimate 4 MMA fights, that’s most likely been for one of the best, as “The Chosen One” has nothing left to show.
Regardless of his hiatus from competitors, Woodley nonetheless has an curiosity in returning and has stayed across the sport. Whether or not that’s with commentary gigs within the PFL or his personal combat promotion, Woodley doesn’t plan to go away the game behind. Imagine it or not, one of many yr’s most viral moments may have concerned him had he taken the supply to combat world-famous strongman Corridor.
“I’m not down for these three-week discover fights to construct any person else’s identify up,” Woodley stated on the Overdogs Podcast with Mike Perry (h/t MiddleEasy). “You see the heavyweight dude that fought two motherf*ckers at one time [at] 365 [pounds]? Motherf*ckers requested me to combat this dude on three weeks’ discover in Eire in MMA.”
Corridor, 36, took a combat in opposition to two males in June and it was extra ridiculous than we may have anticipated these sorts of “MMA issues” to be. Corridor picked up and power-bombed certainly one of his opponents with one arm earlier than clobbering the opposite along with his free hand. It was like one thing out of a film. Imagining Woodley part of such a spectacle would have been fairly the sight, to say the least.
As a substitute of taking the combat, Woodley has caught to pursuing different choices and claims he was provided some legendary names for extra boxing matches.
“I took a while off, after which I had some guys b*tch out,” Woodley stated. “I used to be purported to combat Floyd [Mayweather Jr.] in June. It was by no means purported to be [John] Gotti [III], That combat was me initially. I used to be purported to combat KSI in January final yr. He flaked out and took Dillon Danis.
“Sh*t, I acquired provided to combat you, Mike. I’m fairly certain you bought provided to combat me. I stated, ‘I’m not preventing my canine for no f*cking peanuts. If we was gonna combat for actual, we’d have fought within the UFC, and that’s a hard-ass combat, he on the prime of the sport.”
Ideally, Woodley has made it clear he desires to get his fingers on a few of his fellow former UFC veterans. Most notably, both Nate or Nick Diaz. In the meantime, names like Mayweather or Diaz not too long ago picked up wins over Gotti for Mayweather and Jorge Masvidal for Diaz.
Okay, okay. The Mayweather-Gotti rematch didn’t have an official winner as a result of it was an exhibition, however the truth that Mayweather continues to be getting away with these makes him the winner each time and everyone knows it.
Anyway, throughout Woodley and the Diaz brothers’ time in Strikeforce and UFC, Woodley by no means crossed paths with both en path to the welterweight title. Coincidentally, Woodley’s final win got here in his ultimate title protection, a second-round brabo choke of Darren Until in September 2018.
Until has additionally hopped into the ring to field since he left the UFC early final yr. So, there’s one other — most likely extra seemingly — choice for Woodley than his proposed Diaz concept. A “Chosen One” can dream.
“Nate and I’ve already form of been talked about preventing on a number of occasions behind the scenes,” Woodley stated. “I believed Nate and I boxing would make a number of sense. Or to be sincere, I actually kinda wanna combat Nick.
“Nick was the unique O.G. He’s preventing [Vicente] Luque, which isn’t an incredible combat for him. Luque… it’s a troublesome combat.”
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This month’s full playlist:
New ink.
Wildman.
Calm.
SLUMPER.
Prep.
JTT.
Ludovit Klein (22-4-1) vs. Roosevelt Roberts (12-4); UFC Paris, Sept. 28
Darren Elkins (28-11) vs. Daniel Pineda (28-16); UFC Vegas 99, Oct. 19
Brady Hiestand (8-2) vs. Jake Hadley (11-3); UFC Vegas 99, Oct. 19
Shara Magomedov (14-0) vs. Armen Petrosyan (8-3); UFC 308, Oct. 26
Farid Basharat (12-0) vs. Victor Hugo (25-4); UFC 308, Oct. 26
Veronica Hardy (9-4-1) vs. Eduarda Moura (10-1); UFC 309, Nov. 16
Jonathan Martinez (19-5) vs. Marcus McGhee (9-1); UFC 309, Nov. 16
Piera Rodriguez (9-2) vs. Josefine Knutsson (8-0); UFC Tampa, Dec. 14
I’m unsure how a lot I imagine it, however rely me in for the absurdity of Woodley vs. Corridor.
Hope everybody had an incredible weekend. Get into something loopy or stored it chill? Let me know! Thanks for studying!
Final Week’s Outcomes:
Friday: 68% of 452 complete votes answered “Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler” when requested, “What occurs first?”
Thursday: 60% of 377 complete votes answered “Sure” when requested, “Did Sean O’Malley have a straightforward path to the title?”
Wednesday: 57% of 464 complete votes answered “No” when requested, “Will Sean O’Malley vs. Merab Dvalishvili go the gap?”
Tuesday: 37% of 376 complete votes answered “Alex Pereira vs. anyone” when requested, “What do you count on to headline UFC’s December occasion?”
Monday: 51% of 346 complete votes answered “Sure” when requested, “Can Jiri Prochazka be a champion at middleweight?”
At the moment’s exit ballot:
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Who would you slightly see Tyron Woodley tackle?
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Floyd Mayweather
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102 votes complete
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