Coach: Tyron Woodley doesn’t get enough credit for title fight schedule

Tyron Woodley Esther Lin, MMA Fighting The last time fans saw Tyron Woodley fight, he left the Octagon with a fresh defeat on his record, having dropped his welterweight championship to Kamaru Usman.

That was back in March. He was next booked to rematch Robbie Lawler at UFC Minneapolis, but a right hand injury forced him out of that contest and he is now eyeing a return at UFC 241 in August. In the meantime, “The Chosen One” has stayed on top of his outside-of-the-cage media ventures and is finding time to develop new skills, according to coach Duke Roufus.

At the highest levels of competition, fighters like Woodley often find themselves in accelerated training camps that emphasize game…