Tyron Woodley: The Champion that Time Forgot

In honor of Tyron Woodley's foray into professional boxing against Jake Paul, a nice payday and fun freakshow fight, let's look at a largely ignored aspect of his MMA career. Much has been written about Woodley's prickly personality, his conflicts with Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White, how he would fare against Georges St. Pierre, or his position in the hierarchy of all-time great welterweights. However, the most interesting aspect of Woodley was his fighting style. And by that, I don't mean it was unique. Far from it! There were many fighters who used the exact same approach. However, Woodley's style was anachronistic at the same time that it was highly successful, an exceptionally rare combination. Put more plainly, this was a man who was UFC welterweight champion in 2019 with a fighting style straight out of 2009!

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