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Over the last few months, UFC welterweight titleholder Tyron Woodley has generated some controversy among fans by suggesting that he deals with racism, even as a UFC champion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you look at the history of our sport \u2013 and it\u2019s not even our sport, the history of the American culture \u2013 certain things are subliminally embraced that are racist,” Woodley said on a January episode of The MMA Hour. “When you say to me \u2018Tyron, you are well spoken\u2019, what does that mean? Does that mean I\u2019m well spoken comparable to all the mixed martial artists, the 500 UFC fighters on\u00a0the roster? Or does that mean as a black male in America?\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

According to Woodley’s friend Demetrious Johnson, who holds the UFC flyweight title, any controversy generated by comments like the one above is unwarranted, as Woodley’s comments are simply being misinterpreted.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody just misunderstands Tyron when he talks about that,\u201d Johnson explained on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour (h\/t MMAFighting.com<\/a>). \u201cBut I understand where he\u2019s coming from.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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From there, Johnson explained \u00a0that, while racism hasn’t been a tremendous problem over the course of his career, he has experienced it on some levels before.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to say it\u2019s an issue,\u201d The flyweight champ said of racism in MMA. \u201cBecause obviously I\u2019ve been promoted very well as the flyweight champion. But can I say that people might feel there is? Yeah, probably people feel it. But I don\u2019t think [UFC president] Dana White has ever been like, \u2018I\u2019m not gonna look at that [expletive], he\u2019s black. Get somebody else in front of me.\u2019 I don\u2019t think Dana White is doing that. But I\u2019m saying if people feel that way, it\u2019s possible that some people feel that way. That\u2019s just how it is.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIf I were to say that\u2019s never came into my mind, I\u2019d be lying to the world,\u201d He added.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What do you think of Demetrious Johnson’s assessment of Woodley’s comments?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 3\/14\/2017. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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