{"id":288197,"date":"2018-10-15T09:48:47","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T16:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=288197"},"modified":"2018-10-15T09:48:47","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T16:48:47","slug":"woodley-wont-return-janaury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tyron-woodley\/woodley-wont-return-janaury\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyron Woodley talks hand injury and says he&#8217;ll &#8220;probably&#8221; fight in January"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley won&#8217;t be returning to the octagon anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>Woodley went into detail with TMZ Sports about the hand injury he suffered during his recent title defense against Darren Till at UFC 228.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tyron Woodley Says Khabib&#039;s Friends Are Safe Until McGregor Rematch | The Hollywood Beatdown\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AfEPXxrO-hk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201dIt\u2019s the CMC joint, I dislocated my thumb in the [Darren Till] fight,\u201d Tyron Woodley explained. \u201cI did it in the first round and then I actually tore ligaments there. At the end of the first round I punched and hit the back of his head. And then the second round, I started elbowing and punching and then I got on top and the coach was like \u2018Hook punch him!\u2019 So I started doing what we call the hook punch and my hand started hurting. I was like \u2018Aw that doesn\u2019t feel good, let me elbow this motherf**ker. So that\u2019s what I started doing. And at the end of the fight I just saw my thumb just poking out. My natural reaction was to push it back down. I pushed it down, ooh, I\u2019m like \u2018I broke it. Wow this is crazy. I\u2019m probably going to have to get pins, this is probably displaced.\u2019 Then it popped up again, I pushed it back down, it made a noise like light bulbs cracking in my hand.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old also noted the procedure to fix his hand was one of the most brutal things he&#8217;s ever experienced.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201dI ain\u2019t never wanted to fight no doctor so bad in my life. When he injected me it was at about a 15 out of 10. I\u2019m trying to keep it together cuz I don\u2019t want to be no punk ass bitch.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tyron Woodley also outlined the timeline for when he could return to the cage.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201dI got 6 to 8 weeks, [doctors] said,&#8221; he said. &#8220;In two weeks I can move it around, 6 to 8, I should be training full, he doesn\u2019t want me to fight before 6 to 8 weeks. Obviously I have to do a full training camp as well, so probably January.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tyron Woodley (19-3-1) is currently riding a seven-fight unbeaten streak, including a first-round TKO win over Robbie Lawler where he captured the welterweight title at UFC 201. The win over Till in his last fight was the first stoppage victory for the champ since July 2016. As he also noted in the interview, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/exclusive-colby-covington-doubts-legitimacy-of-woodley-injury-vows-to-end-his-career-on-super-bowl-weekend\/\">it&#8217;s seems inevitable that he&#8217;ll be fighting Colby Covington next<\/a> although he&#8217;s willing to fight anyone in the 170-pound weight class.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 10\/15\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley won&#8217;t be returning to the octagon anytime soon. Woodley went into detail with TMZ Sports about the hand injury he suffered during his recent title defense against Darren Till at UFC 228. \u201dIt\u2019s the CMC joint, I dislocated my thumb in the [Darren Till] fight,\u201d Tyron Woodley explained. \u201cI did [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54468,"featured_media":284981,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10175],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tyron Woodley talks hand injury and says he&#039;ll &quot;probably&quot; fight in January | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tyron-woodley\/woodley-wont-return-janaury\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tyron Woodley talks hand injury and says he&#039;ll &quot;probably&quot; fight in January | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley won&#8217;t be returning to the octagon anytime soon. 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