{"id":308385,"date":"2019-04-03T07:38:32","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T14:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=308385"},"modified":"2019-04-03T07:38:34","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T14:38:34","slug":"tyron-woodley-plans-to-emulate-gsp-on-road-back-to-welterweight-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/tyron-woodley-plans-to-emulate-gsp-on-road-back-to-welterweight-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyron Woodley plans to emulate GSP on road back to welterweight title"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After lengthy reign as the UFC welterweight champion, Tyron Woodley is now without a title belt. The former champ lost this distinction at UFC 235, when he was thumped to a decision defeat by Kamaru Usman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That being said, Woodley&#8217;s journey is far from over. The former champion is determined to reclaim the UFC welterweight belt, and seeks to emulate Georges St-Pierre as he looks to rebound from his setback against Usman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNow I got to do similar to what\u00a0Georges St-Pierre\u00a0did when he lost to\u00a0Matt Hughes\u00a0and had to come back and avenge that, and lost to\u00a0Matt Serra and had to come back and avenge that,\u201d Woodley said on Ariel Helwani&#8217;s MMA Show on Monday (transcript via <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"MMA News (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/tyron-woodley-do-what-gsp-did\/\" target=\"_blank\">MMA News<\/a>). \u201cI thought that everything was on the up-and-up now \u2014 don\u2019t have to struggle this much with the promotion, don\u2019t have to struggle this much with the game plan. Had that pretty much down. Not that I got comfortable, but I thought my days of struggling was over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut they keep telling me the comeback is going to be so severe, it\u2019s going to be so vicious that God had to [bring] me to this point. And when I come back, I\u2019m not going to be able to even imagine what\u2019s in store for me. So that\u2019s kind of where I\u2019m at mentally right now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tyron Woodley is set to return to the cage at UFC Minneapolis on June 29, where he will rematch Robbie Lawler. 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