{"id":323624,"date":"2019-08-27T12:34:22","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T19:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=323624"},"modified":"2019-08-27T12:34:22","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T19:34:22","slug":"tyron-woodley-thinking-about-training-with-diaz-brothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/tyron-woodley-thinking-about-training-with-diaz-brothers\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyron Woodley &#8216;thinking about&#8217; training with Diaz Brothers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tyron Woodley once wanted to share the Octagon with Nate and Nick Diaz, but now he&#8217;s thinking about training with them.<\/p>\n<p>Woodley hasn&#8217;t been shy in the past about <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tyron-woodley\/tyron-woodley-explains-why-he-hasnt-been-able-to-fight-people-like-gsp-diaz-brothers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wanting major fights<\/a>. When he was the UFC welterweight champion, Woodley was aiming for the likes of Conor McGregor, Georges St-Pierre, Michael Bisping, and the Diaz brothers. Fast forward to 2019 and Woodley finds himself <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/tyron-woodley-training-with-georges-st-pierre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">training with the now-retired St-Pierre<\/a>. If &#8220;The Chosen One&#8221; has his way, then some sparring sessions with the Diaz brothers could be next.<\/p>\n<p>During a live chat with fans on social media, Woodley discussed the possibility of training with the Diaz brothers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know what? At one point in time I really wanted to fight Nate, not because I thought he was weak, not because I thought it was an easy fight or I wanted his clout. I thought he was a beast, I thought Nate was a beast, I thought GSP was a beast, Bisping was a beast, Carlos Condit. That&#8217;s why I wanted to fight those guys. Now I&#8217;m in a position where it does not make sense for me probably to fight them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Woodley isn&#8217;t opposed to training with all the names he mentioned, specifically the Diaz brothers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m thinking about reaching out and training [with them]. What ya&#8217;ll think about that? I&#8217;m training with GSP here soon. I already started training with Firas [Zahabi] a couple of sessions. What do y&#8217;all think about me training with Nate or Nick?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Tyron Woodley can enhance his game significantly by training with the Diaz brothers?<\/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 8\/27\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tyron Woodley once wanted to share the Octagon with Nate and Nick Diaz, but now he&#8217;s thinking about training with them. Woodley hasn&#8217;t been shy in the past about wanting major fights. When he was the UFC welterweight champion, Woodley was aiming for the likes of Conor McGregor, Georges St-Pierre, Michael Bisping, and the Diaz [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54476,"featured_media":297844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10123,10085,10175,39610],"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 &#039;thinking about&#039; training with Diaz Brothers | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tyron Woodley wouldn&#039;t be opposed to the idea of training with Nate Diaz and Nick Diaz. 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