{"id":333887,"date":"2019-12-02T11:05:11","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T19:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=333887"},"modified":"2019-12-02T11:05:11","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T19:05:11","slug":"tyron-woodley-says-losing-ufc-welterweight-title-to-kamaru-usman-humbled-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/tyron-woodley-says-losing-ufc-welterweight-title-to-kamaru-usman-humbled-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyron Woodley says losing UFC welterweight title to Kamaru Usman humbled him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tyron Woodley is able to see the positives in his <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-235-results-kamaru-usman-defeats-tyron-woodley-highlights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">defeat to Kamaru Usman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Back in March, Woodley put the UFC welterweight championship on the line against Usman. While &#8220;The Chosen One&#8221; had looked unstoppable at 170 pounds, Usman had the style and pressure to dethrone Woodley after five rounds of one-sided action. &#8220;The Nigerian Nightmare&#8221; was the new welterweight king and Woodley suffered his first loss since June 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to fans during a live stream on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/twooodley\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social media<\/a>, Woodley explained why he feels there is some good he can take away from the loss.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even in loss man, I thank Usman for that fight because I had to check myself,&#8221; Tyron Woodley said. &#8220;I had to humble myself, I had to put myself back on the grind. I had to put myself back to where I was at when I f*cking got to the top, very uncomfortable place. Sparring world champion boxers and getting beat up. Wrestling division I wrestlers on a day-to-day basis. Running, training, strength, and conditioning at weird hours and just really get my body to a point where f*cking it couldn&#8217;t stand me. It hated me for what I was doing to it and that&#8217;s what I did. I got back to that now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Usman had his own live stream and made it clear that he&#8217;d fight Woodley a second time for the right price.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Absolutely, why not?&#8221; Usman said when asked if he&#8217;d fight Tyron Woodley again. &#8220;I&#8217;ll fight anybody again if the money&#8217;s right.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Usman is <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/three-title-fights-now-official-for-decembers-ufc-245-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">scheduled to defend his welterweight gold against Colby Covington<\/a> on Dec. 14 at UFC 245. As for Woodley, he hasn&#8217;t competed since the March loss to Usman. He was scheduled to meet Robbie Lawler in a rematch back in June, but he pulled out due to a hand injury.<\/p>\n<p>Do you believe Tyron Woodley can regain the UFC welterweight title?<\/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 12\/2\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tyron Woodley is able to see the positives in his defeat to Kamaru Usman. Back in March, Woodley put the UFC welterweight championship on the line against Usman. While &#8220;The Chosen One&#8221; had looked unstoppable at 170 pounds, Usman had the style and pressure to dethrone Woodley after five rounds of one-sided action. &#8220;The Nigerian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54476,"featured_media":304686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10616,10175,39610],"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 says losing UFC welterweight title to Kamaru Usman humbled him | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tyron Woodley admits that losing the UFC welterweight championship to Kamaru Usman humbled him. 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