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UFC: Tyron Woodley ‘disgusted’ by Colby Covington vs Kamaru Usman – ‘want to throw up’

  • Former welterweight champion ‘wasn’t impressed’ by UFC 245 main event
  • ‘If I would have punched Colby, he may be on life support now,’ says Woodley
Colby Covington (left) battles with UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman at UFC 245. Photo: AFP

It’s pretty fair to say that Tyron Woodley did not like the UFC 245 main event between Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington.

The former welterweight champion said he was “disgusted” by what he saw from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on December 14.

*F*** both of them. I don’t really want to give them no love. I don’t want to give them no clout,” Woodley said on TMZ’s The Hollywood Beatdown.

“Kamaru won the fight, broke Colby’s jaw. Colby I thought was winning the fight by a little small margin,” he added. “Wasn’t impressed. I was really disgusted. I want to throw up, the fact that I lost to Usman.”

“The Nigerian Nightmare” Usman claimed Woodley’s title in March with a clear unanimous decision, but “The Chosen One” has claimed he just had an off night. He defended the belt four times, after a first-round knockout of Robbie Lawler in 2016.

“If I would have punched Colby, he may be on life support right now,” Woodley said. “Like when I’m looking at how many punches those guys took, I was impressed with their durability. I was impressed by the fact that they kept doing it over and over again.

“But as far as IQ, moving your f****** head maybe to the side so the punch misses your head, I didn’t see a lot of that. I was surprised I didn’t see a lot of wrestling, I thought I was going to see a lot, a lot of wrestling.”

Woodley was also unimpressed with the praise sent Covington’s way for showing heart to continue the fight with a broken jaw.

“I just don’t like when people try to give unnecessary savage moments,” he said. “Yeah, he broke his jaw. ‘Oh, he broke his jaw in the second round, and he kept fighting.’ But you lost.

“How many times have I felt … broken my foot against Kelvin Gastelum and tore my shoulder against Demian Maia or f***** my hand up against Darren Till. I still won. That’s the difference.”