https://www.scmp.com/rss/502611/feed Tyron Woodley is an American MMA fighter with the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) where he has won the welterweight title. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Reuters,dpa Reuters,dpa Jake Paul and Anthony Joshua will bring another year of seismic shifts in boxing to an end in Miami on Friday night in a mismatch that illustrates how much the sport has changed, with online fame now almost as important as punching power. YouTuber-turned-pugilist Paul, who is stepping up from cruiserweight, is seeking to burnish his reputation against the 36-year-old British former heavyweight champ, who was knocked down four times as he lost his most recent fight, an IBF heavyweight title bout... https://www.scmp.com/sport/boxing/article/3336958/jake-paul-v-anthony-joshua-mismatch-latest-show-how-much-boxing-landscape-has-changed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/boxing/article/3336958/jake-paul-v-anthony-joshua-mismatch-latest-show-how-much-boxing-landscape-has-changed?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:00:20 +0000 Tyron Woodley is willing to give credit where it’s due. The former UFC welterweight champion stepped through ropes of the boxing ring for a fight with YouTube star Jake Paul on Saturday night in Tampa, Florida. It was the 39-year-old MMA veteran’s second consecutive bout with Paul after losing a controversial split decision to the influencer in August. Woodley had some success in the early going of the rematch, notably opening a cut on Paul’s forehead, but was ultimately put down by a vicious... https://www.scmp.com/sport/boxing/article/3160293/tyron-woodley-gives-jake-paul-props-after-brutal-ko-loss-ive-got-put?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/boxing/article/3160293/tyron-woodley-gives-jake-paul-props-after-brutal-ko-loss-ive-got-put?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 19 Dec 2021 07:59:28 +0000 Tyron Woodley is getting an unexpected second crack at Jake Paul, and he does not intend to let the opportunity go to waste. Woodley, the former UFC welterweight champion, first met his fellow American, who has parlayed social media fame into a headline-dominating boxing career, in the boxing ring in August. “The Chosen One” had some success in the fight, most notably blasting Paul with a huge punch in round four, but ultimately lost a split decision. In the weeks after the loss, Woodley (19-7-1... https://www.scmp.com/sport/boxing/article/3159307/tyron-woodley-promises-violence-jake-paul-rematch?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/boxing/article/3159307/tyron-woodley-promises-violence-jake-paul-rematch?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 11 Dec 2021 01:57:30 +0000 It’s a sentence most fight fans thought they would never utter in their life. “I’m rooting for a Floyd Mayweather knockout.” This weekend, the absurdist theatre show that is celebrity boxing takes another dramatic turn as one of the greatest boxers of all-time takes on a guy who became famous by posting six second clips on a now defunct social media site called Vine. The non-sanctioned, no judges exhibition match won’t technically produce a winner, but no matter, the public will cast their... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3135873/floyd-mayweather-tyron-woodley-recast-heroes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3135873/floyd-mayweather-tyron-woodley-recast-heroes?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Jun 2021 13:00:11 +0000 UFC president Dana White hinted that former welterweight champion Tyron Woodley should start thinking about retirement after suffering his fourth successive defeat. “The Chosen One” Woodley (19-7-1) lost via second-round submission to 10th-ranked Vicente Luque (20-7-1) at UFC 260, making it four losses in as many fights since losing his title to Kamaru Usman in 2019. Despite a much-improved performance, White believes American Woodley may need to call time on his impressive career, which... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3127327/ufc-dana-white-hints-tyron-woodley-should?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3127327/ufc-dana-white-hints-tyron-woodley-should?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 28 Mar 2021 07:57:04 +0000 Vicente Luque handed former welterweight champion Tyron Woodley his fourth consecutive loss with a second-round submission at UFC 260 in Las Vegas on Saturday night. “The Silent Assassin” (20-7-1) withstood early wrestling and strong right hooks from much improved Woodley (19-7-1) to earn the biggest win of his career. Luque seriously wobbled Woodley with a counter-right before finishing him off on the ground against the fence with a d’Arce choke. The 29-year-old Brazilian American – who beat... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3127312/ufc-260-vicente-luque-calls-out-nate-diaz?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3127312/ufc-260-vicente-luque-calls-out-nate-diaz?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 28 Mar 2021 04:30:09 +0000 Colby Covington’s comments in the lead-up to, and after, his UFC Vegas 11 TKO victory over Tyron Woodley did not bring enough scrutiny from the media, according to Israel Adesanya. The UFC middleweight champ took aim at the press for not bringing the outspoken welterweight challenger to task for calling the Black Lives Matter movement a “domestic terrorist organisation” and NBA star LeBron James a “spineless coward” for supporting it. After receiving a phone call from US President Donald Trump... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3102846/ufc-253-israel-adesanya-says-colby-covington?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3102846/ufc-253-israel-adesanya-says-colby-covington?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Sep 2020 06:34:20 +0000 Kamaru “The Nigerian Nightmare” Usman looks more than ready for his upcoming welterweight title defence against Gilbert Burns, which is set to take place July 11 at UFC 251. Usman, 33, posted a training video of himself sparring with interim lightweight champion Justin Gaethje under the watchful eye of coach Trevor Wittman. In the 15-second clip, Usman and Gaethje can be seen sparring and then start trading body shots blow for blow, which appear to get the best of Gaethje. “Iron sharpens iron,”... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3091004/ufc-justin-gaethje-takes-beating-kamaru-usman?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3091004/ufc-justin-gaethje-takes-beating-kamaru-usman?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 29 Jun 2020 11:00:09 +0000 Leon Edwards didn’t think it would be easy to earn a UFC title shot, but he didn’t expect it to be so difficult, either. Edwards, who hails from Birmingham, England, is now on an eight-fight win streak in the perilous welterweight division, but has yet to earn the opportunity to fight for gold. “When I first came into the UFC, I would have thought the more you win, the closer you get to a title shot,” Edwards told the Post. “Now I’ve realised it’s not about wins. You get guys fighting for world... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3081529/ufc-leon-edwards-says-tyron-woodley-running?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3081529/ufc-leon-edwards-says-tyron-woodley-running?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 25 Apr 2020 03:27:06 +0000 Mixed martial arts would be nothing without its money men and the UFC’s welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman, confirms that very fact when asked whether there were specific people he would like to thank for helping him get to where he is today. “That guy right there,” says “The Nigerian Nightmare”, immediately. “That’s the man who makes everything happen.” To the right of us stands Ali Abdelaziz, president and founder of Dominance MMA Management, and around this meeting room, deep inside the Park... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3076929/meet-ali-abdelaziz-man-behind-ufcs-khabib-who?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3076929/meet-ali-abdelaziz-man-behind-ufcs-khabib-who?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 Mar 2020 01:00:16 +0000 Former welterweight champion Tyron Woodley has responded to Colby Covington’s offer to step in at short notice to save UFC Fight Night 171’s headline event. Woodley (19-4-1) was booked to fight Briton Leon Edwards (18-3) in London on March 22. UFC president Dana White has since said the event will be held at an as yet undetermined location due to concerns over the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, while Edwards pulled out having been unable to reach an agreement on relocation. In response to... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3075394/ufc-tyron-woodley-responds-colby-covingtons?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3075394/ufc-tyron-woodley-responds-colby-covingtons?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Mar 2020 10:00:18 +0000 Colby Covington has offered to “put his MAGA cape on” and step in to fight former teammate Tyron Woodley at UFC Fight Night 171 this weekend. Former welterweight champion Woodley (19-4-1) was originally headlining the March 22 London event with British contender Leon Edwards before UFC president Dana White announced a change of location due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Edwards (18-3) has since pulled out. “Word on the street is [Leon] is out. The UFC and America need a hero. Who wants to... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3075365/ufc-colby-covington-wants-save-america?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3075365/ufc-colby-covington-wants-save-america?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Mar 2020 07:23:12 +0000 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... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3043368/ufc-tyron-woodley-disgusted-colby-covington?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3043368/ufc-tyron-woodley-disgusted-colby-covington?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Dec 2019 05:29:04 +0000 With eight straight victories in the rear-view mirror, England’s Leon Edwards has earned a high-profile fight. Unfortunately, the soft-spoken Briton is having a difficult time finding a suitable dance partner. He’s recently been campaigning for a fight with former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley, ideally when the organisation returns to London, England, on March 21. Woodley was quick to object to the location of this proposed bout, arguing that as a decorated former champion, he... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3042261/ufc-245-leon-edwards-warns-kamaru-usman-jorge?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3042261/ufc-245-leon-edwards-warns-kamaru-usman-jorge?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Dec 2019 06:39:01 +0000 The record for boxing versus MMA stands at 1-0 in boxing’s favour, after Floyd Mayweather dealt with Conor McGregor in 2017. But Jorge Masvidal wants to change that. “I’m the most competitive person this whole company’s ever seen,” Masvidal said at the UFC 244 post-event press conference, after beating Nate Diaz for the “BMF” title in Saturday night’s main event. “Gamebred” underlined his status as one of the UFC’s top-tier stars at Madison Square Garden, after a whirlwind 2019 which has seen... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3036148/ufc-244-jorge-masvidal-calls-out-canelo-i?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3036148/ufc-244-jorge-masvidal-calls-out-canelo-i?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 03 Nov 2019 15:54:13 +0000 Tyron Woodley is the guy with a beat at TMZ Sports. So he didn’t take too kindly to seeing super agent Ali Abdelaziz’s Dominance MMA crew spread themselves out at the company’s Hollywood offices. Even less appealing for the former welterweight champion was hearing middleweight contender Kelvin Gastelum talk trash about him. “Kelvin Fatselum, the one who fought me at middleweight when I was a welterweight, and got his a** whooped when I broke my foot, and I gave him his money back and now he’s... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3034229/ufc-tyron-woodley-rips-fat-kelvin-gastelum?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3034229/ufc-tyron-woodley-rips-fat-kelvin-gastelum?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Oct 2019 09:01:20 +0000