Tyron Woodley's legacy

[DOMMA]

A lot of UFC champs lose fights towards the end of their careers. Tyron lost his final 4 UFC fights and then another 2 two in boxing. His 4 title fights when champ were not great.

This is how I see it:
1. GSP
2 Usman
3 Hughes
4 Lawler
5 Woodley

Where would you rank him in UFC Welterweight history?

 

[613]

Probably 4th

 

[Bob Sapp]

GOAT

 

[VinceArch]

Number 5 seems fair. I don't know if many are still holding on to Jake Shields as being a top WW of all time but Woodley was a champion who defended it a few times. Too bad it was mostly god awful fights.

 

[DOMMA]

Where do you have Rory?

 

[SalvadorAllende]

 

[DOMMA]

Number 5 seems fair. I don't know if many are still holding on to Jake Shields as being a top WW of all time but Woodley was a champion who defended it a few times. Too bad it was mostly god awful fights.

Sucks Woodley has to see this pic posted everywhere.

 

[Sweater of AV]

His 4 title fights when champ were not great.

Disagree. It's a shame people don't appreciate the first Wonderboy fight. I enjoyed both but I can understand why people didn't care for the second fight. Also he completely demolished Till.

 

[tequilaboy]

Sadly people will remember him being knocked out colder than the princess in Frozen by a Disney youtuber..

I will always be grateful for his KO of Josh Kosheck, probably sits around no. 5

 

[VinceArch]

Sucks Woodley has to see this pic posted everywhere.

I'm sure he'll be crying himself to sleep on his bed filled with $100's lol. Still would suck to say you are 0-2 against an idiot like Jake Paul though.

 

[Oregonmma]

Sad to know that the newer generation will only know him for being knocked out by Jake Paul. None of his legacy will matter to the newer generation because of that. Damn shame.

 

[Gunther12345]

this is his legacy

 

[Herwald]

Established a new avenue for post-UFC career fighters to still make a living in spite of old age and losing efforts.

 

[DOMMA]

Disagree. It's a shame people don't appreciate the first Wonderboy fight. I enjoyed both but I can understand why people didn't care for the second fight. Also he completely demolished Till.

The Mia fight was arguably the worst title fight in UFC history. The second Wonderboy fight is a top 10 worst title fight in UFC history. 2 out of 4 were horrible.

 

[Qays Stetkevich]

Disagree. It's a shame people don't appreciate the first Wonderboy fight. I enjoyed both but I can understand why people didn't care for the second fight. Also he completely demolished Till.

Aye. I'd add to this that A LOT of MMA fans thought that Maia would backpack/RNC Woodley into oblivion. . . which didn't come anywhere near happening. Woodley looked untouchable. He just broke mentally, which happens and is very, very hard to rebound from. I feel like Rashad had a similar trajectory.

 

[humdizzle]

his legacy will be pretty forgettable.

his losses outshine his wins.

 

[Sweater of AV]

The Mia fight was arguably the worst title fight in UFC history. The second Wonderboy fight is a top 10 worst title fight in UFC history. 2 out of 4 were horrible.

I don't necessarily agree with the assessments but "2 out of 4 were horrible" is a very different statement than "His 4 title fights when champ were not great".

 

[DOMMA]

I don't necessarily agree with the assessments but "2 out of 4 were horrible" is a very different statement than "His 4 title fights when champ were not great".

Fair point.

 

[acannxr]

Where would you rank him in UFC Welterweight history?

He has the 5th most top ten ranked wins among all UFC Welterweight champions.

 

[Fergelmince]

He made $1.5m plus PPV money. He'll cope.