I have the highest takedown defense in the entire welterweight division, maybe the second-highest on the UFC roster. — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
No one should ever bring my muscular build up and think it is going to have something to do with my output… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
Johnny Hendricks has better credentials, but in MMA, I might be the best wrestler for the style. — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
I've had five submissions in the first round. I have 3, 4, 5 knockouts. I've had decisions. I've had grinding fights. — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
For me, it's just being wiser, finding my opportunities, and really fighting a smart fight. — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
I gotta be able to beat good guys at any moment. I think that's what I'm taking. — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
People don't realize how sick Amanda Nunes is. She beats some of the UFC bantamweight males in the gym. — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
Nick Diaz is in the top five welterweights of all time in my eyes. Georges St-Pierre is the number one welterweight in… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
I'm just going to go out there, pop on my leather gloves, and constantly make connections outside the Octagon, and that will… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
There's a lot of guys in my weight class that are talking - they're chirping. Everybody wants the title. Everybody wants to… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
The thing I hate about mixed martial arts is that it's no longer a sport. It's a big-money business, and it's an… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
Wrestling is second nature: I've been doing it for so long, so if it looks like someone's leg is available, it made… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
Look at guys like Demetrious Johnson, who's the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world. Why isn't he on the largest pay scale?… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
A lot of people don't understand my reasoning behind wanting to fight big fights and big names. Knocking off these big names… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
I don't want to be the dude that you just think about with a crazy suit, talking crap, fighting in these super… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
I didn't pick wrestling over football. My coaches picked that for me. I never wanted to wrestle in college. I always wanted… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
If you get into an armbar and someone locks it down on you, it's easy for you to tap out, but sometimes… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
Guys in our sport bump their gums quite a bit, and they get you to think they're these huge tough guys... they're… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
For me, it's about the legacy, being the best fighter and a champion who takes all comers. I'm going to make more… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
My goal is to go out there and dominate. We all know if I'm in a position and I see my opponent… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
The true game of mixed martial arts is putting your wrestling in there, putting your striking in there, but also being deceiving… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
I guess you could say I fell into it. The main goal was to be successful and to make my family proud.… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
What got me into MMA first was that I was a wrestler, and I was a gangbanger getting into trouble a lot… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
I don't believe in ring rust. I used to believe in ring rust, but I talked to my buddy Dominic Cruz, who's… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
Fighting is the only sport where fans don't understand this is our living. — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
Have you seen any African American athlete that appeals to the urban market actually bring that market to the MMA? — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
My strength is my unpredictablity. I can wrestle, I can strike, I can move fast, and I do a good job of… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
If you are the best in the world, and you believe you should be fighting for a title, I think it is… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
Rampage Jackson came to the UFC with a brain. He came to the UFC with a huge following from being in Asia… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
Certain athletes show themselves as marketable, and the UFC gets behind them; they help push them. I'm a husband, a father of… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
No matter what anybody says or thinks, nobody believes that I'm not the number one welterweight in Strikeforce. I think that's not… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
I think the elements to shock the world is either the ability to wrestle and grind somebody out or the ability to… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
Amanda Nunes - I've been telling people that forever - she could compete with a lot of the male bantamweights in American… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
One of the things I like most about Roufusport is, really, the culture. A lot of times, you're training in fight camps… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
The only person I'd be interested in boxing would have to be one of the best of the best. It would have… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
I don't think I'll get the credit I deserve, but I didn't get into this game for credit. I got into this… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share Image
It's a sport about risk and reward. It's a sport about becoming a legend. You look at guys that have stepped up on last… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share
I don't believe in ring rust. I used to believe in ring rust, but I talked to my buddy Dominic Cruz, who's a bantamweight,… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share
When things get you in the corner, and it feels like you can't go on, you can fight back. You're never out of the… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share
I'm a huge fan of the Diaz boys. I'm a huge fan of what they've done for our sport. I feel like it's not… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share
A lot of people don't understand my reasoning behind wanting to fight big fights and big names. Knocking off these big names in fights… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share
Everybody is going to have their moment. I recognize that when my time comes, it's going to be nobody else's time. Nobody is going… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share
I put myself in a position where I made wrestling an option for me. I don't have to wrestle. I don't have to take… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share
No matter what anybody says or thinks, nobody believes that I'm not the number one welterweight in Strikeforce. I think that's not even a… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share
For me, it's just being wiser, finding my opportunities, and really fighting a smart fight. — Tyron Woodley Copy Share
I'm the person that's been that young, spunky kid that wanted to beat the top guys. — Tyron Woodley Copy Share
You look at the top five right now and see guys like Kelvin Gastelum, who I've beaten, Carlos Condit, who I've beaten, Robbie Lawler,… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share
I've beaten Jordan Mein. I've beaten Tarec Saffiedine. Some people might have said I beat Stephen Thompson. I beat Robbie Lawler. These are the… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share
I'm a successful individual and maneuvering in a culture where there are some racists. I still find a way to get to the top,… — Tyron Woodley Copy Share
When you fighting in New York, I feel like it would be disrespectful if I didn't walk out with some legendary East Coast hip-hop. — Tyron Woodley Copy Share
