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Wrestling Quotes by Tyron Woodley

59 Wrestling quotes by Tyron Woodley

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Tyron Woodley’s 59 quotes spill his unfiltered take on wrestling, from the roar of the crowd to the subtleties of a takedown. A former champion in his own right, Woodley blends humor and hard‑won insight, making the sport feel both familiar and fresh.

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I want to fight at middleweight.

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I think Nick Diaz is a great fighter.

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I've really valued each area of MMA.

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I don't fight safe; I fight smart.

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Nick Diaz is in the top five welterweights of all time in my eyes. Georges St-Pierre is the number one welterweight in…

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People don't realize how sick Amanda Nunes is. She beats some of the UFC bantamweight males in the gym.

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I gotta be able to beat good guys at any moment. I think that's what I'm taking.

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Fighting is the only sport where fans don't understand this is our living.

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Have you seen any African American athlete that appeals to the urban market actually bring that market to the MMA?

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No one should ever bring my muscular build up and think it is going to have something to do with my output…

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I have the highest takedown defense in the entire welterweight division, maybe the second-highest on the UFC roster.

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Johnny Hendricks has better credentials, but in MMA, I might be the best wrestler for the style.

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I ain't Nate Diaz. Nate Diaz is not a welterweight. He did not do well at welterweight because he was undersized, and…

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You look at the top five right now and see guys like Kelvin Gastelum, who I've beaten, Carlos Condit, who I've beaten,…

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To be just straight up honest, Conor McGregor is a guy that fought at 145 - ever in his life. I haven't…

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I don't say MMA fans are racist at all. What I said is that fans are opinionated, especially because we're the only…

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Goal number one is to be the welterweight champion of the world, and I'm away from my family way too often. This…

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I want to leave a legacy behind. I want the chance to measure myself against the top guys and to have them…

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My real fear with fighting is just not letting it go out there and hang out. I don't fear other guys. I'm…

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Legacy is really important to me. It's more important than dollars to me. So with that said, I try to find the…

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What got me into MMA first was that I was a wrestler, and I was a gangbanger getting into trouble a lot…

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I guess you could say I fell into it. The main goal was to be successful and to make my family proud.…

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I don't believe in ring rust. I used to believe in ring rust, but I talked to my buddy Dominic Cruz, who's…

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I put myself in a position where I made wrestling an option for me. I don't have to wrestle. I don't have…

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There's something about somebody who does something special in the UFC that they're allotted certain freedoms and wiggle room around the rules.…

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If a guy isn't in a position to fight for a world title, or if he's not in a place where I…

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If I have a chance to make a larger amount of money in a legacy fight against the No. 1 welterweight in…

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I think a kid from the inner city, if I had to recruit, is the ideal person for MMA. They'd be less…

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I've had five submissions in the first round. I have 3, 4, 5 knockouts. I've had decisions. I've had grinding fights.

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For me, it's just being wiser, finding my opportunities, and really fighting a smart fight.

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Martin Luther King didn't know he was going to have a day named after him; Muhammad Ali didn't know he was going…

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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…

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For me, I think you can coach guys in martial artsm, and wrestling can be one aspect of it, but I have…

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It would be silly for me to work almost two and a half years chomping out whoever they put in front of…

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When you're watching people in non-title fights making four times the amount of money that a champion makes, it takes away the…

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There's a lot of guys in my weight class that are talking - they're chirping. Everybody wants the title. Everybody wants to…

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I'm just going to go out there, pop on my leather gloves, and constantly make connections outside the Octagon, and that will…

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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?…

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Wrestling is second nature: I've been doing it for so long, so if it looks like someone's leg is available, it made…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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If the risk is high, the reward is high... Why not roll the dice?

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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For me, it's just being wiser, finding my opportunities, and really fighting a smart fight.

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I'm the person that's been that young, spunky kid that wanted to beat the top guys.

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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,…

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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…

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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,…

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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.

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