September - 2016
SCRAPP! FIGHT MAGAZINE
18
Is Backlash the Best Possible
Scenario For Tyron Woodley?
Article By: Christian Larusson,
Photo Credit By: Ester Lynn, Strikeforce
Approximately two weeks after
Tyron Woodley won the wel-
terweight title and immediately
stating he wants to pick and
choose his next opponent – the
fan outrage has kept increasing
by an alarming rate, as many of
us expected it would.
About a week ago, I wrote a
piece called, ‘Is The New UFC
Champion Tyron Woodley Al-
ready Ducking The Next Top
Welterweight
Contenders?’,
were in short, I pointed to his
statement and clarified that, of-
course, he is free to say what-
ever he wants, but it’s not going
to be without consequences,
and here we are today, shy of
two weeks removed from UFC
201 where Tyron became a
champion, and on the same
day – The most unlikeable cur-
rent UFC champion on its roster.
Either Georges St-Pierre or Nick
Diaz, these are the two fights
Woodley wants desperately,
but unfortunately for him, that
is not what fans are interested
in for Woodley, but, he keeps
T.W Instagram – Fan Response
(Screenshot was taken 10-08-2016)
