Tyron Woodley will go down as one of the greatest welterweights to have ever graced a UFC octagon. ‘The Chosen One’ won the UFC belt and defended it four times against the very best in the weight class. However, on his way to the top and even more recently, Woodley has faced setbacks in his career. Most of his seven losses have come towards the latter part of his career.
As ‘T-Wood’ prepares for his upcoming professional boxing debut, we inspect all the losses he suffered in his MMA career.
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The setbacks of Tyron Woodley’s MMA career
Woodley vs Marquardt
Tyron Woodley succumbed to his first professional MMA loss against Nate Marquardt. Going into the fight for the vacant Strikeforce welterweight belt, Woodley was undefeated at 10-0. Marquardt landed a brilliant elbow in the clinch and followed that up with punches and that shut the lights on ‘The Chosen One’ in round 4.
Woodley vs Jake Shields
In his second fight in the UFC at UFC 161, ‘T-Wood’ was pitted against veteran Shields. After three rounds of back-and-forth action, Woodley succumbed to a split-decision loss. This was the second loss of his MMA career.
Tyron Woodley vs Rory MacDonald
At UFC 174, ‘The Chosen One’ took on Canadian Rory MacDonald in a bid to extend his win streak to 3-0. However, ‘The Red King’ avoided Woodley’s right hand and also stuffed his takedowns for three rounds. Ultimately, he secured a unanimous decision win over Woodley.
Woodley vs Usman
However, that was not the case on Fight Night. ‘The Chosen One’ displayed little to no offense as ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ manhandled him for five rounds and dethroned him.
Woodley vs Burns
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Tyron Woodley vs Colby Covington
After ‘Chaos’ dominated for four rounds, the fight was called in the fifth round as Woodley yelled in agony while Covington was on top of him. It was later revealed that he suffered a broken rib.
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Tyron Woodley vs Vicente Luque
What do you make of Tyron Woodley’s MMA career defeats? Let us know in the comments below!