Former UFC champion Tyron Woodley has laughed off the concept Kamaru Usman is the best welterweight of all time.
As we all know, Kamaru Usman has achieved some nice issues all through the course of his combined martial arts profession. Inside the lineage of nice welterweight fighters, he’s definitely on the Mount Rushmore – with some, together with UFC boss Dana White, even believing that he’s the perfect to ever do it at 170 kilos.
After all, there’s an elephant within the room in terms of that debate, and the elephant known as Georges St-Pierre. GSP’s resume speaks for itself and whereas Kamaru Usman was unbelievably spectacular throughout his reign on the prime of the mountain, the favored opinion is that St-Pierre stands above him within the pecking order.
Tyron Woodley, who misplaced his belt to Kamaru Usman, had a couple of issues to say on this topic.
Woodley slams Usman being named welterweight GOAT
“Kamaru will not be the best welterweight of all time,” Woodley advised MMA Combating. “I’m the realest. I had the realest route, I had the realest reign. I used to be the one that handled essentially the most stuff behind the scenes and nonetheless managed to win, that I don’t even talk about. I fought all the highest contenders that weren’t large trash talkers.
“No person needed to say a nasty phrase about Demian Maia, Robbie Lawler or ‘Wonderboy’ (Thompson). I fought all of the up-and-coming guys. Even Usman and Colby (Covington) and (Darren) Until, these are all up-and-coming guys. He’s not the best welterweight of all time. What he’s, he’s the one which kissed essentially the most ass.”
“He’s an excellent fighter,” Woodley stated. “He stayed disciplined, however that’s what he’s. He’s not the best welterweight. How are you going to even say that? When you say he’s the best and also you’re attempting to say he’s higher than Georges, no person’s even listening to you after that.”
Quotes through MMA Junkie
Usman is at present looking down a second reign as welterweight champion with some rumors suggesting that he may very well be subsequent in line to problem Islam Makhachev for the belt.
