By Mike Bohn and John Morgan |
September 19, 2020 11: 50 pm
Dana White desires to survey Tyron Woodley retire from MMA following a third straight loss at UFC on ESPN+ 36.
Woodley (19-6-1 MMA, 9-5-1 UFC), the worn longtime welterweight champion, seen his career-long shedding skid proceed on Saturday when he suffered a fifth-round TKO defeat to Covington (15-2 MMA, 11-2 UFC) in the headlining bout, which took effect at UFC Apex in Las Vegas and streamed on ESPN+.
Although “The Chosen One” is handiest 16 months eradicated from losing the UFC belt, his string of defeats to Covington, Gilbert Burns and Kamaru Usman fill considered him lose 14 consecutive rounds concluding with a stoppage.
In gentle of his most up-to-date file, White thinks the 38-three hundred and sixty five days-stale must always thinking inspiring on from the game.
“I judge he must always starting up up smitten by inserting it up,” White told journalists, including MMA Junkie, on the UFC on ESPN+ 36 post-battle news conference. “He’s had a astronomical career. He’s made his cash.
“… All of us fetch stale, man. This happens to the greatest of us. Woodley’s had a factual career. He’s been a champion. He’s been around awhile. He had a factual bustle in Strikeforce, too.”
White didn’t portion whether he expressed his opinion on to Woodley but, and confirmed the fighter suffered a rib injury in the battle-ending sequence with Covington.
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