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Former UFC champion Tyron Woodley understands the politics of the fight game, which is why he wasn’t all that shocked to hear Dana White declare that Nigeria’s Kamaru Usman is the greatest welterweight of all time.
Ahead of UFC 322 where Islam Makhachev claimed the 170-pound title with a shutout performance over Jack Della Maddalena, the UFC CEO went on Usman’s podcast and declared he was the GOAT. Of course, White’s opinion was immediately met with criticism due to most fighters and pundits putting Georges St-Pierre in that top spot after he defended the UFC welterweight title for a record nine times.
Woodley, who defended the title four times before he lost the belt to Usman in 2019, scoffed at the idea that his former opponent has ascended to GOAT status in the welterweight division.
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“Kamaru is not the greatest welterweight of all time,” Woodley told MMA Fighting. “I’m the realest. I had the realest route. I had the realest reign. I was the person who dealt with the most stuff behind the scenes and still managed to win, that I don’t even speak about. I fought all the top contenders that were not big trash talkers. Nobody wanted to say a bad word about Demian Maia, Robbie Lawler or ‘Wonderboy’ [Stephen Thompson]. I fought all the up and coming guys. Even Usman and Colby [Covington] and [Darren] Till, those are all up and coming guys.
“He’s not the greatest welterweight of all time. What he is, he is the one that kissed the most ass.”
