Tyron Woodley isn’t retiring just yet.
The former UFC Welterweight Champion is coming off another lopsided loss to Colby Covington at UFC Vegas 11. Since dropping the 170-pound belt to Kamaru Usman at UFC 235, the 38-year-old has suffered dominant losses to Usman, Gilbert Burns, and Covington.
Following his respective main event bout against the controversial UFC star, Dana White stated that he feels that Woodley should consider retirement, “I think that he should start thinking about hanging it up,” White said during the UFC Vegas 11 post fight conference. “He’s had a great career, he’s had a great run. He’s made money.”
However, like Donald Cerrone, Woodley has no intentions on hanging up the gloves anytime soon (Transcript courtesy of MMA Junkie):
“I’m not retiring – I’m not giving it up,” Woodley said on Instagram Live. “I’m not switching all my coaches up. I’m not changing the continent I live on. I’m not doing all that. Some sh*t didn’t happen and guess what? I don’t know why it didn’t happen. I did everything to make it happen. Now we just take a deep breath and see what’s next.”
Woodley won’t be returning soon as the veteran did suffer a broken rib during his fight against Covington. There’s no telling on what the future holds for the former UFC Welterweight Champion, though Woodley does have options as he’s still in the top 15 rankings.