https://www.mmanews.com/news/ufc/woodley-claims-st-pierre-turned-down-fights/
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From July of 2016 to March in 2019, Tyron Woodley reigned as the UFC welterweight champion and defended the title three times. After a draw in his first defense against Stephen Thompson, “The Chosen One” would go on to beat Thompson in a rematch followed by victories over Demian Maia and Darren Till.
Despite the seven-fight unbeaten streak that he went on, Woodley never felt like he got the credit or respect that he deserved from the fans or even from the UFC at points. His fighting style didn’t make for the most exciting watches but it was undeniably effective at shutting opponents down.
One fight that would have instantly legitimatized his run as the champion was a super fight that despite it being spoken about a lot, never did materialize. In November of 2017, several months after Woodley’s decision win over Maia, the former welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre made his return to the Octagon to face Michael Bisping for the middleweight belt at UFC 217.
After beating Bisping at Madison Square Garden, the greatest welterweight of all time decided to vacate the title and go back into retirement, closing this chapter of his life for good.
Woodley was outspoken about St-Pierre returning at the weight class above at the time and in a recent interview, said that “GSP” has turned down fights with him on several occasions. He told Plejmo.com in a recent interview that over the past few years, there have been multiple offers on the table that St-Pierre has declined.
“Georges St-Pierre never wanted to fight me, I’ve asked Georges to fight me several times. I had an opportunity to fight him last year and the year before. It was a five to seven million dollar purse and he said no. In MMA. My middle east investor wanted the fight, seven million, but he said no. I would have beat his brains in. “
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EEEEES Normal
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I will never pass up an opportunity to post this
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Literally nothing for GSP to gain by taking a fight with Woodley…
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well 7 million sounds like a lot to me
but we are just hearing woodies side of the story
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GSP is retired and vocal about not coming back.
Plus, GSP would have absolutely beaten the brakes off of Woodley lol
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Translation:
“I was willing to get the shit kicked out of me by GSP, but GSP didnt need the money as much as i do…”
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Georges doesn’t seem like he’s hurting for money, why would less money than he made to fight bisping draw him out of a 6-7 year retirement?
Woolley’s always been delusional about his spot in mma. It’s pretty much a lose lose situation for georges. Why would a guy who’s considered one of the goats come back after a second retirement to fight a guy that barely anyone even remembers if he doesn’t need money?
Edit to say; especially against a guy who’s mostly known nowadays for getting beat up by a YouTube boxer.
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Woodley is a delusional retard.
7 million lol
That WOOD Be A Gr8 Emoji
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Why would gsp fight woodley of all people in 2023? That makes no sense. Gsp would only ever fight for a title or possibly khabib. But I don’t see him doing either of those at this point. Why? He got out on top, he is so far removed at this point. Totally pointless.
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i think it’s safe to assume gsp is racist and trying to hold the black man down
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and this is the studio version!
Isn’t Dana still holding GSP under contract or has he finally let him go?
I know Anderson Silva spoke out about it after finishing his ufc contract and taking those exhibition boxing fights.
As far as I know GSP can’t just take a fight with Woodley or anyone else outside the UFC.
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Loses twice to Jake Paul then expects to fight GSP next???
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Do you guys want me to ask him about this ?
Or should I leave it alone ?
Seems like a silly topic
unlike 90%+ of “retired” ufc vets, it looks like GSP negotiated his contracts intelligently and invested his money wisely
hence actually being retired and having little reason to re-enter the octogon
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A retired fighter who makes tons of money on other business ventures not coming out of retirement to fight a boring fighter who is on a multi-fight losing streak, in multiple sports, should surprise nobody.
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