Former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley still hasn’t given up on his dream of sharing the cage with Georges St-Pierre.
Though most modern fight fans often link Woodley to his back-to-back losses against Jake Paul in the squared circle, ‘The Chosen One’ is undeniably one of the best 170-pound fighters in the history of the sport. Capturing the welterweight title via a first-round knockout of Robbie Lawler, Woodley went on to defend the strap an impressive four times, besting Demian Maia, Darren Till, and Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson.
However, there is still one fight that Woodley can’t let go of.
Speaking with TMZ Sports, the former NCAA Division I All-American revealed that he made an insane offer to GSP, hoping to book a fight between the two of them.
“Like Georges St-Pierre, I offered him a dumb bag, he said ‘No. I’m not in that world anymore,'” Woodley revealed before adding, “When I say dumb, I’m talking pushing the eight figures. A lot of money.”
For the mathematically challenged, eight figures would translate to a minimum of $10 million.
Tyron Woodley Launches His Own Promotion
After dominating the welterweight division with nine title defenses throughout two separate reigns, St-Pierre retired from MMA following a middleweight title win against Michael Bisping in 2017. He was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame three years later.
As for Woodley, ‘The Chosen One’ has found plenty of success outside of the Octagon. Most recently, he landed a role in the fifth season of the hit Netflix series Cobra Kai and has kept himself busy by launching his own promotion.
“It’s called The Realest International Promotion, TRIP. We’re promoting all things art, we’re not just doing mixed martial arts,” Tyron explained. “We’re doing music, concerts, festivals, cryptocurrency, e-sporting events, boxing, and then we just doing a lot of crossovers.”
