*If you ask UFC welterweight champ Tyron Woodley about the incident that happened to black high school wrestler, Andrew Johnson, he’ll let you know quickly that he beyond pissed about what happened.
Earlier we reported that a white wrestling referee (Alan Maloney) made Johnson cut his dreadlocks before he would be allowed to wrestle just moments before his match was to begin (you can see it via the Twitter video below).
As far as Woodley is concerned, what the ref did is grounds for his ass to be fired. Period. End of story.
By the way. Before becoming the UFC force that he currently is, Woodley was an All-American wrestler at the Univ. of Missouri. Prior to that, he was a FORCE in the high school wrestling community.
Woodley straight up tells TMZ Sports … the ref, Maloney, should have been fired years ago when he reportedly made a racist comment to an African-American man back in 2016.
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The bottom line for Woodley regarding what happened to Andrew Johnson is that Woodley is just plain tired racists … or folks with racist behavior being allowed to have positions of authority. And, yes, that includes police officers. Woodley also thinks the way the high school wrestling community handles hair maintenance … specifically with black athletes … is ridiculous. He also giving big ups to young Johnson for for blocking out the B.S. and winning his match.
In other Tyron Woodley news. As far as his next match, it appears his next title defense remains in limbo as folks await an announcement for the UFC 235 main event, which is Woodley’s targeted return date.
MMA News reports:
It would seem that the most likely option is Kamaru Usman, what with Usman already having signing a bout agreement for the fight and all. However, it is hard for many people to let go of the hope of seeing Tyron Woodley and Colby Covington settle their grudge first. Tyron Woodley and Colby Covington are among those who carry this hope, and Covington believes that this is the only thing he and Woodley agree on:
“We agree on one thing and one thing only…and that’s that we want to fight each other next,’ Covington said recently on “Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show.”
You can get the rest of the article at MMA News.
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