UFC 260: Dana White hints Tyron Woodley should retire after 0-4 skid – ‘how old is he now, 39?’
- UFC boss admires Woodley ‘went out on his shield’ and ‘came to fight’ against Vicente Luque
- But White admits concern over former welterweight champion’s fourth straight loss
UFC president Dana White hinted that former welterweight champion Tyron Woodley should start thinking about retirement after suffering his fourth successive defeat.
Despite a much-improved performance, White believes American Woodley may need to call time on his impressive career, which includes wins over Robbie Lawler and Stephen Thompson (twice). Woodley has no fights left on his contract and is likely to slide further down the rankings.
“How old is Tyron now, 39?” White asked the media in the post-event press conference at the Apex facility in Las Vegas. “That’s four in a row. Yeah.”
Luque caught Woodley with a clean counterpunch while struggling to find his own feet earlier in the fight. The 29-year-old Brazilian eventually submitted Woodley, handing him the first submission loss of his career.
“They came out to fight. Obviously Luque is a rising star and Woodley – who takes a lot of criticism – that kid came to fight tonight and he went out on his shield,” White said.
