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Tyron Woodley is still looking to compete in MMA.

The former UFC welterweight champion hasn’t fought since March 2021 when he concluded his run in the promotion off the heels of four straight losses. After a first-round d’arce choke loss to Vicente Luque, Woodley, 41, took his talents to the boxing ring for a pair of matches with Jake Paul that same year.

Unfortunately for Woodley, he lost on both occasions, first by split decision and then a brutal sixth-round one-punch knockout. “The Chosen One” hasn’t fought in any capacity in the two years that have followed but he still has an interest in doing so against some fellow former notable names once atop the UFC welterweight division. Outside of the cage or ring, Woodley plans to stay closely involved as he’s started his own promotion The Realest International Promotion (TRIP), which is where he offered two fighters to compete against him.

“I’m looking to fight guys that are legendary to me,” Woodley told TMZ. “That I feel like may not have gotten the respect and the money that they should have gotten when they were at the top of the top. Like Georges St-Pierre, I offered him a dumb bag. He said, ‘No, I’m not in that world anymore.’ I offered Nick Diaz a dumb bag. When I say ‘dumb,’ I mean pushing to eight figures, a lot of money. They both said no.

“Sorry, Nick didn’t say no. Nick liked the comment, so I don’t know what that means. But people that I respect, people that I thought were GOATs, and now that the money is coming to the sport, I want to go to those people first to get them paid with me because it’s a partnership. Whether I like Jake or not, I was a business partner with him for two fights. This is a business, you got a partner, it’s not choreographed.”

Canada’s St-Pierre, 42, has been adamant he’ll never return to MMA despite his continuous recent involvement, specifically around the grappling world, which he was expected to return to this month until injury held him out of UFC Fight Pass Invitational 5. “Rush” last fought in November 2017 when he captured UFC middleweight gold with a third-round rear-naked choke of Michael Bisping at UFC 217. He’s since been released from his UFC contract after discussions for a potential boxing match against Oscar De La Hoya fizzled out in 2021.

Diaz, on the other hand, has fought in MMA more recently than both Woodley and St-Pierre but to no better success. In his rematch with Robbie Lawler at UFC 266 in September 2021, Diaz suffered a third-round TKO loss and is believed to still be under contract with the promotion and does hope to fight again. To fight Woodley, he’d first have to escape those contractual binds.

While Woodley is getting into the promotion business, he clarified that it won’t be purely MMA he’ll bring to the forefront with TRIP.

“It’s called The Realest International Promotion, TRIP,” Woodley said. “We’re promoting all things art, so we’re not just doing mixed martial arts. Obviously, I would be a fool not to do that just because that’s my background and my base. We’re doing music, concerts, festivals, cryptocurrency, e-sporting events, boxing, and then we just doing a lot of crossover.”

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The ‘Day Of Reckoning’ boxing matches in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia wasn’t the only combat sports event last weekend (Sat. Dec. 23, 2023). On the other side of the world inside the RTM Stage in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, GLORY 90 went down and featured a Welterweight title fight in its main event, in which Endy Semeleer (36-1) defending his crown via first-round knockout opposite Anwar Ouled-Chaib (3-1).

The more viral attention was focused earlier on the card, however. Prior to the main event, 338-pound Moroccan talent Nabil Khachab (27-4-1) earned a spot in the GLORY Heavyweight Grand Prix by taking out Nikola Filipovic (11-3), utilizing pressure and punches-in-bunches to pick up a unanimous decision win.

Check out this highlight clip from his latest victory:

Consequently, Khachab has locked down the final spot in the upcoming Glory Heavyweight Grand Prix. He’ll join the likes of champion Rico Verhoeven (60-10) in an eight-man, one-night tournament that is scheduled for March 9, 2024 inside the GelreDome in Arnhem, Netherlands. Khachab celebrated the victory and Grand Prix opportunity online after his decisive win.

Grateful to have won yesterday’s match and qualified for the 8-man tournament as the only Moroccan fighter. Thankful for this opportunity, onwards to the tournament, in sha Allah! Get ready for what’s coming

Since the clip above is a bit skimpy, here’s an additional highlight of “Tank” in action, as he shows off unusually fast hand speed for a Super Heavyweight.

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Matt Brown putting in some work on the speed bag:

Alex Pereira is ahead of the game, and there’s nothing anyone else can do about it.

Tim Elliott officially has scored the most takedowns in UFC Flyweight history.

A slick exchange:

This man is completely unhinged, but the final quote here is laugh worthy.

Yan Xiaonan tearing up some pads! Is she the next opponent for Zhang Weili?

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Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.

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Former interim welterweight champion, Colby Covington has confirmed how once his mixed martial arts career closes, he plans to make a run for a seat in the United States Congress, or even become the Governor for Florida – his residing state – referring to himself as the “Donald Trump of the UFC”.

Covington, a former interim welterweight champion under the banner of the Dana White-led promotion, headlined UFC 296 as part of the final pay-per-view event of the year for the organization earlier this month, dropping a one-sided unanimous decision loss to incumbent welterweight king, Leon Edwards.

Suffering his third undisputed championship fight loss during his UFC tenure, the outspoken Clovis native had previously saw undisputed title charges against rival, Kamaru Usman end in first knockout and then decision defeats, respectively.

And addressing his immediate fighting future following his one-sided judging loss, MMA Masters trainee Covington confirmed plans for a fight with veteran favorite, Stephen Thompson in his return.

Colby Covington plans political move after UFC run

Once his fighting career is over however, Covington, who is a notorious supporter of former United States President, Donald Trump, confirmed plans to make a stab at a political career.

“I do believe I’m the Donald Trump of the UFC,” Colby Covington said on the Patrick Bet David Podcast. “He’s my biggest role model, he’s my mentor, and he’s someone that I really look up to, so I try and model my career after a lot of things that he’s done.”

“I definitely would like to run for Congress in a few years, I think I’d be the perfect fighter,” Colby Covington explained. I’m not a guy that’s going to sell out to the establishment. I’m a self-made man from nothing. I came from a blue-collar family in Oregon who had absolutely nothing, who lived in trailer parks, now I’m a mult-million dollar athlete, so I think that I can do great things for this Republican and Conversative movement because they don’t have the funds and means to do it. I appreciate everything Donald Trump’s done for me, I’m a true believer, I’ll die fighting for that man.” 

What’s next for Colby Covington after his UFC 296 loss?

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