Tyron Woodley talks about racist fan backlash to winning title

Before UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley won his title, he had faced a degree of derision from some fans that were not excited about the possibility of him fighting Robbie Lawler. Fans saw other contenders to be more worthy, and pointed at the fact that Woodley had been sitting out for quite some time. Yet after pulling off the upset and winning the title at UFC 201, he’s gotten more online hate and invective than ever before.

Courtesy of Jose Youngs at Fansided.com, Woodley discussed the situation on his podcast (The Morning Wood Show) where he explained not just the negative reactions to his winning the title as an athlete, but the explicit racism that has been thrown his way in the process:

“I’ve had people call me n—-er and monkey and all this racist stuff and I delete these people, then …

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