{"id":40557,"date":"2026-09-17T04:06:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T04:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Tyron-Woodley-details-rock-bottom-after-losing-UFC-title-to-Kamaru-Usman-202835"},"modified":"2026-09-17T04:06:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T04:06:25","slug":"tyron-woodley-details-rock-bottom-after-losing-ufc-title-to-kamaru-usman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/tyron-woodley-details-rock-bottom-after-losing-ufc-title-to-kamaru-usman\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyron Woodley details \u2018rock bottom\u2019 after losing UFC title to Kamaru Usman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Tyron
\nWoodley<\/a> recently admitted that he mentally hit rock bottom
\nafter losing his
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> title.<\/p>\n

Woodley (19-7) was unbeaten in seven straight outings since 2014,
\nincluding four title defenses, when he put his welterweight title
\non the line against Kamaru
\nUsman<\/a> in 2018. Usman dethroned Woodley via a dominant unanimous
\ndecision. The latter recently revealed that he felt like a laughing
\nstock after losing his belt.<\/p>\n

\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyron Woodley recalls depression after Kamaru Usman ended his
\nUFC title reign<\/h2>\n

\u201cThe Chosen One\u201d felt like all his detractors finally got what they
\nhad been wishing for when he lost the belt to Usman in a one-sided
\nfight. Woodley revealed that his close friend, UFC Hall of Famer
\nDemetrious
\nJohnson<\/a>, tried to help him deal with his depression.<\/p>\n

\u201cD.J. tried for a long time to put me out of it,\u201d Woodley told
\nAriel Helwani. \u201cRock bottom is when I thought everybody was
\nlaughing at me. I thought the UFC was laughing at me. Usman was
\nlaughing at me. During my title reign, I was in a divorce; I had a
\ngirlfriend; I had a kid. I had all this stuff; I was spending
\n$40,000 a month; being dumb\u2026 When I lost the belt, it was like a
\nstate of depression where I felt like everybody finally got what
\nthey wanted\u2026 All the stuff I won, all those titles, I went three
\nyears without losing a round, let alone a fight, right? That was a
\nharvest from the season before, but I had to eat sh*t.\u201d<\/p>\n

Woodley never won in the UFC again and parted ways with the
\npromotion in 2021 on a four-fight slump. He then suffered three
\nconsecutive losses in boxing, including a knockout loss to Jake Paul<\/a>.
\nThe former champ\u2019s winless streak finally ended with a wrestling
\nvictory against Joaquin
\nBuckley<\/a> at RAF 12. Woodley has since suffered a pinfall loss in
\na wrestling match against Khamzat
\nChimaev<\/a> at RAF Moscow earlier this month. Woodley admits that
\nhe heaved a sigh of relief after returning to the win column
\nagainst Buckley.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd after I beat Buckley, I’m like, finally, it’s over with,\u201d
\nWoodley added.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

Tyron
\nWoodley<\/a> opens up about hitting \u201crock bottom\u201d after losing the
\nUFC welterweight title:<\/p>\n

\u201cRock bottom is when I thought everybody was laughing at me. I
\nthought the UFC was laughing at me. Usman was laughing at me.<\/p>\n

When I lost the belt, it was like a state of depression where\u2026
\npic.twitter.com\/F1sNLRwL5A<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani)
\nSeptember 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Tyron Woodley recently admitted that he mentally hit rock bottom after losing his Ultimate Fighting Championship title. Woodley (19-7) was unbeaten in seven straight outings since 2014, including four title defenses, when he put his welterweight title on the line against Kamaru Usman in 2018. Usman dethroned Woodley via a dominant unanimous decision. The latter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40558,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}