Filed under: Featured , Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos LAS VEGAS – Tyron Woodley was simply explaining the meaning behind his walkout song choice for UFC 209 (“I Ain’t Turning Back” by Thi’sl) when he uttered a sentence that he seemed to know right away would take some careful following up. “When I talk about carrying my shield and going into battle, and I think about all the distractions, all the ways out, all the people that want to see me lose, it’s a lot of pressure,” Woodley(17-3-1 MMA, 7-2-1 UFC) said after narrowly beating Stephen Thompson(13-2-1 MMA, 8-2-1 UFC) in Saturday’s pay-per-view headliner to retain the UFC welterweight title . “People don’t understand that – you think you got (the belt) and your life is changed. To be honest, my life was a little bit better before I had the belt.” Related: Tyron Woodley gets that fans love brawls, but 'guess what – I love being the world champion' When asked to elaborate, Woodley first tried to jokingly buy himself some time directing the questions to another reporter, but he then took a breath to “choose his words wisely” before touching on the tricky territory that seems to have become a staple of his relationship with fight fans.
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