Tyron Woodley Tyron Woodley surprised many UFC 183 pay-per-view viewers when, following his split-decision victory over Kelvin Gastelum , he said that he didn’t want to take the 30 percent of Gastelum’s purse to which he was entitled. Woodley’s post-fight check was to include that extra bit of pay as a commission-assessed penalty for Gastelum weighing in nine pounds over the 171-pound welterweight limit during Friday’s weigh-ins. Woodley (15-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC) cited the cost of training camp and recalled days of crying at his table because he was broke as the reasons he didn’t want to take the money from the 23-year-old Gastelum (10-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC). He was asked about the statements during Saturday’s post-fight press conference. “When they told me initially, I was pissed off,” Woodley said. “I said some words that (UFC President) Dana (White) and a million other people probably have never heard me say
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Tyron Woodley explains not wanting to take Kelvin Gastelum’s money for missing weight – MMA Junkie