UFC Welterweight Champion Tyron Woodley hasnāt been seen in the Octagon since defeating Damien Maia by decision at UFC 214.
The champion has an injured shoulder and instead of delaying the inevitable surgery, hasĀ opted to go under the knife as he told Fightful earlier this month.
āIām going to go ahead and get this shoulder repaired,ā Woodley saidĀ toĀ . āIāve been saying, āYou know what, I donāt want to get it cut on, I donāt want to get it repaired.ā But if thereās no fight that really makes a ton of sense for me to take the risk, to not be 100 percent with my shoulder, then Iām going to go ahead and have it repaired. Theyāre not going to do a full orthopedic rehabilitation, but theyāre going to do a scope and theyāre going to anchor down some sides. Then Iām going to get some PRP (platelet-rich plasma), some stem cells. Iām doing everything.ā
One of the reasons Woodley was putting off the surgery in the first place ąµ²was to try and get a potential super fight against former UFC Middleweight Champion Georges St. Pierre.
GSP is now ā±sitting on the shelf while battling ulceratš³ive colitis, but its an injury that Woodley thinks the former championš® is faking.
āI want to fight Georges, man. I offered to go up and fight him at middleweight and he faked some backside injury, and now heās vacating the belt. So, I donāt know, man. Iām going to get my shoulder fixed and Iām going to watch the game be as ridiculous as itās been and see whoās next,ā says Woodley.
There is no time frame set yet as when when the champion and his soon to be surgically repšaired shoulder will step back išnto the Octagon.