By Damon Martin
UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley might be back sooner than expected.
Following his win over Demian Maia in July, Woodley said he may be out of action until 2018 due to a lingering problem with his shoulder that may require surgery.
Now it appears the UFC has come calling with a fight offer too good for Woodley to refuse, and a potential announcement for the champion's next bout could be looming in the next few days.
"Don't be surprised if you see me in the next couple days announce a fight," Woodley told FloCombat. "It's a sport about risk and reward. It's a sport about becoming a legend. You look at guys that have stepped up on last minute and it changed their lives. I don't think that I should be any different.
"There's a lot of guys in my weight class that are talking, they're chirping, everybody wants the title, everybody wants to fight me, everybody thinks they can beat me. People are talking because they think I can't fight. They think I'm injured to the point where I can't compete and I'm not going back and forth with them so that gives them more wings to keep flying.
"At the end of the day, none of the people in my division right now are the fight that are going to get me to legendary status," he added. "Get me to the point where I'm a household name. I'm looking for that and I might have found that fight."
https://www.flocombat.com/articles/...eases-next-fight-wont-be-against-ww-contender
