I understand people not really grasping what he's saying but if you never wrestled you truly do not have an idea just how hard that shit is. Even Justin Gaethje said that wrestling was just ridiculous lol.
It is one of the hardest sports I’ve ever done. I wrestled in high school. Morning workouts 5 then school till 2:45 practice at 3:30 but you really have to be there at 3:15 warming up cause you have to run 2 miles before 2 1/2 hour practice. It is grueling, tournaments you can wrestle 9-10 matches in 2 fucking days. It is a very hard sport, but I love it.
Justin said he was glad that he did it but he was more glad that he doesn't have to do it anymore, wrestling is very demanding, 3 minutes into clinching and shit and you are already gassed out
For those who don't know, if you wrestle in college, unlike other sports, if you go d2, juco, naia, whatever, you still gotta wrestle d1 guys at tournaments. Imagine if a juco basketball team played a d1 basketball team, wrestlers gotta deal with that and that loss counts on your record.
@@brycelemon5490 so if a tennis player is good enough to got to a Syracuse or something should be able to face a walk on to a d3 school and still get a win?
@@outlander234 former literal CHAMPION OF THE ENTIRE WORLD disagrees, I understand he’s had a rough stint lately but I’d love to know what accolades u have that make your opinion more valid
@@outlander234 right. let’s not listen to a former multiple time world champ, and D1 all american wrestler ? Let’s listen to Ivan123 on how it’s scary when someone tries to punch you😂
The greatest prize in wrestling Olympic gold is like 20x harder than the greatest prize in mma UFC gold. The level of international competition being bred from childhood into adulthood is absurd
For people who’ve never wrestled before. Just a tand and walk in a wrestling stance for a minute straight without standing up and tell me how your back feels later
@@outlander234 if you think wrestlers don't suffer from head trauma and don't also get career ending injuries, you clearly don't know shit about wrestling. deaths in the ring are so uncommon u bringing that up weakens ur argument.
@@outlander234 there’s literally not enough cte studies done to ever even prove that strikers have more CTE damage than men who consistently get thrown airborne in practice, but I digress. You seem ignorant to wrestling, so let me just explain.. Kurt Angle literally won a gold medal with a broken neck. Wrestlers die IN PRACTICE while cutting weight for their matches. The weight cutting that you see brings grown men to their knees in MMA comes from wrestlers. The best fighters in MMA either have a wrestling background or needed to add it to get to that level. Wrestling is the toughest sport in the world bar none, and it’s not even close guy
At least Woodley has his wrestling background and championships to backup his talk. What are you backing your talk on, the fact that he couldn’t perform up to your expectations? At least he tried and showed what’s possible to transition from Wrestling to MMA world. What have you done besides come on internet to talk trash about one of the greatest WW’s of all time
@@BlackTigerVisuals it’s actually 4 these Ls happen to everybody. Not everybody is as dominant as they were during their prime in their late ages. Late 30s in MMA world means end of prime beginning of Father Time (retirement time in sport). Anderson Silva was one of the examples who did well his mid to late 30s but started declining once he hit 40. For Woodley it hit early
Woodley is one of the greatest of all time, beating Robbie Lawler, Josh Koschek, Carlos Condit, Kelvin Gastellum, Darren Till who was undefeated and young when they fought, and Demian Maia, Wonderboy Thompson, Jay Hieron is not easy and Woodley beat them. One of the Greatest on top of his wrestling credentials
@@kinggod8860 What did he expose...? Usman was just the better man. Period. Woodley didnt get exposed... All those other fighters couldn't expose him... Usman was just the man that night.
@@meetmistercox4649 usman exposed if you get pressure tyron.Get him on the cage clinch him.And have him on the backfoot you could beat him.He exposed that aspects of Tyrons game and he hasn’t found an answer yet
@@JohnLennon-yg4ut no it’s definitely not, I say that as someone who’s competed in boxing. Hitting pads, hitting the bag, skipping rope, learning combinations, sparring and strength and conditioning is nothing in comparison to constant wrestling drilling alone in terms of physical exertion, and that’s nothing to say about the sparring and strength and conditioning they do.
@@UNITDW conditioning is way more intense in boxing. There’s a lot of running involved with boxing training. Boxers go 12 rounds for a total of 36 minutes. Any Wrestler or mma guy with an exception of a few, would gas out in a boxing ring.
@@JohnLennon-yg4ut Boxing and wrestling conditioning are completely different things, you use constant static strength in wrestling as opposed to irregular dynamic strength in boxing. It’s like the difference between lifting heavy weights constantly for 7 minutes and punching the bag. Someone who can lift heavy weights for 7 minutes won’t be able to go 12 rounds on the bag and vice versa, but the conditioning to do 12 rounds on the bag is less strenuous than the conditioning to lift for that long. Idk if that made sense but it explains the differences between the two. I’ve competed in boxing and have trained in wrestling, BJJ and Muay Thai and wrestling is by far the hardest physically.
@@UNITDW sound like your splitting hairs to me. A fight is a fight, a gas tank is a gas tank. Wrestlers couldn’t fight longer than boxers without getting tired quicker and that’s a fact. wrestlers are stronger, they usually have bigger muscles, which is why they’re not built to last long. Boxing run a lot, and running the toughest physical discipline there is. No one likes to run.
Man listen as someone that took wrestling classes in high school, everything that was said is valid. In wrestling you always gotta think several moves ahead whether you're in a dominant position or not. Shit ain't easy lol
I remember all the guys at my high school that did football thought it was “gay” and just “rolling around”. If anyone says anything like that my coach lets them come in and put their money where their mouth is. You never see them come back in that room a second time😂 people think it’s just “hugging” till the dude hugging you picks you up, drops you heels over head, and proceeds to smush your face into the floor for the next 5 minutes and 47 seconds.
And In a normal fight you don’t lmao? Gotta think about knees elbows kicks and punches. AND Wrestiling still on top of that? But just wrestling is harder?
@@thecryptoguy4260 I’m not just trying to say that just wrestling is harder. I was more just pointing out in my high school people thought that wrestling was an easy sport and didn’t consider it a “combat sport”. In fact I had to hear most people say it was gay to do the sport
@@thecryptoguy4260 but also isn’t this video a former UFC champ saying that wrestling is harder? Also TJ Dillashaw has even said wrestling is harder than mma. So while I wasn’t trying to make that point, I’m pretty sure actual mma champions already did make that point?
@@thecryptoguy4260 there’s a reason that most reigning champs have strong wrestling (Khabib, gsp, Jones, Cormier, Stipe). So while I personally wasn’t saying wrestling is harder than mma, actual mma champs have said wrestling is harder than mma 🤷♂️ so idk why you seem so upset. Ever wrestled lol?
After 5 years of wrestling and play like every other sport in between I can say wrestling was the hardest football was probably the closet thing to wrestling in my opinion
@@nvmm166 depends which school dude, in iowa they live for that shit. If its a basketball school then most of the ppl go to the basketball games, but wrestling schools are a thing too
For anyone who doesn't know, it's not the actual wrestling matches in and of themselves that make wrestling so hard, it's the frequency of them and the minor injuries that build up throughout training. You can't find a former college wrestler without knee problems, back problems, neck problems, or hip problems
I admit wrestling is brutal on cardio. But so is mma saying getting punched in the face and body and kicked all over on top of wrestling is easier than wrestling alone is just about the dumbest as fuckkkk statement I ever heard
BJJ players get smoked by wrestlers. Catchwrestling is the hardest sport on the planet hands down. 15 minute grappling match, no breaks, no one wins unless there is a submission.
I do boxing...but I just had some couple of wrestling with my friend who did it. It's a different world. You are in a constant stress..the mind and the muscles. While in boxing you could relax mid fight. It's hard as hell. Respect to all wrestlers out there 👍
Depends on how you look at it and how the toll is exacted. Woodley definition of hardship is the toll on his body, some fighters define hardship on the toll it takes on their brain. That's why JB stayed out of MMA.
In HS all the wrestlers did was run while we had Basketball practice. I was like damn. But the wrestlers who played football were all beast on the field. I wish I would have did Wrestling at least 1 year I had the mental ability.and the physical toughness but I just loved ball more
different strokes bro... I was a wrestler and I get the constant pressure and cardio but dude you're not taking punches it takes so much to get in there every day and spar then be in fighting condition
@@marcoramirez313 twood was a world champ in fighting and knows what its like that's why he's comparing the two but he was never world class at wrestling not even close
Dude come on every sports is tough, it's like Gymnasts saying wrestling ain't shit compared to Gymnastics, beside woodley didn't even had that great of a cardio so what is he talking about fighting with cardio, tell me how many champions came out of wrestling each other and In mma each other
Wrestling maybe be the most toughest from a fatigue and effort point of view. But it's also the least rewarding physical sport, financially and popularity wise. It's still no way near the "hurts game" known as fighting from winning and lossing in front of thousands or millions of ppl. One can potentially wrestle everyday with some injuries but you can't fight every day without serious downfall like permanently disability from waist down or death from a fight.
3 hardest greco, judo, and freestyle the training is intense when you grapple for superior position its insanely hard on your muscle endurance you cant compare to anything
wrestling has to be pretty fucking hard becuase literally almost every top wrestler becomes an amazing fighter when they transition to mma. the mentality wrestling gives to these fighters is just amazing but ill say one thing...u aint gonna get fucked up and embarrased in wrestling as much as u would in mma, there is just something about another fighter just beating ur ass that doesnt sit well with anybody. i would rather get out wrestled by somebody than get super fucked up.
I train Muay Thai and no Gi as a hobby and have never wrestled in high school or college. In college though I lived with wrestlers and I can see woodley is dead right on this
Old guy story here about how hard wrestling is... Age 11, 3rd tae Kwon do class and for 3000 years prior, my ancestors kicked eachother in the face for sport and some random guy broke his leg... 6 years later, I broke mine on the wrestling mat, in a sloppy heavyweight scramble on the feet into the floor... Living as an emaciated teen in a tweeker pad I hated, the doctor said I had almost no vitamins in my body at all... 20 years later, I'm such a monster in beast mode, doctor said at age 19 I would never get osteoporosis for 100 years, I got that strong and more for years- then covid happened. ... No training for almost 2 years from Achilles snap and then covid shut downs of gyms... I Went back to wrestle 2 weeks ago... I almost broke my neck from shooting head first into a chest that snapped my neck sideways all loud... I NEVER REALIZED HOW HARD WRESTLING IS !
I agree and disagree at the same time. There are so many more ways to lose in MMA but at the same time all the rules of wrestling take away a lot of the MMA greats best weapons. Wrestlers, BJJers, and Muay Thai guys seem to be the best in no particular order.
Most wrestlers don't have punching endurance and speed. For everyone like that, MMA is way harder. Tyrone is just naturally talented with punching power; so for him wrestling is harder. MMA is much harder.
Its not as sensational as it appears if you've been in the wrestling system. The grind and level of conditioning was extreme I dont miss high-school wrestling but im glad I did it. I wouldn't call MMA a joke but im also just an amateur MMA practitioner who never competed at any professional level.
I noticed, wrestlers say stuff like this to overcompensate for how little respect thier sport gets. Anyone with a working brain can tell mma is way tougher. Even the examples tyrone gave were kind of weak here. 7 minutes of holding wrists or 25 minutes of fighting for your life. I think i know which one i would prefer.
Have you ever wrestled? Ain’t no standing around, it will completely drain you. You’re thinking only about the hitting. Let me wrestle you for 5 minutes and your body and heart rate will remove any doubt
@@jprice3064 lmao mma fighters wrestle. We arent talking about a sport like boxing/kickboxing. Mma fighters wrestle for longer periods and for more rounds than wrestlers. Ive seen plenty of matches where 2 guys sit on tie up and stall. On top of going flat on their stomachs to stall. Etc
Not gonna lie to you, I used to really like Tyron. Before he became champ. Ever since he became champ, this guy has just been saying nonsense every time a cameras in his face. Idk why and I wish it would stop.
Imagine being EXTREMELY devicive your entire career. Imagine saying black lives matter for an entire press conference.. Imagine calling your fans racist.. Now Imagine trying to pretend like you never did any of that.. -tyrone woodley yall
Wrestling and boxing are not fighting. They are specific styles. Bruce Lee said it best styles are limitations. One cannot truly express oneself if you are thinking about fighting from a wrestling or boxing perspective.
@@pmontyjaaaymes488 Exhibition. Specifically the exhibition of who has the best hands, which is one aspect of fighting. Boxing is not true fighting, only one aspect, one style of fighting that benefits people with terrible low guard. All low guard aspects of fighting do not exist in boxing, therefore it is not fighting only exhibition of hands vs. hands. I look at boxing the same way I look at slapping tournaments, only slightly more hardcore but not like I look at MMA for example which is closer to real fighting than anything like boxing or wrestling.
It’s not rlly bout the matches it’s self.It’s the frequent weight cuts,the weekly tournaments with people you may have already lost too 7 times,the injuries,the stress.
@@ryanramsey9149 sprawling... Under hooks. step back uppercut.. maybe if you take my down triangle choke from the bottom. Knees. Many options.personally I'd go with under hook and sprawl
From experience when I do mma sparring no matter if its light or Hard its fun when I do light wrestling sparring already after a few minutes it feels like i have been lifting the world whilst trying not to get taken down it is freaking Hard i love it but fuck me i'd rather get punched in the face thats a helluva lot easier
As a "style" bjj has finishing so it's more "effective" but wrestling is soo much harder than bjj which is why alot of wrestlers are successful in mma.
Yeah but that dont make you the ultimate fighter.. you need it all.. It may be tough asf but ...alot of yall are saying you're wrestlers anyway, so alot of biases in this comment section.
“College wrestling. I’m glad I did it, and I’m glad it’s over. That shit was ridiculous”
-Justin Gaethje
Hahahhaa
I understand people not really grasping what he's saying but if you never wrestled you truly do not have an idea just how hard that shit is. Even Justin Gaethje said that wrestling was just ridiculous lol.
Everyone I’ve heard says wrestling is grueling
It is one of the hardest sports I’ve ever done. I wrestled in high school. Morning workouts 5 then school till 2:45 practice at 3:30 but you really have to be there at 3:15 warming up cause you have to run 2 miles before 2 1/2 hour practice. It is grueling, tournaments you can wrestle 9-10 matches in 2 fucking days. It is a very hard sport, but I love it.
Ya I wrestled too went to state same with my brothers but umh no lol no mma is much more difficult
Justin said he was glad that he did it but he was more glad that he doesn't have to do it anymore, wrestling is very demanding, 3 minutes into clinching and shit and you are already gassed out
crazy part is he is only talking about the mat work , not the road that goes into it before you even begin practice
For those who don't know, if you wrestle in college, unlike other sports, if you go d2, juco, naia, whatever, you still gotta wrestle d1 guys at tournaments. Imagine if a juco basketball team played a d1 basketball team, wrestlers gotta deal with that and that loss counts on your record.
It’s an individual sport not team though. So it’s different....
In basketball you’re only as good your team. Wrestling one on one.
@@brycelemon5490 the point he was making is still valid.
@@brycelemon5490 so if a tennis player is good enough to got to a Syracuse or something should be able to face a walk on to a d3 school and still get a win?
@@brycelemon5490 point went over your head buddy
People are gonna look at his recent losses and not actually take the time to listen to his reasoning, yet his reasoning is incredibly sound here.
no itd not. Nothing tougher than a guy trying to knock your head off.
@@outlander234 former literal CHAMPION OF THE ENTIRE WORLD disagrees, I understand he’s had a rough stint lately but I’d love to know what accolades u have that make your opinion more valid
blame the headline
@@outlander234 nah, trying to compete when exhausted is tougher. getting knocked out puts an end to the misery.
@@outlander234 right. let’s not listen to a former multiple time world champ, and D1 all american wrestler ? Let’s listen to Ivan123 on how it’s scary when someone tries to punch you😂
The greatest prize in wrestling Olympic gold is like 20x harder than the greatest prize in mma UFC gold. The level of international competition being bred from childhood into adulthood is absurd
Seriously kids in Russia come out of the womb and their dads immediately chuck them on a mat
Gsp turned into a wrestler
Also Olympic gold would be equivalent to winning champ belts in every major mma organization something that No one was done.. ben was the closest
@@tylereby4898 khabib was wrestling bears 💀
But ufc fighters have to constantly defend their title, not just win it once
For people who’ve never wrestled before. Just a tand and walk in a wrestling stance for a minute straight without standing up and tell me how your back feels later
Jokes on you.. standing up, sitting, laying down, my back ALWAYS hurts.. or maybe, jokes on me
How many wrestles are damaged and have CTEs or have died in the ring compared to boxers, kickboxers or mma fighters? I'll wait.
@@outlander234 if you think wrestlers don't suffer from head trauma and don't also get career ending injuries, you clearly don't know shit about wrestling. deaths in the ring are so uncommon u bringing that up weakens ur argument.
@@outlander234 there’s literally not enough cte studies done to ever even prove that strikers have more CTE damage than men who consistently get thrown airborne in practice, but I digress.
You seem ignorant to wrestling, so let me just explain.. Kurt Angle literally won a gold medal with a broken neck. Wrestlers die IN PRACTICE while cutting weight for their matches. The weight cutting that you see brings grown men to their knees in MMA comes from wrestlers. The best fighters in MMA either have a wrestling background or needed to add it to get to that level. Wrestling is the toughest sport in the world bar none, and it’s not even close guy
Dude don't even get me started on the thighs
Tough headline given the recent results lol
At least Woodley has his wrestling background and championships to backup his talk. What are you backing your talk on, the fact that he couldn’t perform up to your expectations?
At least he tried and showed what’s possible to transition from Wrestling to MMA world. What have you done besides come on internet to talk trash about one of the greatest WW’s of all time
@@adamayman7245 ^twoods burner
Three straight L's Woodly
@@BlackTigerVisuals it’s actually 4 these Ls happen to everybody. Not everybody is as dominant as they were during their prime in their late ages. Late 30s in MMA world means end of prime beginning of Father Time (retirement time in sport). Anderson Silva was one of the examples who did well his mid to late 30s but started declining once he hit 40. For Woodley it hit early
@@adamayman7245 true and Woodly should have Retired after Covington loss it sucks to see these guys lose and lose again
Woodley is one of the greatest of all time, beating Robbie Lawler, Josh Koschek, Carlos Condit, Kelvin Gastellum, Darren Till who was undefeated and young when they fought, and Demian Maia, Wonderboy Thompson, Jay Hieron is not easy and Woodley beat them. One of the Greatest on top of his wrestling credentials
He’s a top 5 welterweight all time.Until usman exposed him 🤷🏾♂️
He’s also one of the most boring champions of all time who didn’t have to fight boringly
@@kinggod8860 What did he expose...? Usman was just the better man. Period. Woodley didnt get exposed... All those other fighters couldn't expose him... Usman was just the man that night.
@@meetmistercox4649 usman exposed if you get pressure tyron.Get him on the cage clinch him.And have him on the backfoot you could beat him.He exposed that aspects of Tyrons game and he hasn’t found an answer yet
@@meetmistercox4649 So why has he gotten his ass beat time after time since then?
Never wrestled in my life and always believed it was the toughest sport in terms of training.
boxing training is harder.
@@JohnLennon-yg4ut no it’s definitely not, I say that as someone who’s competed in boxing. Hitting pads, hitting the bag, skipping rope, learning combinations, sparring and strength and conditioning is nothing in comparison to constant wrestling drilling alone in terms of physical exertion, and that’s nothing to say about the sparring and strength and conditioning they do.
@@UNITDW conditioning is way more intense in boxing. There’s a lot of running involved with boxing training. Boxers go 12 rounds for a total of 36 minutes. Any Wrestler or mma guy with an exception of a few, would gas out in a boxing ring.
@@JohnLennon-yg4ut Boxing and wrestling conditioning are completely different things, you use constant static strength in wrestling as opposed to irregular dynamic strength in boxing. It’s like the difference between lifting heavy weights constantly for 7 minutes and punching the bag. Someone who can lift heavy weights for 7 minutes won’t be able to go 12 rounds on the bag and vice versa, but the conditioning to do 12 rounds on the bag is less strenuous than the conditioning to lift for that long. Idk if that made sense but it explains the differences between the two. I’ve competed in boxing and have trained in wrestling, BJJ and Muay Thai and wrestling is by far the hardest physically.
@@UNITDW sound like your splitting hairs to me. A fight is a fight, a gas tank is a gas tank. Wrestlers couldn’t fight longer than boxers without getting tired quicker and that’s a fact. wrestlers are stronger, they usually have bigger muscles, which is why they’re not built to last long. Boxing run a lot, and running the toughest physical discipline there is. No one likes to run.
My respect went sky high for the sport of wrestling after following Kyle Dake's story. Those guys go through gauntlets.
Kyle dake is a freak
"you good my man" 😂
😂 naw keep that same energy
Off top! Smoke? No thank you sir.
Good choice
Tyrone Woodley: MMA is a joke compare to wrestling
WWE: So whose the joke now?
Real wrestling !
He didn’t compare to wwe, nerd
Loser
He's talking about wrestling, not that clown show
Guys relax he’s obviously joking lmao
Man listen as someone that took wrestling classes in high school, everything that was said is valid. In wrestling you always gotta think several moves ahead whether you're in a dominant position or not. Shit ain't easy lol
I remember all the guys at my high school that did football thought it was “gay” and just “rolling around”. If anyone says anything like that my coach lets them come in and put their money where their mouth is. You never see them come back in that room a second time😂 people think it’s just “hugging” till the dude hugging you picks you up, drops you heels over head, and proceeds to smush your face into the floor for the next 5 minutes and 47 seconds.
And In a normal fight you don’t lmao?
Gotta think about knees elbows kicks and punches. AND Wrestiling still on top of that?
But just wrestling is harder?
@@thecryptoguy4260 I’m not just trying to say that just wrestling is harder. I was more just pointing out in my high school people thought that wrestling was an easy sport and didn’t consider it a “combat sport”. In fact I had to hear most people say it was gay to do the sport
@@thecryptoguy4260 but also isn’t this video a former UFC champ saying that wrestling is harder? Also TJ Dillashaw has even said wrestling is harder than mma. So while I wasn’t trying to make that point, I’m pretty sure actual mma champions already did make that point?
@@thecryptoguy4260 there’s a reason that most reigning champs have strong wrestling (Khabib, gsp, Jones, Cormier, Stipe). So while I personally wasn’t saying wrestling is harder than mma, actual mma champs have said wrestling is harder than mma 🤷♂️ so idk why you seem so upset. Ever wrestled lol?
As someone who wrestled in school. I could say that wrestling is one of the hardest things I’ve done.
After 5 years of wrestling and play like every other sport in between I can say wrestling was the hardest football was probably the closet thing to wrestling in my opinion
Idk. The level of personal responsibility in wrestling is uncanny 🤼♀️
this is lowkey clickbait. yes he technically said it. but its meant with much less malice than the headline insinuates
wrestling my whole life, nothing will ever compare to the feeling knowing that you’re about to go to war for your school.
Jesus that’s a gay way to look at it, “go to war for you school” literally not 10% of the school cares
@@nvmm166 depends which school dude, in iowa they live for that shit. If its a basketball school then most of the ppl go to the basketball games, but wrestling schools are a thing too
@@nvmm166 That’s Literally The Stupidest And Most Ignorant Thing I’ve Read All Day
@@isaiahyoakum5597 Facts
It's not war. Stop it.
I’ve dabbled in most combat sports/martial arts,...wrestling is the hardest in my opinion.
This man is a true warrior. Holding the walterweight title for three years beating the best guys in the division.
You deserve to be respected
“MMA is a joke compared to wrestling” - I dunno if Ben Askren would agree with that lol
Khabib justin and cejudo would
@@GgCashh451 so would Jones and gsp. Oh so all the goats? Wierd that they r all wrestlers...
@@BrokeMalone 💡
@@BrokeMalone gsp never wrestled in childhood/college, in fact he claims his grappling skills come from his karate positioning
@@GamerTheTurtle a quick Google search says gsp took up wrestling boxing and bjj at 16 when his karate instructor died..
I wonder when this was filmed
Wrestling makes flesh & mind hardened gladiators tested above most all other sports.
Coming from a Jiu Jitsu guy, wrestlers are like a brother from another mother and he’s the older brother so you have to “try” and be technical.
For anyone who doesn't know, it's not the actual wrestling matches in and of themselves that make wrestling so hard, it's the frequency of them and the minor injuries that build up throughout training. You can't find a former college wrestler without knee problems, back problems, neck problems, or hip problems
yea that’s not a flex tho. the money not even that good lol that’s why he went on to mma
I mean wrestling isn't about the money tho
We got a cobra kai/karate kid fan. My respect for Woodley just went up by seeing that
I admit wrestling is brutal on cardio. But so is mma saying getting punched in the face and body and kicked all over on top of wrestling is easier than wrestling alone is just about the dumbest as fuckkkk statement I ever heard
There is a reason why wrestling has become one of the most important and difficult skill to obtain in modern mma.
As a judoka wrestling is one of the sports I wish I could have learned. Next to fensing
People who didn’t wrestle just don’t know.
I never wrestled but I believe it's the toughest sport in the world. There's a reason why wrestlers are so freaklish strong
He lost cause he was on his way out n wasn’t too focused on fighting, jus making money and now rapping !!! Mental focus is everything
Nah, he lost cause he doesn't have the skills to defend against wrestlers, anyone that wasn't a threat on the ground he did fine with his right punch
@@MSJV Vicente Luque wasn’t a wrestler though
Bruh he old, that's the only reason he lost
BJJ players get smoked by wrestlers. Catchwrestling is the hardest sport on the planet hands down. 15 minute grappling match, no breaks, no one wins unless there is a submission.
I do boxing...but I just had some couple of wrestling with my friend who did it. It's a different world. You are in a constant stress..the mind and the muscles. While in boxing you could relax mid fight. It's hard as hell. Respect to all wrestlers out there 👍
That Cobra Kai Hoodie is dope
Depends on how you look at it and how the toll is exacted. Woodley definition of hardship is the toll on his body, some fighters define hardship on the toll it takes on their brain. That's why JB stayed out of MMA.
In HS all the wrestlers did was run while we had Basketball practice. I was like damn. But the wrestlers who played football were all beast on the field. I wish I would have did Wrestling at least 1 year I had the mental ability.and the physical toughness but I just loved ball more
I wish I did as well. I just had too much pride to wear a singlet. I did boxing and kickboxing which I still do but I wish I wasn’t so damn corny
U Pusey
Bruh not lying i lasted 6weeks in highschool ..
I lasted about 6 hours maybe 2 practices lol couldn’t even walk to my car after first practice 🤦🏾♂️
I'm lucky to still have my ears intact from wrestling
Me clicking this video cuz of the title and bout to diss twood but his explanation was actually true and on point.
different strokes bro... I was a wrestler and I get the constant pressure and cardio but dude you're not taking punches it takes so much to get in there every day and spar then be in fighting condition
Lol wrestling at the world level is different
@@Thefatcat125 so is fighting at world level
@@marcoramirez313 twood was a world champ in fighting and knows what its like that's why he's comparing the two but he was never world class at wrestling not even close
Well Judging by his last couple of MMA fights it looked hard on him to me.
As a former wrestler I agree.
Cap. U don’t get brain damage from wrestling, or get shots to the head or body shots. Or have kicks to ur head
@@akabbossking3414 that’s not what it’s about he’s talking about difficulty
@@devon7221 exactly
@@akabbossking3414 but uh like back damage knee damage and let me tell you our necks and hands are fucked and I'm just a high school wrestler
Dude come on every sports is tough, it's like Gymnasts saying wrestling ain't shit compared to Gymnastics, beside woodley didn't even had that great of a cardio so what is he talking about fighting with cardio, tell me how many champions came out of wrestling each other and In mma each other
Wrestling maybe be the most toughest from a fatigue and effort point of view. But it's also the least rewarding physical sport, financially and popularity wise. It's still no way near the "hurts game" known as fighting from winning and lossing in front of thousands or millions of ppl. One can potentially wrestle everyday with some injuries but you can't fight every day without serious downfall like permanently disability from waist down or death from a fight.
Imagine training your ass off your whole life in wrestling and then watching the sport get discredited to the masses by Jake Paul lmaoooo
He means the grueling training and the amount of rules to remember. Wrestling is for sure the toughest.
Seasoned wrestler dethroned with pure wrestling
3 hardest greco, judo, and freestyle the training is intense when you grapple for superior position its insanely hard on your muscle endurance you cant compare to anything
People don’t understand the amount of mental toll when you’re wrestling
While yes, he may be on a losing skid rn, but what he is saying here makes a lot of sense and I appreciate him explaining it
Like cejudo said, people see the bloodiness of mma but the reality is there is no harder sport in the world than the sport of wrestling
Wrestling is one of the toughest sports for sure
wrestling has to be pretty fucking hard becuase literally almost every top wrestler becomes an amazing fighter when they transition to mma. the mentality wrestling gives to these fighters is just amazing but ill say one thing...u aint gonna get fucked up and embarrased in wrestling as much as u would in mma, there is just something about another fighter just beating ur ass that doesnt sit well with anybody. i would rather get out wrestled by somebody than get super fucked up.
T.Woodley! ✊🏾💪🏾💯
wrestling is one of the hardest sports ever, hats off to wrestlers man
I train Muay Thai and no Gi as a hobby and have never wrestled in high school or college. In college though I lived with wrestlers and I can see woodley is dead right on this
Not the best timing to upload this bro
Why?
Come back tomorrow bro
They know what they doing lol
Yea this upload hurt his image a lil. Like it isn't already damaged enough by his own self.
Wrestled D1 and had a few MMA fights for fun. 1min of wrestling is equivalent to about 3min of fighting. A D1 match is 7min...
Old guy story here about how hard wrestling is...
Age 11, 3rd tae Kwon do class and for 3000 years prior, my ancestors kicked eachother in the face for sport and some random guy broke his leg...
6 years later, I broke mine on the wrestling mat, in a sloppy heavyweight scramble on the feet into the floor...
Living as an emaciated teen in a tweeker pad I hated, the doctor said I had almost no vitamins in my body at all...
20 years later, I'm such a monster in beast mode, doctor said at age 19 I would never get osteoporosis for 100 years, I got that strong and more for years- then covid happened. ...
No training for almost 2 years from Achilles snap and then covid shut downs of gyms...
I Went back to wrestle 2 weeks ago...
I almost broke my neck from shooting head first into a chest that snapped my neck sideways all loud...
I NEVER REALIZED HOW HARD WRESTLING IS !
Grappling compared to head kicks, punches, elbows, and knees is a cake walk. Let's not play.
Cap
I agree and disagree at the same time. There are so many more ways to lose in MMA but at the same time all the rules of wrestling take away a lot of the MMA greats best weapons. Wrestlers, BJJers, and Muay Thai guys seem to be the best in no particular order.
Wrestling is one of the hardest sports known to man and it’s is the oldest sport known to man
Damn that’s so true about wrestling.
As a wrestler this is the best video ever
if you think American wrestling is hard , do Russian wrestling . that shit is pressuring till one of them die from desperation .
Very intelligent interview. Great athlete !
Hardest fall in MMA
Most wrestlers don't have punching endurance and speed. For everyone like that, MMA is way harder. Tyrone is just naturally talented with punching power; so for him wrestling is harder. MMA is much harder.
Respect the honesty🤣
“When is the offseason” damn you think he found out?
Y’all bogus for that quote and thumbnail😂
Thank you!!!! For speaking the truth... hardest sport I ever did
Its not as sensational as it appears if you've been in the wrestling system. The grind and level of conditioning was extreme I dont miss high-school wrestling but im glad I did it. I wouldn't call MMA a joke but im also just an amateur MMA practitioner who never competed at any professional level.
Wrestling Tournament: 5 fights in one day
Basketball Tournament: Maybe 2 game a week
I noticed, wrestlers say stuff like this to overcompensate for how little respect thier sport gets. Anyone with a working brain can tell mma is way tougher. Even the examples tyrone gave were kind of weak here. 7 minutes of holding wrists or 25 minutes of fighting for your life. I think i know which one i would prefer.
Working brain lol. I’ll listen to the actual mma fighter who’s done both.
@@freddycalipari4242 im an mma fighters whos done both too. You keep listing to us talk tho.
@@AfghanTornado Yeah, no one believes you.
Have you ever wrestled? Ain’t no standing around, it will completely drain you. You’re thinking only about the hitting. Let me wrestle you for 5 minutes and your body and heart rate will remove any doubt
@@jprice3064 lmao mma fighters wrestle. We arent talking about a sport like boxing/kickboxing. Mma fighters wrestle for longer periods and for more rounds than wrestlers. Ive seen plenty of matches where 2 guys sit on tie up and stall. On top of going flat on their stomachs to stall. Etc
LoL @ 1:49 when the white guy starts talking and they don't even regard him
T-Wood it’s time to head to PFL or One Championship
All my wrestlers pls stand up 💪🏾
Not gonna lie to you, I used to really like Tyron. Before he became champ. Ever since he became champ, this guy has just been saying nonsense every time a cameras in his face. Idk why and I wish it would stop.
Everything he said here was tru
Saying that after being battered the last 5 fights and and out wrestled by 2 former wrestlers
Wrestlers got it
Imagine being EXTREMELY devicive your entire career. Imagine saying black lives matter for an entire press conference.. Imagine calling your fans racist..
Now Imagine trying to pretend like you never did any of that..
-tyrone woodley yall
Wrestling and boxing are not fighting. They are specific styles. Bruce Lee said it best styles are limitations. One cannot truly express oneself if you are thinking about fighting from a wrestling or boxing perspective.
Boxing is not fighting? Lol. Then what is it?
Bruce lee never stepped in the cage or ring though. He was an actor
@@blacklion2432 Being something (an actor) doesn't disqualify you from knowing the truth.
@@pmontyjaaaymes488 Exhibition. Specifically the exhibition of who has the best hands, which is one aspect of fighting. Boxing is not true fighting, only one aspect, one style of fighting that benefits people with terrible low guard. All low guard aspects of fighting do not exist in boxing, therefore it is not fighting only exhibition of hands vs. hands. I look at boxing the same way I look at slapping tournaments, only slightly more hardcore but not like I look at MMA for example which is closer to real fighting than anything like boxing or wrestling.
Much respect to T-Wood!
Only wrestler understand this only it’s a different grind than other sports
I love to invite Cauliflower ears outside 🤝
A well timed knee to the forehead or a hook to the temple will help wrestlers get that rest...
Didn't happen to khabib
The dude on the left was so unhappy that T. Wood cut him off
Out of all combat sports Wrestling is the most physically demanding and grueling sport, and it's not even close.
Is that the cobra kai guy? 😯
2:12
Either he stole that story from Marlon Wayan, or this was the guy Marlon Wayan was talking about
MMA deals with the same thing. Thinking of 5 things at the same time
It’s not rlly bout the matches it’s self.It’s the frequent weight cuts,the weekly tournaments with people you may have already lost too 7 times,the injuries,the stress.
Wrestling is overrated by now. It’s hard mentally and physically, but no one dies in wrestling like they do in boxing or mma.
You've never wrestled a day in your life Zuck
Wow your just dead wrong
Anyone who disagrees wrestling isn’t legit go look at those guys after they finish the NCAA tourney broken teeth broken noses black eyes it’s brutal
Yeah yeah wrestlers are so tough until they realize they can't take you down
Right.....
But like how are you going to stop us
@@ryanramsey9149 sprawling... Under hooks. step back uppercut.. maybe if you take my down triangle choke from the bottom. Knees. Many options.personally I'd go with under hook and sprawl
But like that's wrestling buddy
@@ryanramsey9149 yeah I'm more of a fight fire with fire kind of guy. Only anti wrestling. Force anyone to stand with me haha
From experience when I do mma sparring no matter if its light or Hard its fun when I do light wrestling sparring already after a few minutes it feels like i have been lifting the world whilst trying not to get taken down it is freaking Hard i love it but fuck me i'd rather get punched in the face thats a helluva lot easier
Having done both wrestling mma can't say i agree buy wrestling is very hard idk about worse then mma thou
I Respect his opinion but Then What about BJJ?
As a "style" bjj has finishing so it's more "effective" but wrestling is soo much harder than bjj which is why alot of wrestlers are successful in mma.
Damn Woodley didn't even look at the white guy at all
That white guy is annoying
Of course your gonna say that, you got cut from the organization
Yeah but that dont make you the ultimate fighter.. you need it all.. It may be tough asf but ...alot of yall are saying you're wrestlers anyway, so alot of biases in this comment section.
Wrestling base is still one the best bases, it's way easier to train other martial arts once uve trained wrestling