Tyron Woodley, on “Beatdown,” discussing whether it bothers him that he may never get to fight Georges St. Pierre:

“It definitely bothers me and it bothers me for the exact reason you say. It’s not a question -- he’s the best welterweight that’s ever fought in mixed martial arts. He’s the reigning champion. He went through two different generations of fighters. … I think for him, he has nothing to prove to anybody. He did what he needed to do as a champion. It sucks that I would never get to fight him if he doesn’t come back because you can’t really say that you’re the best when you watch a guy like that reign over the division for so long and then you never get to measure yourself against him. … I never thought GSP was unbeatable. Actually, in my opinion, Johny Hendricks is a tougher matchup for me than GSP is style-wise. I think that to me, he was never an invincible foe and I never thought of him as being unbeatable. It’s kind of a bummer not to get the chance to fight him, but I think he’ll come back. I don’t know. My gut’s telling me that he’ll miss it and want to come back.”

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