Top 5 pure athletes in the UFC today

#2 Tyron ‘The Chosen One’ Woodley

Tyron Woodley lived up to his moniker of ‘The Chosen One’ when he knocked out Robbie Lawler for the UFC Welterweight title at UFC 201 in July of last year, catching the ‘Ruthless’ champion with a blitzing straight right (PS- you’ve got to re-watch that sequence in real-time).

Woodley possesses insane speed and as evidenced by his most recent fights against Stephen Thompson at UFC 205 and UFC 209 respectively, his ability to explode in-and-out of seemingly slow-paced exchanges and cover the distance with ease is terrifying.

T-Wood was always a phenom in the athletic sphere, securing a place in the honor-roll of every term in high-school, finishing as a two-time State finalist in wrestling and receiving All-Conference honours in football.

He briefly made up his mind to wrestle for Nebraska state but later on decided to stay back in his native Missouri to help build the wrestling team.

It’s essential to note that Woodley has suffered from cardio-management issues throughout his MMA career- something that T-Wood and his team including Duke Roufus at Roufusport and the ATT Missouri faculty have tirelessly worked on to rectify.

The aforementioned endurance issues that have plagued him for several years seem to be finally improving, especially given that his previous pair of fights against Thompson were hard-fought 5-round wars. Woodley aims to dominate the 170-pound division and that brings us to a similar uber-athletic UFC champion...