UFC President Dana White joined media last Friday where he mentioned that Tyron Woodley is not interested in a match-up against Hector Lombard.
It was just recently that White where he wanted to setup a fight between ATT teammates Hector Lombard and Tyron Woodley. But that fight will never happen as one the them has decided not to go through with it.
White said "I sat down with Woodley after his fight in China. And, he won easily, quick in and out. I said listen, we need you again, what do you think about fighting Hector Lombard in Australia, main event. He said 'that's my teammate man, I don't want to fight my teammate.' I said dude, your teammate, you guys are three of the top five. You have to fight each other."
Because Woodley does not want to fight, White took the matter to American Top Team owner Dan Lambert where the latter revealed that Lombard wants to fight but Woodley insisted not to. He added "I talked to Dan Lambert and I said listen, this is the fight I want to make. So Lambert hits me back and says, Lombard's in, he wants the fight. Still talking to Woodley. He hits me again and says Woodley's out, Woodley won't take the fight."
Lombard was so interested in the fight that White said that Lombard even sent him a text begging him to set up the clash with Woodley.
He added "I'm literally flying here [to Sacramento], I'm on the plane, I'm wheels up, and I get a text from Hector Lombard that says, 'please get this Woodley fight done for me, I want this fight so bad, he's a two-faced phony and I want to beat his ass.' Literally what he said to me."
But Woodley does not want to get involved.
White continued "So I called Woodley when I landed, and said, obviously this isn't a teammate thing, here's what your teammate said, and he wants this fight bad. And he said he can say whatever he wants, he's about him and he's always about him, this fight doesn't work for me and my brand. He started telling me all these reasons why he doesn't want this fight. I said, whatever kid. Do your thing. But he wants nothing to do with Hector."
