Tyron Woodley opens up on reasons for being tentative, ‘overanalyzing’ during fights

Tyron Woodley has a pretty decorated resume in mixed martial arts. He has top quality wins and a two-year title reign in the UFC, in a division long known for having a deep talent pool.

While no one can deny that he’s had a great career, one of the main criticisms against him was how he tends to become a bit gun shy and hesitant during fights. This was more evident in the latter stages of his UFC run, and even more so during his recent boxing match with Jake Paul.

Despite Paul clearly not being as technical as his previous opponents and many of his training partners, Woodley admitted that his tentativeness boils down to him “overthinking” and “overanalyzing” during contests.

“Hindsight is…