Tyron Woodley isn’t interested in wrestling Colby Covington.

Woodley and Covington used to be training partners, but then had a feud. The hope was that they would fight when Woodley was the UFC welterweight champion, but that wasn’t the case, as they ended up fighting years later.

Now, as both are competing in RAF for wrestling, many fans have called for that matchup. However, Woodley said he doesn’t have interest in the match.

“Colby never wanted to compete against me when I was in my prime,” Woodley said to MMAFighting. “He wanted to wait until he saw me lose a couple of times and it’s like ‘let me jump in there now!’ Same thing with the wrestling. He’d want to wait. So it would be more of a thing for him.”

Woodley is set to travel to Russia to take on Khamzat Chimaev in the main event for the first-ever RAF event in Moscow. He’s coming off a win over Joaquin Buckley, and with a win over Chimaev, he believes he’s ahead of Covington.

Tyron Woodley reveals ideal opponent in RAF

With Tyron Woodley not being interested in Colby Covington, there are some other names he’s interested in.

Woodley said he would like to wrestle Olympic gold medalist Jordan Burroughs and has another name in mind.

“For me, I would want to wrestle Jordan Burroughs,” Woodley said. “He’s an Olympic gold medalist. If you’re going to go big, why not go big? Colby’s not the biggest guy on the roster. I think Khamzat is a bigger match than he is. I feel like Jordan Burroughs is the biggest match I can have in the division.

“I like Arman [Tsarukyan]. I don’t know him. I don’t know him from a blade of grass but I like him. He wrestles a lot, doing jiu-jitsu, still fighting in the UFC. I don’t care where he came from with a platinum spoon in his mouth. He’s still going out there and testing it monthly! That kind of person is dangerous, I respect him. That’s a good matchup.”

Woodley is 1-0 in RAF.

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