Can you give some examples of the specific quotes you're referring to?
Woodley grew up in Ferguson Missouri.
Yep, I knew he was Ferguson.
Here are some quotes:
[When people say I have bad cardio], it’s because I’m a black dude. It is…a indirect racist statement…it’s indirectly racist.
"All they do all day is go against African-American athletes and try to racially slur them."
"I got something for you Donald Trump," Woodley said ... "Quit mentioning Ferguson. Because you ain't never been to Ferguson and that's where I'm from."
"He gotta keep Ferguson out his mouth so he can keep my fist out of his mouth."
"I take that personally because he hasn't been there."
“I think that – this is my personal opinion – but sometimes African American athletes are considered overly cocky,” he says. “I have some (things to say) that are blatantly true about African American athletes in our sport. And if I mention those thing then all of a sudden I’m whining, I’m playing the victim, I’m race baiting or it’s somebody else."
"His fans just make me feel like they in a dang ‘ole, in the country, in a rally somewhere…you know, burning…burning ‘you who whats.’ I just don’t like the sheer racism that comes with just a conversation about fighting him.”
"If I were to miss weight they would fire me; Gastelum misses weight and gets a TUF coaching job."
“I try not to take myself back to those dark areas, I try to stay sophisticated, stay professional but a few people can take you out of that element and bring that Ferguson back out of you and he almost did it. But I had to keep my eyes on the prize, defend my strap in a Fight of the Night performance at UFC 205. So if you want to get in there with a lion and get your head bit off and have me spewing your blood all over the Octagon while you've got that goofy tiger tattoo on your chest, looking like a clown with a clown on your chest, we can do it. We can do it in Ireland, Dublin, we can do it in the back of White Castle, I don't care. But just know, I ain't that guy. I don't like to try and act overly hood or overly ghetto, a million hood stripes, but where I'm from you don't call me a bitch, number one. Number two, you don't fake like you're about that life. If you want to scrap, if you want to make this money, let's do it. If you don't, shut your mouth. Just do your thing."
