Tyron Woodley wants to fight in at least two disciplines in 2022 after losing twice to Jake Paul last year.
Woodley called it quits on his MMA career after being knocked out by Vicente Luque at UFC 260 last March in the final fight of his contract.
It marked the fourth consecutive loss for Woodley, having been defeated by top contenders Colby Covington and Gilbert Burns after losing his welterweight title to Kamaru Usman.
Five months after retiring from MMA, Woodley lost a split decision to Paul and would later be knocked out by the YouTube star in December.
And the former UFC champion teased a potential return to MMA whilst revealing his fighting plans for this year.
"I had a wonderful conversation today about MMA, a very good conversation. It's a wonderful feeling when people recognise your value," he told MMA Junkie.
Woodley had been linked to a boxing match with fellow UFC veteran Dan Hardy before facing Paul.
'The Chosen One' admitted he would like to fight in boxing, MMA and bare-knuckle boxing this year but realistically would only be able to choose two.
“I had plans on doing all that sh** this year, just to be honest. I’ll try to do one of each. I was like, ‘Why not?’ I’m in great shape. I’m having fun like a motherf*****," he added.
"But, I mean, we’re already in February. I might have to narrow it down to two this year and maybe two or three next year. But I do want to compete in different styles.”
The 39-year-old, who is also busy with other ventures such as his acting and music career, has not won a fight in any profession since 2018.
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Woodley criticised fighters who have called him out, such as Hardy and Hector Lombard, and accused them of feeding off of his success.
He added: "There's some buster ass dudes trying to make a living off me, they didn't get up and so themselves, they're trying to see what I'm doing then say 'oh well he's doing something, let me try fight him.'
And Woodley insisted he didn't "piggyback" off his teammate Ben Askren, who fought Paul last April, to get a fight with the 25-year-old.
"Go out there and do it yourself, I didn't go out there and piggyback off Ben Askren. I didn’t use my own homie to try to get myself in the position," he said.
"I go and do my own stuff. So, when somebody’s trying to do that, I literally want to just beat him up in real life, but not give him a chance to make any money in a real fight.”
