{"id":185969,"date":"2016-02-13T07:46:39","date_gmt":"2016-02-13T15:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=185969"},"modified":"2016-02-13T07:46:39","modified_gmt":"2016-02-13T15:46:39","slug":"stephen-thompson-politely-fires-back-at-tyron-woodley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/stephen-thompson\/stephen-thompson-politely-fires-back-at-tyron-woodley\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Thompson politely fires back at Tyron Woodley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back at UFC 192 Tyron Woodley and former UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks were slated to square off to decide who would get a crack at Robbie Lawler&#8217;s welterweight championship.<\/p>\n<p>Hendricks had a weight-cut mishap and was rushed to the hospital.  Woodley was ultimately awarded the title shot by UFC President Dana White.  Lawler went on to fight, and defeat, Carlos <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/replay-lawler-vs-condit-highlights\/\">Condit via controversial decision.<\/a> Condit called for an <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/watch-dana-white-discusses-lawler-vs-condit-rematch-more\/\">immediate rematch,<\/a> and there was no mention of Woodley&#8217;s promise of a title shot.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month in Las Vegas Stephen &#8216;Wonderboy&#8217; Thompson defeated Johny Hendricks via <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/replay-stephen-thompson-tkos-johny-hendricks\/\">1st round TKO<\/a>.  After the bout many called for Thompson to get a title shot given that he defeated Hendricks, and became the 1st man to finish the former champ.<\/p>\n<p>Tyron Woodley didn&#8217;t like hearing that, and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tyron-woodley\/tyron-woodley-stephen-thompson-didnt-earn-a-title-shot\/\">made an argument<\/a> for why Thompson didn&#8217;t deserve a title shot.  <\/p>\n<p>Thompson spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2016\/02\/stephen-thompson-i-would-put-on-better-show-than-tyron-woodley-in-title-shot\">MMAJunkie<\/a> to politely fire back at Woodley.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;You know, my hat&#8217;s off to Tyron and it&#8217;s disappointing that Hendricks didn&#8217;t make weight when they were supposed to fight and he was promised the next title fight, but I did fight the former welterweight champion and did beat him in the first round. That&#8217;s someone who has never been finished. I think I&#8217;m just more of an exciting fighter than Tyron Woodley. I think me and Robbie Lawler would put on a better show. I think more people would be more apt to tune into it as well.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Who would you rather see fight Robbie Lawler? Sound off below PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back at UFC 192 Tyron Woodley and former UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks were slated to square off to decide who would get a crack at Robbie Lawler&#8217;s welterweight championship. Hendricks had a weight-cut mishap and was rushed to the hospital. Woodley was ultimately awarded the title shot by UFC President Dana White. 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