{"id":200170,"date":"2016-08-02T07:07:17","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T14:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=200170"},"modified":"2016-08-02T07:08:07","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T14:08:07","slug":"stephen-thompson-responds-to-tyron-woodley-shutting-him-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/stephen-thompson\/stephen-thompson-responds-to-tyron-woodley-shutting-him-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Thompson responds to Tyron Woodley shutting him down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the main event of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-results\/ufc-201-results\/ufc-201-results-robbie-lawler-vs-tyron-woodley\/\">UFC 201<\/a> this past weekend, Tyron Woodley shocked the world as he <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-tyron-woodley-vs-robbie-lawler-highlights\/\">knocked out Robbie Lawler just minutes into their main event fight.  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following the win, Woodley appeared on the Fox Sports 1 post-fight show to discuss the bout. During the show, welterweight #1 contender Stephen &#8216;Wonderboy&#8217; Thompson asked Woodley when he would like to have their fight.  <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-tyron-woodley-calls-out-nick-diaz-shuts-down-stephen-thompson\/\">Woodley responded by shutting Thompson down, instead calling out Nick Diaz for a fight.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That didn&#8217;t sit too well with Thompson, who fired back during an appearance on The MMA Hour:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cIn my head I was like, \u2018You are kidding me, right?\u2019 Yeah, he went out there and he defeated Robbie Lawler, but he took this fight and a lot of people didn\u2019t think he deserved it in the first place, but seconds after winning the title he\u2019s already choosing his fights? I mean come on, who gets that? Who really gets to do that? You are starting to see that a lot more. It\u2019s almost like do the rankings really count? I was upset he said that because he knows I\u2019m the number one guy, he knows I\u2019ve been working hard and I\u2019m on a seven-fight win streak. I think you have to defend the title at least once before you can start picking your shots. <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not saying he\u2019s scared of me, but he just doesn\u2019t want to fight me. He doesn\u2019t want to step in the ring and I don\u2019t know if he thinks it\u2019s a bad match up. But, no matter what, I\u2019m fighting Tyron Woodley and it\u2019s going to be at Madison Square Garden. No ifs, ands, or butts, man. Come on UFC, come on Tyron, you got to give it to me, man.&#8221;\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the main event of UFC 201 this past weekend, Tyron Woodley shocked the world as he knocked out Robbie Lawler just minutes into their main event fight. Following the win, Woodley appeared on the Fox Sports 1 post-fight show to discuss the bout. 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