{"id":200249,"date":"2016-08-03T08:16:46","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T15:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=200249"},"modified":"2016-08-03T08:16:46","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T15:16:46","slug":"tyron-woodley-says-georges-st-pierre-wants-to-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/georges-st-pierre\/tyron-woodley-says-georges-st-pierre-wants-to-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyron Woodley says Georges St-Pierre wants to fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-tyron-woodley-vs-robbie-lawler-highlights\/\">winning the UFC welterweight championship this past Saturday in the main event of UFC 201<\/a>, Tyron Woodley set his sights on a money fight with either Georges St-Pierre or Nick Diaz.<\/p>\n<p>The decision drew much criticism for the Missouri native, who <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-tyron-woodley-calls-out-nick-diaz-shuts-down-stephen-thompson\/\">many believed was ducking welterweight #1 contender Stephen &#8216;Wonderboy&#8217; Thompson<\/a>.  Despite that, Woodley says that former welterweight kingpin Georges St-Pierre is actually interested in a fight.<\/p>\n<p>This wouldn&#8217;t be the first time St-Pierre has been rumored to be interested in returning to the Octagon. Earlier this year St-Pierre and his camp allegedly <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/michael-bisping\/video-georges-st-pierres-camp-reached-out-for-title-fight-with-michael-bisping\/\">reached out to Michael Bisping for a middleweight title fight,<\/a> however nothing came to fruition.<\/p>\n<p>Woodley spoke on his <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/morningwoodshow\/ep-32-ufc-champion-tyron-woodley-din-thomas-talk-ufc-201-win-potential-gsp-bout\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Morning Wood with Deez Nuts&#8221; podcast<\/a> to discuss a potential fight with GSP:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>I\u2019ve already spoken to the lineal champion; the No. 1 welterweight \u2026 one of the greatest in the sport,\u201d Woodley said. \u201cHis interest is in fighting me. Georges St. Pierre wants to fight me. And guess what? I want to fight him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to know that I at least had the opportunity to prove to myself that I\u2019m the best welterweight who\u2019s ever graced a damn Octagon,\u201d <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After winning the UFC welterweight championship this past Saturday in the main event of UFC 201, Tyron Woodley set his sights on a money fight with either Georges St-Pierre or Nick Diaz. The decision drew much criticism for the Missouri native, who many believed was ducking welterweight #1 contender Stephen &#8216;Wonderboy&#8217; Thompson. 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