{"id":202309,"date":"2016-08-28T14:27:34","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T21:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=202309"},"modified":"2016-08-28T14:27:34","modified_gmt":"2016-08-28T21:27:34","slug":"tyron-woodley-details-fights-thinks-next-ufcs-welterweight-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tyron-woodley\/tyron-woodley-details-fights-thinks-next-ufcs-welterweight-division\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyron Woodley details which fights he thinks should be next in the UFC&#8217;s welterweight division"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley is eyeing a &#8220;big money fight&#8221; for his first title defense which is expected to take place later this year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Chosen One&#8221; has expressed interest in fighting either former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre or former Strikeforce welterweight title holder Nick Diaz in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>UFC president Dana White has gone on record as saying that Woodley&#8217;s first title defense will come against the divisions #1 contender Stephen &#8220;Wonderboy&#8221; Thompson, who is currently riding an amazing seven-fight win streak, but Woodley doesn&#8217;t seem very interested in that being his next fight.<\/p>\n<p>At last night&#8217;s UFC on FOX 21 event in Vancouver, former UFC middleweight title challenger Demian Maia entered the welterweight title picture conversation, this after he earned a first-round submission victory over former interim welterweight champion Carlos Condit. <\/p>\n<p>The victory served as Maia&#8217;s sixth-straight in the 170-pound division, which is the second longest active streak, trailing only Stephen Thompson&#8217;s seven.<\/p>\n<p>Woodley was on Twitter following last night&#8217;s UFC on FOX 21 event and retweeted this fans suggestion for the next 170-pound fights to make, check it out:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">so why not <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/demianmaia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@demianmaia<\/a> v <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WonderboyMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WonderboyMMA<\/a> with the winner taking on the winner of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TWooodley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TWooodley<\/a> v <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgesStPierre?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GeorgesStPierre<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sproggy D (@SproggyD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SproggyD\/status\/769728761499496448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Woodley followed that up with this message for the people saying he is &#8216;ducking&#8217; Stephen Thompson:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">0EasyFights. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arielhelwani?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@arielhelwani<\/a> They can call me what they want as long as they call me Champ &amp; move my commas 2 the left <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ex5BBGQFXx\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ex5BBGQFXx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tyron T-Wood Woodley (@TWooodley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TWooodley\/status\/769754904080490496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Which fights do you think should be made next in the UFC&#8217;s welterweight division? 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