{"id":209562,"date":"2016-11-07T19:17:01","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T03:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=209562"},"modified":"2016-11-07T19:17:01","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T03:17:01","slug":"duke-roufus-woodley-vs-thompson-reminds-ali-frazier-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tyron-woodley\/duke-roufus-woodley-vs-thompson-reminds-ali-frazier-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Duke Roufus on Woodley vs. Thompson: “It Reminds Me of Ali-Frazier 1”"},"content":{"rendered":"

This weekend, in the co-main event of the blockbuster UFC 205<\/a>, new welterweight champion Tyron Woodley<\/a> will\u00a0attempt the first defense of his title against streaking karate specialist Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson<\/a>. In advance of this massive welterweight showdown, Woodley’s current coach Duke Roufus appeared on Monday’s episode of The MMA Hour<\/a> to discuss his student’s looming challenge.<\/p>\n

On the show, Roufus was asked for a prediction as to how the match will go, and likened it to a 1971 boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. The bout, which was the first of three between the two boxing legends, saw Frazier upset Ali with a unanimous decision win. In Roufus’ mind, Woodley will play the part of Frazier.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the guy that dictates what they wanna do that\u2019s gonna win,” he said. “It\u2019s obvious that Stephen\u2019s going to want to use the perimeter, and Tyron\u2019s gonna want to take the perimeter away from him.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cYou know what, it reminds me of Ali-Frazier 1 actually. And you know ironically, Stephen said the other day that he\u2019s gonna \u2018Muhammad Ali\u2019 Tyron. I saw the little quote he put out. Well, you know, on that night if you remember, Ali had that great quote in the fight. He said \u2018you\u2019re about to get whipped by god tonight,\u2019 and Frazier goes \u2018well god\u2019s about to get his ass kicked tonight.\u2019 And that\u2019s what I see happening.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Stephen<\/a><\/p>\n

Roufus then explained that he believes Woodley’s ridiculous speed and power will be a key factor in this fight. According to the famed MMA coach, there’s no way to prepare for his student’s ridiculous physical tools.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you haven\u2019t worked with Tyron or fought with him, he has a unique speed from years of athletics \u2013 football, track, wrestling \u2013 he has a special speed that even when I\u2019m holding mitts or drilling with him, I don\u2019t know when it\u2019s coming. He\u2019s a very hard guy to judge. Even training him, it\u2019s very painful to train him because he hits so explosively<\/a>. I have to take a week off every training camp just to recoup from the training camp of getting blasted by this guy.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Who do you think comes out on top in UFC 205’s co-main event? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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