{"id":218783,"date":"2017-01-21T10:06:50","date_gmt":"2017-01-21T18:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=218783"},"modified":"2017-01-21T10:07:23","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T18:07:23","slug":"jamie-varner-tyron-woodley-engage-twitter-beef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tyron-woodley\/jamie-varner-tyron-woodley-engage-twitter-beef\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamie Varner & Tyron Woodley engage in Twitter beef"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley is currently gearing up for his UFC 209 welterweight title fight with Stephen Thompson<\/a> in March. Ahead of the fight, Woodley has drawn some criticism for his recent comments in which he explains that he believes he is the worst treated champion in the UFC. In addition, Woodley explained that he believes race plays a major role in certain occurrences<\/a> in the MMA community such as why UFC pound for pound kingpin Demetrious Johnson isn’t a bigger star with more endorsements.<\/p>\n

\"Demetrious<\/p>\n

\u201cWho\u2019s the pound-for-pound fighter in the world right now? Demetrious Johnson. African-American male, complete Tasmanian Devil. Why isn\u2019t he getting the big endorsements? Why isn\u2019t he making the most money? What\u2019s the difference?<\/p>\n

\u201cThink about it. The second Jon Jones slipped on a banana peel \u2014 granted he\u2019s his own worst enemy \u2014 but they can\u2019t wait to throw him underneath the bus. People of different races are given several chances.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That didn’t sit too well with former UFC fighter Jamie Varner, who fought professionally for over a decade, racking up 35 professional fights.<\/p>\n

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The race baiting and the excuse making of @TWooodley<\/a> is sad. I would expect more from a fellow wrestler and fighter. #noclass<\/a><\/p>\n

— Jamie Varner (@jamievarner) January 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n