{"id":219793,"date":"2017-01-27T13:33:12","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T21:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=219793"},"modified":"2017-01-27T13:33:12","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T21:33:12","slug":"stephen-thompson-responds-to-tyron-woodleys-claims-of-being-most-hated-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tyron-woodley\/stephen-thompson-responds-to-tyron-woodleys-claims-of-being-most-hated-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Thompson responds to Tyron Woodley claiming he’s the most hated champion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley controversially stated that he was the most hated champion in the UFC<\/a>, and had been treated worse than any other UFC champion.<\/p>\n

Woodley explained why he believed race played a key factor in the unfair treatment, noting that former UFC pound for pound kingpin Jon Jones was quickly vilified by the media following his legal troubles<\/a> outside the cage. In addition, Woodley pointed out that UFC flyweight kingpin Demetrious Johnson doesn’t receive the recognition he deserves. <\/p>\n

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Stephen Thompson disagrees, and he spoke to Submission Radio<\/a> to explain why:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe guy hasn\u2019t been champion long enough to even feel that way, I believe. I mean, to me it seems like the most hated champion would be (Michael) Bisping, you know what I mean? For me, he (Woodley) hasn\u2019t defended the title like he\u2019s supposed to. So automatically getting that rematch and just looking for other fighters and riding on other people\u2019s coattails, maybe have given him or the fans a bad taste in their mouth. But when it comes to race, that\u2019s stupid. I mean, that\u2019s just stupid. One of the highest paid athletes in the UFC is Jon Jones, and pretty much whatever happened to him, he did to himself. And Anderson Silva on the other hand too. So I don\u2019t get it. You know what, it kind of irritates me cause he\u2019s focused on that when he should be focusing more on the fight at hand, because I don\u2019t want to step out there March 4th and face off against a distracted Tyron Woodley. I fight for the glory and I want to fight the best when I step out there March 4th and I want him to be focused on it. So that\u2019s my two cents on that, and I just think it\u2019s ridiculous. But on the other hand, I don\u2019t see what goes on from his point of view when he\u2019s negotiating with the UFC. Of course, I\u2019m not there with him during those negotiations or things like that. So maybe, I don\u2019t know, I\u2019m missing something or maybe he sees something different just because I\u2019m not there during his negotiations and chats with the UFC. But from my side, for him to pull that, it\u2019s not necessary.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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