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UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley is fresh off his controversial majority decision win over Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson<\/a> at UFC 209, which marked his first successful title defense after his first fight with Thompson was scored a majority draw.<\/p>\n

Now, Woodley has his sights set on a July return to the Octagon, however the champ is struggling to find an opponent. While Demian Maia was initially expected to be the next challenger to Woodley’s belt, Maia then signed to fight Jorge Masvidal<\/a> in a fight which has not happened yet.<\/p>\n

\"Demian<\/p>\n

Woodley spoke on UFC Unfiltered:<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of fighters who say, \u2018I\u2019ll fight anybody, anytime, anywhere,\u2019 but they really don\u2019t mean that. If Conor McGregor wanted to fight me, he has an opportunity to do so. So does (Michael) Bisping. So does Georges St-Pierre. So does Nick Diaz. So does Nate Diaz.”<\/p>\n

\u201cAll these guys have a chance to step up to the plate. But ain\u2019t nobody picked up the bat.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately for Maia, he accepted the fight the week of me and Wonderboy\u2019s fight. In my personal opinion, bad move. Wait and see how the fight went. If nobody came out of the fight hurt, a clear winner, not another draw, you\u2019re already in a position to fight for a world title. Why would you put yourself up against the worst possible matchup outside of a title fight? Why would you put yourself in that position? I don\u2019t want to call him stupid but damn that was stupid.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"tyron<\/p>\n

Looking at the UFC welterweight rankings, it is highly likely that the winner of next weekend’s Demian Maia (#3) vs. Jorge Masvidal (#5) fight will be awarded the welterweight title fight against Tyron Woodley. That fight of course has all the makings of the ‘Fight of the Night’ given the stylistic matchup of the two men.<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com<\/a> on 5\/3\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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