{"id":237398,"date":"2017-05-16T06:29:37","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T13:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=237398"},"modified":"2017-05-16T06:29:37","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T13:29:37","slug":"tyron-woodley-believes-matches-better-demian-maia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tyron-woodley\/tyron-woodley-believes-matches-better-demian-maia\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyron Woodley believes he matches up better with Demian Maia than any other top-10 welterweight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last weekend, on the main card of UFC 211, Demian Maia scored a close but impressive win over Jorge Masvidal,<\/a> and appeared <\/a>to earn himself his long awaited shot at the UFC welterweight title in the process. On Monday’s edition of the MMA Hour<\/a>, UFC welterweight champ Tyron Woodley discussed Maia’s performance and weighed in the possibility of a fight with him.<\/p>\n

As ever, Woodley made no secret of the fact that bouts with Georges St-Pierre<\/a> and Nick Diaz excite him far more than a possible fight with Maia. That said, the champ assured he would fight Maia, and that he considers the Brazilian grappling wizard his easiest top-10 foe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m not against fighting Demian Maia,\u201d Woodley explained. \u201cI think, out of all the guys in the top-10 that are really threatening guys who are frightening in the Octagon \u2014 whether it\u2019s submissions or knockouts or just their ability to be tough \u2014 I match up the best with him. I\u2019ve fought that style so many different times. I\u2019ve trained against that style.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cMy last five fights have been against southpaws \u2014 Dong Hyun Kim, Kelvin Gastelum, Robbie Lawler, Stephen Thompson \u2014 so as far as the stance and the style, I\u2019ve seen it so many times and I have such great resources, guys like Ben Askren. I might even pick up the phone and grab Jake Shields, because a lot of people don\u2019t realize that Jake Shields went to Brazil and dominated Demian Maia.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

While Woodley considers Maia to be a very surmountable challenge, he then reiterated that he does not consider him an especially exciting opponent, as he is a little tired of fighting “specialists.”<\/p>\n

“The two best specialists in our sport just so happen to be in my weight class,” he said. “There\u2019s no other weight class that has these guys who are specialists who are still around. It\u2019s not like the Royce Gracie days, but Stephen Thompson and Demian Maia have found a way to adapt their striking style and grappling style into an MMA style, and it\u2019s very frustrating. So I was excited \u2014 Jorge Masvidal, he kinda pumped me out a little bit with some of his shenanigans during the interviews. It would\u2019ve been a fun training camp.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What do you think of a Tyron Woodley vs. Demian Maia matchup?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 5\/16\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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