{"id":242299,"date":"2017-06-15T11:19:37","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T18:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=242299"},"modified":"2017-06-15T11:20:03","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T18:20:03","slug":"welterweight-champ-tyron-woodley-heaps-praise-conor-mcgregor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/welterweight-champ-tyron-woodley-heaps-praise-conor-mcgregor\/","title":{"rendered":"Welterweight champ Tyron Woodley heaps praise on Conor McGregor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley and UFC lightweight champion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor\/\">Conor McGregor<\/a> have certainly had their issues in the past. When Woodley heard the news that the Irishman had finally made his much-discussed boxing match with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/floyd-mayweather\/floyd-mayweather-on-conor-mcgregor-boxing-match-its-official\/\">Floyd Mayweather<\/a> happen, however, he could only offer his respect.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI immediately started thinking in my mind how I\u2019m going to be at the fight, that\u2019s the first thing I thought\u201d Woodley told BJPenn.com&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CTaylor_96\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Taylor<\/a> of his reaction to the news. \u201cObviously, you know, me and Conor haven\u2019t seen eye-to-eye a couple of times, but from a standpoint of what he does for the sport \u2013 I\u2019ve made a lot of money being on the same card as him. Do I really want to sit here and act like I can\u2019t stand this dude or I can\u2019t respect him? I\u2019d be lying to you. I respect the hell out of his hustle, and what he\u2019s done to put himself in this position that he\u2019s in. His ability to go out there and make himself this larger than life figure, and then to get the pound-for-pound best boxer of our generation to come out of retirement and fight him? Come on now. Give the dude his due. Everybody stand up, everybody clap. He is now the ambassador of quan. He just made something that happen that wasn\u2019t even fathomable in our minds. So with that being said, I can deal with it and I\u2019m excited to see it.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I\u2019ll be there man, mark my words,&#8221; Woodley added. &#8220;I told [UFC President Dana White], I need to be there, and he said man, \u2018it\u2019s gonna be tough to get tickets,\u2019 and I said \u2018man, I\u2019m your ticket.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Do you agree with Tyron Woodley&#8217;s assessment of Conor McGregor? Do you think the two UFC champions will fight once this Mayweather showdown is in the rear-view mirror? Make your opinions heard in the comments section!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 6\/14\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley and UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor have certainly had their issues in the past. 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