{"id":242820,"date":"2017-06-22T08:06:41","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T15:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=242820"},"modified":"2017-06-22T08:06:41","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T15:06:41","slug":"colby-covington-sounds-off-tyron-woodley-demian-maia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/colby-covington-sounds-off-tyron-woodley-demian-maia\/","title":{"rendered":"Colby Covington sounds off on Tyron Woodley and Demian Maia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend, on the main card of the UFC&#8217;s latest trip to Singapore, rising welterweight Colby Covington scored a career-best win over established contender Dong Hyun Kim. Shortly after this win, Covington made <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-fired-colby-covington-sends-warning-woodley-wonderboy\/\">several callouts of his former training partner Tyron Woodley<\/a>, who now wears the UFC welterweight title.<\/p>\n<p>On the latest episode of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/podcasts\/bjpenn-com-radio-ep-38-alexander-volkanovski-ray-sefo-colby-covington-bj-penn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BJ Penn Radio<\/a>, Covington elaborated on his comments about Woodley, and why he&#8217;d be so confident against the champ.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cHe\u2019s a bigger dude, and he\u2019s got a lot of muscles on his body, so he doesn\u2019t have cardio,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ll break that dude. That\u2019s what I said, I\u2019ll break that dude mentally. He won\u2019t be able to keep up with my pace. I felt that in the gym and I\u2019m supremely confident that if I fight Tyron Woodley I\u2019ll get my hand raised. And new.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While Covington is not particularly impressed by Woodley, he does believe the champ probably has what it takes to fend off his next challenger, BJJ specialist Demian Maia.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201c[Woodley] has good enough takedown defense to stop the takedown,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Maia is one dimensional. He doesn\u2019t know how to strike or stay on the feet, so I think [Woodley] should be able to get it done. But if Maia gets it to the mat [Woodley\u2019s] jiu jitsu is not that good. I tapped him out in training, so I don\u2019t feel very confident that he\u2019ll be able to fend off Maia\u2019s submission attempts if it hits the mat. But you know, he should be able to hit him and score and move, but it\u2019s an interesting matchup. So we\u2019ll see how that style plays out.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Covington then discussed which of the two top welterweights he&#8217;d rather fight.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI think both are easy money for me, to be honest,\u201d he said. \u201cWoodley can\u2019t go this pace, he\u2019ll break, and Maia, I\u2019ll fend off his takedowns and put that dude out cold on the feet. Either one, that\u2019s how confident I am right now. I feel like I\u2019m the most well-rounded fighter and guys just can\u2019t do what I can do. So there\u2019s not a bad matchup for me in the top-5.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Do you think Colby Covington will capture welterweight gold?<\/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\/22\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend, on the main card of the UFC&#8217;s latest trip to Singapore, rising welterweight Colby Covington scored a career-best win over established contender Dong Hyun Kim. Shortly after this win, Covington made several callouts of his former training partner Tyron Woodley, who now wears the UFC welterweight title. 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