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On Saturday, UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley will step into the Octagon in hopes of making yet another successful title defense in the co-main event of UFC 214<\/a>. The fight will see ‘The Chosen One’ step into the Octagon with arguably the greatest JiuJitsu specialist<\/a> in the UFC, Demian Maia.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the fight, Woodley spoke to those in attendance at the UFC 214 open workouts, saying:<\/p>\n

\"Demian<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m the specialist – I\u2019m the best (expletive) fighter in the welterweight division. I\u2019m the best wrestler. I\u2019m the best boxer. I have the best conditioning. I\u2019m the most explosive. They\u2019re fighting a specialist. I just so happen to specialize in MMA.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith that said, fighting Demian Maia, fighting Stephen Thompson, I basically just absorb their powers. Things I would have never done in my game, now I\u2019ll do those things against other opponents.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In addition, Tyron Woodley feels as though Maia is already looking at the fight as his swan song, something that hasn’t sat right with the champ:<\/p>\n

\"Tyron<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is his shot. He said that thing on Embedded that really struck a nerve for me. He said, \u201cWhat better way to go out.\u2019 When you start talking about going out, and you\u2019re fighting me, I\u2019m the type of fighter that\u2019s retired a lot of fighters. Look at Jay Heiron. Look at Andre Galvao. Those are guys that didn\u2019t fight again after they fought me. When you go into this fight thinking this is going to be the crown on top of your career, I\u2019m the wrong guy. I\u2019m not going to let you have access to that. I\u2019m not going to let you get 20 (UFC) wins against me.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The champ of course is referencing Maia potentially setting the record for most UFC wins.<\/p>\n

Tune in on Saturday to see if Maia is able to make it happen.<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com<\/a> on 7\/28\/2017. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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