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Shortly after his steamrolling<\/a> of long-time welterweight contender Neil Magny, former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos began calling for a scrap <\/a>with reigning welterweight champion Tyron Woodley.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis division\u2019s wide open; all the top-five, top-six guys in this division have lost to the champion or to the last challenger, which was Demian Maia,\u201d dos Anjos told reporters after UFC 215 (h\/t\u00a0MMAJunkie.com<\/a>). \u201c(Stephen) Thompson lost twice to Woodley already. I\u2019m the new blood in this division. I was getting ready to fight Woodley if Maia didn\u2019t take the fight, but he ended up taking the fight. But I was getting ready for it, so here I am.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cOne thing I can be sure, is [Woodley and I] are going to fight,\u201d dos Anjos added. \u201cI\u2019m not going to let him walk around, and I\u2019m going to make sure I push the pace. I\u2019m not saying I will not use my strategy. Of course I will. But I will walk forward. I have confidence in me, in my cardio, and I\u2019m going to make him work.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Rafael<\/p>\n

It didn’t take long for Tyron Woodley to respond to these comments from dos Anjos. Apparently, he’s got his sights set on the winner of UFC 217’s Michael Bisping vs. Georges St-Pierre middleweight title fight, and he’s not even sure dos Anjos deserves a shot yet.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I\u2019ve got a Gucci belt you can have,\u201d Woodley said during the UFC 215 post-event show. \u201cI\u2019ve got a Louis Vuitton belt you can have, but the welterweight gold, the 14 pounds, brother, it\u2019s going to be a long time before I give that up.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t take (the callout) personally,\u201d Woodley continued. \u201cAll I\u2019m saying is there are a lot of guys in my division. They always put them in front of me, and everyone thinks they have the solution to beat me. But I think I\u2019m the most well-rounded fighter. I punch the hardest in the UFC of all the fighters. And he\u2019s a great fighter. He\u2019s a former world champion. I do think one or two more fights in the division, with a great performance like he had this evening, we will see him on the other side of the octagon. At that point, we\u2019ll be ready to roll.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201c[But] I want to fight at middleweight,” Woodley concluded. “So, I\u2019m thinking about taking a trip up to middleweight.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Do you think Rafael dos Anjos should get the next crack at Tyron Woodley?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 9\/10\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shortly after his steamrolling of long-time welterweight contender Neil Magny, former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos began calling for a scrap with reigning welterweight champion Tyron Woodley. \u201cThis division\u2019s wide open; all the top-five, top-six guys in this division have lost to the champion or to the last challenger, which was Demian Maia,\u201d dos […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":209299,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10109,10175],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nTyron Woodley responds to callout from surging Rafael dos Anjos | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tyron-woodley\/tyron-woodley-responds-callout-surging-rafael-dos-anjos\/\" 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