{"id":273531,"date":"2018-03-30T09:39:18","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T16:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=273531"},"modified":"2018-03-30T09:39:18","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T16:39:18","slug":"tyron-woodley-questions-rdas-choice-to-fight-covington-he-could-have-fought-me-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tyron-woodley\/tyron-woodley-questions-rdas-choice-to-fight-covington-he-could-have-fought-me-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyron Woodley questions RDA&#8217;s choice to fight Covington: he could have fought me next"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Though the UFC hasn&#8217;t made it official just yet, former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos is <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-224\/report-an-interim-welterweight-title-fight-is-in-the-works-for-ufc-224\/\">expected to battle Colby Covington<\/a> for interim welterweight gold at UFC 224 this May 12.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during a recent Instagram live video session, the division&#8217;s undisputed champ Tyron Woodley questioned dos Anjos&#8217; choice to accept this fight. In his eyes, dos Anjos would have been wiser to hold out for a shot at the true welterweight title.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRDA or Queefington? That\u2019s a tough fight to say,\u201d Woodley said (h\/t <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2018\/03\/tyron-woodley-gatekeeper-stephen-thompson-beat-darren-till-rafael-dos-anjos-colby-covington-ufc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a>). \u201cRDA, I don\u2019t know why he\u2019s even taking the fight. He could have fought me next. A roll of the dice. I told him I could fight in July, so if he want to fight this fight in between in May and risk getting passed up on his title shot, then that\u2019s his bad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though it seems likely Woodley that will next take on the dos Anjos vs. Covington winner, he seems reluctant to commit to fighting either man.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t even want to talk about who I want next because any time I mention a fighter, for some reason people have a different approach about it,\u201d Woodley said. \u201cI would rather just go out there and whoop everybody\u2019s ass one by one. Whoever you guys and the UFC decides I\u2019m going to fight next, that\u2019s the person who is going to get the biz, and after that there\u2019s not going to be nobody left.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The champ Tyron Woodley has not fought since July of 2017, when he picked up a dominant decision over dangerous grappling ace Demian Maia. This win was preceded by a decision win over Stephen Thompson, a draw with Thompson, and a thunderous knockout of Robbie Lawler, which served as the starter pistol for his impressive welterweight title reign.<\/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 3\/30\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though the UFC hasn&#8217;t made it official just yet, former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos is expected to battle Colby Covington for interim welterweight gold at UFC 224 this May 12. Speaking during a recent Instagram live video session, the division&#8217;s undisputed champ Tyron Woodley questioned dos Anjos&#8217; choice to accept this fight. 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