{"id":276771,"date":"2018-05-20T06:31:32","date_gmt":"2018-05-20T13:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=276771"},"modified":"2018-05-20T07:28:45","modified_gmt":"2018-05-20T14:28:45","slug":"kamaru-usman-sends-message-to-woodley-woodley-responds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/kamaru-usman\/kamaru-usman-sends-message-to-woodley-woodley-responds\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamaru Usman sends message to welterweight champ Tyron Woodley, Woodley responds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, in the main event of the UFC&#8217;s anticipated debut in the South American nation of Chile, surging UFC welterweight contender Kamaru Usman authored his best win yet, braving a tough first round to pick up <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-chile\/ufc-chile-results-kamaru-usman-defeats-demian-maia\/\">a dominant, unanimous decision<\/a> win over the veteran Demian Maia. Usman&#8217;s win became even more impressive post-fight, when he divulged that he believed he&#8217;d broken both of his hands early in the contest.<\/p>\n<p>With this win over Maia, Usman improved to a solid 13-1 overall, and a flawless 8-0 in the UFC&#8217;s Octagon. Needless to say, he&#8217;s now one of the welterweight division&#8217;s top contenders, and is in sprinting distance of a fight with reigning champion Tyron Woodley.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after his win over Maia, Usman directed a message to Woodley, who was working as an analyst for Fox Sports.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/twitter.com\/UFCONFOX\/status\/998084699003105281<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Champ,&#8221; Usman began. &#8220;You know my social media hasn&#8217;t changed since I got in the game five years ago. [It says] welterweight, and I&#8217;m coming for that gold strap. And with that performance, even with some handicaps, nobody can deny that I&#8217;m top-5 right now in the division.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Woodley, who was listening from the Fox Sports studio, responded to Usman respectfully, though he did admit he noticed a few holes in the contender&#8217;s game, which he believes he could exploit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKamaru Usman, congratulations,\u201d Woodley said (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2018\/05\/tyron-woodley-message-kamaru-usman-after-ufc-chile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAjunkie<\/a>). \u201cI don\u2019t ever want to take away the credit. Demian Maia is a game opponent. Me as the champion, I\u2019m always welcoming any challenger. Just make it to that point, I\u2019ll be on the other side of the octagon. I did see a couple things that if you do against me, you might end up waking up with the smelling salt. But hey, hats off to you. Great job. Just being real.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you think we&#8217;ll see a matchup between Tyron Woodley and Kamaru Usman in the future?<\/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 5\/20\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, in the main event of the UFC&#8217;s anticipated debut in the South American nation of Chile, surging UFC welterweight contender Kamaru Usman authored his best win yet, braving a tough first round to pick up a dominant, unanimous decision win over the veteran Demian Maia. 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