{"id":284663,"date":"2018-09-10T05:59:40","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T12:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=284663"},"modified":"2018-09-10T05:59:40","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T12:59:40","slug":"tyron-woodley-doesnt-feel-he-needs-to-beat-gsp-to-become-greatest-welterweight-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tyron-woodley\/tyron-woodley-doesnt-feel-he-needs-to-beat-gsp-to-become-greatest-welterweight-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyron Woodley doesn&#8217;t feel he needs to beat GSP to become greatest welterweight ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/georges-st-pierre\/\">Georges St-Pierre<\/a> is pretty much the consensus best welterweight ever. Yet current champion Tyron Woodley is most definitely\u00a0 closing in on that lofty title himself.<\/p>\n<p>In the eyes of many fans, however, it will be difficult for Tyron Woodley to cement himself as the welterweight GOAT without first defeating Georges St-Pierre. St-Pierre is, after all, still <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/georges-st-pierre\/georges-st-pierre-not-wanting-to-sign-a-contract-for-a-fight-right-now-doing-whats-best-for-interests\/\">teasing a comeback.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While Woodley was once very interested in a blockbuster title fight with St-Pierre, he no longer considers this a necessary fight.<\/p>\n<p id=\"0w0k1g\">\u201cI told myself that I had to beat him to be the greatest, but I don\u2019t,\u201d Tyron Woodley said at the UFC 228 post-fight press conference on Saturday, shortly after submitting Darren Till (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2018\/9\/9\/17836916\/tyron-woodley-no-longer-feels-he-has-to-beat-gsp-to-be-best-welterweight-ever\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cThis sport is different. These guys are better. They\u2019re more well-rounded, they punch harder, they\u2019re faster. And they\u2019ve been training at a younger age. It\u2019s not the wrestler that just learned how to punch. Everybody can do everything now, so I think the fact that I\u2019ve been able to beat the last specialists in the game [Demian Maia and Stephen Thompson], beat the up-and-coming rising star [Darren Till], beat\u00a0Robbie Lawler, who\u2019s one of the most vicious fighters we\u2019ve ever seen with two title fights that I think are probably in the top 10 of title fights of all time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"eM8tBN\">\u201cIt don\u2019t take much more for me to solidify that spot [as the greatest welterweight ever],\u201d Woodley said. \u201cBut if [GSP] wants to fight me, of course I\u2019m gonna fight Georges St-Pierre. I just don\u2019t think he has to, I don\u2019t think he has any interest in it and I\u2019m kind of over it at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think would come out on top in a fight between Tyron Woodley and Georges St-Pierre? Who do you consider the greatest welterweight ever?<\/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 9\/10\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre is pretty much the consensus best welterweight ever. Yet current champion Tyron Woodley is most definitely\u00a0 closing in on that lofty title himself. 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