{"id":312064,"date":"2019-05-03T10:13:30","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T17:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=312064"},"modified":"2019-05-03T10:13:31","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T17:13:31","slug":"tyron-woodley-wants-title-shot-with-win-over-lawler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/tyron-woodley-wants-title-shot-with-win-over-lawler\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyron Woodley wants title shot with win over Lawler"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tyron Woodley is no longer the UFC welterweight champ, having come up short to Kamaru Usman at UFC 235. Yet he believes he could be fighting for the belt again quite soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Woodley is scheduled to take on Robbie Lawler \u2014 the man he knocked out to win the welterweight belt in 2016 \u2014 in the main event of UFC Minneapolis on June 29. If he can earn a second win over Lawler, he believes there will be no denying him a title shot next. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, he believes his record as the welterweight champ should have earned him an immediate rematch with Usman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t feel like I should have had to have a path [back to the belt],\u201d Woodley said during a recent open workout (via\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mma\/story\/_\/id\/26657481\/ufc-woodley-beat-lawler-shot-title\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN<\/a>). \u201cI feel like I should have been able to fight [for a title shot].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201dThe fact that I defended my belt [five times] against true No. 1 contenders \u2014  I\u2019m not crying over spilled milk. I know my path is going to be different. But I\u2019m not going to fight two or three fights. I\u2019m going to fight Robbie, and then I\u2019m fighting for the title.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the last few years, we&#8217;ve seen many former UFC champions get immediate rematches upon losing their titles, most notably Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Cody Garbrandt, and from the looks of it, Stipe Miocic. Given the precedent these rematches set, it&#8217;s understandable that a dominant former champion like Tyron Woodley believes he deserves the immediate chance to reclaim his title. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;on 5\/3\/2019.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tyron Woodley is no longer the UFC welterweight champ, having come up short to Kamaru Usman at UFC 235. Yet he believes he could be fighting for the belt again quite soon. 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