{"id":347628,"date":"2020-04-20T08:37:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T15:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=347628"},"modified":"2020-04-20T08:38:15","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T15:38:15","slug":"tyron-woodley-wants-to-see-what-izzy-is-about-at-middleweight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/tyron-woodley-wants-to-see-what-izzy-is-about-at-middleweight\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyron Woodley wants to &#8220;see what Izzy is about&#8221; at middleweight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tyron Woodley is currently focused on reclaiming the UFC welterweight title. That being said, the former champ also has ambitions to move up to middleweight and get his hands on that division&#8217;s reigning champ Israel Adesanya.<\/p>\n<p id=\"VVDnI7\">&#8220;I\u2019m just getting started. I\u2019m not going to act like I\u2019m going to be here until I\u2019m 45, but I\u2019m not going anywhere for a while. I\u2019ve got a lot of people and mouths to shut up,\u201d Woodley stated during a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/twooodley\/\">Instagram<\/a> live session (transcript via<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyelbow.com\/2020\/4\/20\/21227725\/adesanya-is-scared-of-guys-with-power-woodley-wants-to-wipe-out-170-then-move-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Bloody Elbow<\/a>). \u201cAnd then I want to spend some time at middleweight too.<\/p>\n<p id=\"br65Or\">\u201cI\u2019ve got to clean up the (welterweight) division. Three or four fights in the welterweight division, and when I feel like I can comfortably say that I\u2019ve wiped everybody out, then I want to go up there and see what Izzy is about,\u201d Woodley added<\/p>\n<p id=\"PzMJxE\">\u201cI\u2019m going straight for the belt (if I move up), whoever its at. I ain\u2019t going up to play games. I\u2019m already a five time world champion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Israel Adesanya is widely regarded as one of the best fighters in MMA at present, but Woodley isn&#8217;t convinced the hype is justified. The former welterweight champ says he&#8217;s spotted some holes in the middleweight champ&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<p id=\"vpnP88\">\u201cI don\u2019t think he\u2019s as dope as everybody is saying. I think he\u2019s great, but everyone is making him out like he\u2019s some phenomenon,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve seen some exposure in the Gastelum fight \u2014 somebody I walked through. I\u2019ve seen some exposure in the Yoel Romero fight, he\u2019s scared of guys with power. One thing that Yoel and I have in common \u2014 not the same \u2014 is power, explosiveness. It didn\u2019t seem like he was trying to deal with that at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How do you think Tyron Woodley would fair in a middleweight fight with Israel Adesanya?<\/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 4\/20\/2020. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tyron Woodley is currently focused on reclaiming the UFC welterweight title. That being said, the former champ also has ambitions to move up to middleweight and get his hands on that division&#8217;s reigning champ Israel Adesanya. &#8220;I\u2019m just getting started. 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