MMA Fighting<\/a>).<\/p>\n\u201cIsrael Adesanya, we can start with him because he\u2019s probably got the most juice right now out of all the fighters. . . So the question that was posed to me – and it\u2019s been asked many, many times – would I ever move up to go to middleweight? And my answer is yes,” Woodley added. “My answer\u2019s gonna be yes whether Israel\u2019s f*cking sitting next to me, it\u2019s gonna be yes whether Dana asks me, or a f*cking person from around the corner, Sam sausage-head from the alley. No matter who asks me, I\u2019m gonna say yes because if you want to be one of the best fighters on Earth, you have to fight the best. Many fighters have bumped up weight classes, dropped down weight classes, and shuffle around to prove that they\u2019re the baddest man alive. They\u2019ve done it in boxing, they\u2019ve done it in mixed martial arts, you see that theme that fighters are trying to attack that double belt in the UFC. So of course.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow many times have I said that Israel Adesanya, he\u2019s a stud, he\u2019s a star, and given him kudos? A lot,” Woodley continued. “So I think he took it personal. He\u2019s really sensitive and when somebody starts getting in their feelings \u2014 I had the same situation with Robbie Lawler \u2014 that means there\u2019s a little b*tch in the blood, and now I want to test it out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tyron Woodley continued, explaining why he believes he has the skills to beat Adesanya in a fight. He used their respective fights with Kelvin Gastelum to make his point.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I look at Israel Adesanya, I got to look at his weakness,” Woodley said. “And his weakness may not be something that we\u2019ve seen exploited, but it\u2019s something that he\u2019s protecting. It\u2019s a reason why he fights so hard after getting taken down, it\u2019s a reason why he wants to keep the fight standing: because that\u2019s what he does best.<\/p>\n
“But look at the fight against Kelvin Gastelum. Kelvin Gastelum, for much of that fight, was winning,” Woodley added. “I don\u2019t know if you recall when I fought Kelvin \u2018Fatselum\u2019 but I fought him when he was at middleweight and I was at welterweight and my fight didn\u2019t look nothing like that. I came out there, face clean, broke my foot in the first round, and I made pretty easy work of Kelvin Gastelum. That was a Fight of the Year candidate. That tells me that if I\u2019m a better striker than Gastelum, I punch harder than Gastelum, I\u2019m a better wrestler than Gastelum, I have a better I.Q. than Gastelum and I can be \u2014 you\u2019ve got to think about me taking you down, you\u2019ve got to think about me knocking you out, you\u2019ve got to think about me submitting you, you\u2019ve got to think about me making you miss, you\u2019ve got to think about my explosiveness. I\u2019m gonna give you so many things to think about and he\u2019s already sensitive, and he\u2019s already in his feelings, so I feel confident about the fight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Do you think Tyron Woodley has the skills to beat Israel Adesanya?<\/p>\n
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