Carlos Condit didn’t earn the nickname “The Natural Born Killer” by playing it safe during his fights.
The former WEC welterweight champion and UFC interim titleholder goes for the finish when he sees the opportunity, to which his 28 finishes among his 30 career wins attest. He’s also an eight-time bonus winner with six Fight of the Nights to his credit, and his
UFC 195 bout with
Robbie Lawler was MMA Fighting’s 2016 Fight of the Year.
So when Condit hears the criticisms directed at current UFC welterweight champion
Tyron Woodley, whom many consider a play-it-safe fighter, he understands why.
“I can definitely see where the critics are coming from,” Condit said on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. “We’re athletes but we’re also entertainers, people buy the pay-per-view to be entertained. That’s part of this. This is show business. I know that winning is super important and a gameplan is super important, but at some point you have to,
this is the hurt business and you gotta to try to put your opponent out.”
. . .
“You know he’s obviously a super, super talented dude,” Condit said. “I did watch the last fight against Maia. . . . At a time where he could he really could have turned it on and tried to finish, he didn’t.”
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