Does Woodley have a cardio problem?

Woodley has already shown he can maintain his pace for 3 or 5 rounds easily. If forced to fight at a higher pace he would probably gas hard though. People saying its because Wonderboy wasnt active are wrong, Kelvin tried to pressure Woodley but his pace was controlled and he walked into right hands all night.

Maia is getting up there in age and generally fatigues even in fights he's winning. I dont think he can wrestle with a guy like Woodley for very long. I think Maia either strangles him quickly or he would gas and get caught after slowing down. i'm picking Woodley in this fight.
 
He has real one punch power and he's hard to takedown

A patient guy like Wonderboy was just hoping for an opening and Woodley just didn't fell for it

Lawler is really active and dangerous but he stays in the pocket too long and can get caught by Woodley's powershots

MacDonald is active but stay out of the pocket and he did dismantled him


Maia as a chance if he can drags him down or backpack him. He's always at risk to get koed at anytime in that fight

GSP will be Woodley's biggest threat
 
Toner said:
Woodley is one of the weaker champs at the moment.
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Only demetrious and joanna have more defences right now. Aldo, conor, cody, de randamie all have none. And then theres bisping
 
MMAislife69 said:
Woodley is a short guy with a lot of muscle on his body. Surely this affects his cardio? Against Maia there is no way he could withstand more than one round of getting grapple fucked without gassing. Seems like an obvious weakness for the champ. He did go 5 rounds with wonderboy but that was basically just 5 rounds of two guys circling around the octagon. Neither fighter was very active.
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He's5'10 and he fights at 170lbs. That is not short.
 
It's mental. I've been around these guy in mma gyms and they can go for hours.

But when the spotlight is on and the pressure is on, the heart pumps and it saps a fighter fast.

Being able to keep calm is everything.
 
DOMMA said:
True, second only to Bisping.
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At least they're not deluded enough to think they can beat boxers in a boxing match, unlike Stipe (who's worse than both of them) or Conor the cardio king.
Woodley having back to back 5 round fights where not much happened shows dumb timing for this thread. Can Woodley go 5 rounds, errr yeah he just did it twice.

How many of Maia's wins have been because his opponent gassed out? If you can stop Maia from taking you down he gasses out and you beat him, Woodley should be able to do that with ease.
 
Toner said:
Woodley is one of the weaker champs at the moment.
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What does this ^^^ even mean? Weak in what sense as a champ? The weakest lamest champ in the UFC is Conor McGregor because he don't defend belts, can't get any weaker than a champ who don't defend his belt.
 
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Yes. He can go the distance in a slow paced fight with only a couple moments of action, but he slows tremendously when he is active.
 
paynebringer said:
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What does this ^^^ even mean? Weak in what sense as a champ? The weakest lamest champ in the UFC is Conor McGregor because he don't defend belts, can't get any weaker than a champ who defend his belt.
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ur stuttering again
 
If he doesn't finish Maia in the first or Vice versa you are going to see a shit show because both gasses like crazy.
 
If he fights his fight at his pace he won't get tired. If he's getting punched and pushed then most dudes will gas.
 
MMAislife69 said:
Woodley is a short guy with a lot of muscle on his body. Surely this affects his cardio? Against Maia there is no way he could withstand more than one round of getting grapple fucked without gassing. Seems like an obvious weakness for the champ. He did go 5 rounds with wonderboy but that was basically just 5 rounds of two guys circling around the octagon. Neither fighter was very active.
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The first sentence of your thread answered your own question...
 
Brock Lesnar vs Woodley.

Battle of the bad cardio racists! Make it happen, Dana
 
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