Neal should've let WB lead. He played aggressor letting WB play matador which is exactly what WB always wants to do. WB showed great defense tonight tbh.
WB deserves a crack at the belt again. He shouldn't be too far away from the top considering Colby has lost to Usman already and he already schooled Masdival in the not too distant past. Burns, Edwards, WB, (Khazmat?) are the only other contenders.
What's funny is NO judge ever gave WB a victory.
In the first fight 2 judges scored draws and 1 scored a Woodley victory. In the second fight 2 judges scored Woodley victories and 1 scored draw.
WB in the second Woodley fight didn't want to fight at all and spent all his time trying to play tag instead of fight. I thought justice was served when he lost the second fight.

Let's be real. That was a shit performance by Woodley in the second fight. But that was an even shitter performance by WB who physically looked intimidated in there with Woodley and fought scared.Yeah it's a real shame how heavily judges favor the champs in close fights.
I remember Woodley landing like 10 strikes over 50 mins of fighting.
Woodley really didn't use his wrestling. He took WB down off a kick and beat him up on the ground for a round. The rest of the time outside the attempted guillotine was stand up.Neal doesn’t have Woodleys wrestling to freeze Wonderboy.
Say what you want about Woodley, he used his tools to the best of his ability in his prime.
You’re really gonna put that on Woodley?
Woodley froze Wonderboy’s entire striking game countering a kick in their first fight. Wonderboy didn’t get within 5 feet of Woodley after that lol.
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I was rooting for Neal but man Wonderboy was in a different league.... that being said let’s not forget my boy Prime Woodley outstruck him TWICE:
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