Yeah please do ? How is GSP gonna have a easier time with the wrestler who happens to be huge and have nuclear bombs in his hands ? GSP would easily jab takedown Robbie all night lol.
Yep, you are pretty new to this huh? The reason Lawler is a tougher match is EXACTLY because GSP couldn't freely jab him and take him down. That's a VERY obvious fact about that match up.
You mentioned that Lawler has lost to almost every wrestler he's faced? First, that's incorrect. Secondly, it's ESPECIALLY incorrect when looking at this run at WW since he dropped back down. Lawler faced Hendricks x 2, Kos, Ellenberger, and Woodley, as well as Rory MacDonald who while not a wrestler, has very strong takedowns (he took Woodley down, after all). Lawler has had no issues at WW with wrestling. He was only taken down a hand full of times and each time he was able to make it to his feet with little issue. Since his return to WW, Lawler has shown exceptional TDD, scrambling ability, and an ability to punish wrestler from the sprawl position.
In his WW run, the only instance where wrestling bit him in the ass was in round 5 of his first fight with Hendricks, where after getting rocked, he was taken down at the end of the round.
Nothing about GSP's last couple fights (Diaz and Hendricks) suggest he'd easily be able to take Robbie down. Given Robbie's success at stopping the takedown at WW, GSP would surely have to work harder for it.
That, and Lawler is a Southpaw. A southpaw who truly knows how to strike as a southpaw. Watch Lawler fight against Jabbers (like Rory MacDonald). He uses his lead hand to shut down the jab, both because he's skilled at it and because shutting down a left jab as a southpaw is far easier (lead hands naturally block in the southpaw vs orthodox mach up).
So, against Lawler, GSP not only has to deal with a skilled power house striker who knows how to keep it on the feet, he's facing a guy who shuts down his #1 weapon on the feet.
Now, look at Woodley. Woodley has that dangerous right hand on the feet (I challenge you to show me any Woodley fight where anything but his right hand is a danger as far as his boxing goes). What's the best weapon to have against a guy like that? The jab.
GSP has drawn out many overhands throughout his career by sitting behind his jab. He has the reach and skill with it to stay safe from that punch 90% of the time (really, only Serra ever connected clean on GSP with that punch). Woodley has also shown weakness to guys who are able to maintain the distance on the feet (MacDonald notably, even Shields shut down a lot of Wooldey's striking by keeping his distance).
Wooldey hasn't been able to use his wrestling against another elite wrestler since coming to the UFC, so expecting him to be effective with it against GSP is unlikely. If anything, GSP is going to utilize the treat of the takedown between the two.
Lastly, Woodley slows down as the fight continues. Unless he blasts GSP early (which, between the threat of the takedown and jabs, is unlikely), GSP's going to have little trouble doing what Rory has already done. Keep the range, jab him up, and take him down when the chance presents itself.
I mean, just look at Wooldey's fight with Rory. Rory easily took him apart utilizing the threat of the takedown as well as a long jab and strikes. GSP can use that EXACT gameplan and do it just as well as Rory.
The difference between Woodley and Lawler is that Lawler actively shuts down GSP's two biggest weapons. On the feet, he takes away GSP's jab. And he would likely make wrestling a difficult ordeal. Woodley however leaves GSP ith his biggest weapon on the feet. While he may cancel out the wrestling early on as well (like Lawler), GSP has always made his wrestling work better against guys he can set up with his jab.
So, that's why. Woodley's striking game comes down to his right hand. And the right hand strategy has ALWAYS been a bad one against GSP.