Why did Woodley duck Lombard?

[ShreddinMMA]

Cause Lombard probably would knock him the fuck out.

Most people realize that Lombard is probably the best 1 round fighter in the UFC right now. The best way to beat him is to whether the early storm (or to grapple fuck him, which isn't easy).

Problem is, Woodley's cardio is spotty too. It's not like he's going to easily outlast Lombard. And Woodley knows that going into the pocket with Lombard is just a bad idea.

 

[Mike]

Because he knew he would lose

 

[Tuf_guy]

Because he has a Tito liddell type agreement with lombard

"Looks like him and me are next! I got a lil thing with Ken Shamrock first though - got some bad vibes we gotta take care of."

 

[BJPenn2012]

Lol you all make it look as if Lombard was a world beater monster when In reality he got trashed at mw and beat two over the hill wws. When he beats a top ww then we can talk. He was supposed to beat Anderson lol. Couldnt get passed Boetsch.


Mark my words, he wont get a title shot. He will get stopped before that happens.

I'm not even a Lombard fan but shields is certainly not over the hill yet and Woodley clearly ducked Lombard. Lombard has looked great at welterweight too although, I really could care a less whether Lombard gets a shot or not I'm not here to debate that. I'm here to figure out why Woodley straight up refused to fight him (ducking) can't remember somebody so blatantly refusing to fight another person who isn't really a friend or teammate to begin with

 

[BJPenn2012]

Maybe Woodley is going to turn into Anderson and just claim everyone who is a hard fight is a "friend"

 

[FightIsTheFight]

Lol you all make it look as if Lombard was a world beater monster when In reality he got trashed at mw and beat two over the hill wws. When he beats a top ww then we can talk. He was supposed to beat Anderson lol. Couldnt get passed Boetsch.


Mark my words, he wont get a title shot. He will get stopped before that happens.

When he beats a top WW you can shut your mouth; no talking allowed.

 

[C0NCH3TO]

When he beats a top WW you can shut your mouth; no talking allowed.

I promise.

I cant wait for him to fight either Hendricks, Lawler or Rory. It will bring the lols.

 

[Uber_Noober]

Would you want to fight Hector? He's a scary dude, looks bad for Woodley, I can refuse to fight him and it won't hurt my brand what so ever.

 

[JarlSkuld]

Well, to put it plainly: Woodley is trying to find the shortest route to the title. Getting KTFO by Lombard would be a step in the wrong direction.

Jarl

 

[Omega Man]

Sucks that he didnt take the fight. I thought it was an interesting matchup.

 

[Jackonflame]

He didn't.

Why would he fight someone below him in rankings anyway?

He's already fought 2x this year. What has Lombard done?

A LnP victory of the worlds most dangerous striker Shields (LOL) and then took several months off to catch his breath and change his nickname.

 

[cumafish]

I promise.

I cant wait for him to fight either Hendricks, Lawler or Rory. It will bring the lols.

well since the 1st 2 are fighting for the title and the 3rd is waiting on the winner I seriously don't see that happening.
who else would you want Lombard to fight in the interim?
I'd say Matt B or Tyrone are the logical answers, and Tyrone is ducking Hector.

 

[Gored Matador]

lombard should be fighting top 5 ffs

 

[Gigaton Punch]

Whatever his reasons were, it was a bad decision. Tyron is fully capable of beating Hector.

 

[Torrid]

Losing is bad for your brand.

That's really all it comes down to.

 

[BJPenn2012]

Whatever his reasons were, it was a bad decision. Tyron is fully capable of beating Hector.

You seem to think that more than Tyrone himself that's for sure

 

[jjjjjjjjjjohnny]

wasn't consistent with his brand. that's the best!

 

[MMASpeculator]

I'd duck lombard

 

[effedup]

They're teammates, obviously means more to Tyron than Hector. Maybe even Tyron doesn't like that he's trained with Lombard, either way no one knows. I don't he's scared, and it really is irritating that Hector only seems to call out people who are coming off of loses.

Oh yeah it's Tyron not Tyrone two different names.

Tyron:

Tyrone:

 

[Will Samuelson]

Because Tyrone is the most overrated welterweight on the roster, and even he knows he has a 0% chance of winning.

What kind of stupidity is this? Think before you post. If you did think before you posted this then you haven't put it into perspective.

"most over-rated" - he's an A level athlete with some good wins, no matter how you try to argue otherwise.
"0% chance of winning". What kind of idiocy is this you have stated?
You're in the "zero chance" crowd - along with many others who seem to assume that a fighter goes into a bout with some kind of disability and invalid body who is there to get mauled like a rabbit to a wolf.

You need to get some solid training under your belt and then re-evaluate your posts.