Woodley: "I have the best takedown defense in the history of the sport."

[Neitzsche]

Woodley just stated this on the MMA Hour. Of couse I don't believe this is true. I think even GSP had better TDD than Woodley? What is the stats on this?

 

[DarkneT]

Cm Punk would have something to say about that..

 

[AimedWithV]

Woodley just stated this on the MMA Hour. Of couse I don't believe this is true. I think even GSP had better TDD than Woodley? What is the stats on this?

No, it's certain he has one of the best TDD. Along with Barao and Aldo. And Arlovski I think.

 

[Breaking]

Why “of course”?

 

[jojoRed]

Its no where near Aldo's, or Barao's.

BJ Penn has awesome TDD too.

 

[Reach4theSky]

Jon Jones

 

[EmbraceTheGrind]

how many chain wrestlers has he gone up against? Aldo was effortlessly stuffing shots from D1 all americans while Woodley got downed by a telegraphed knee tap takedown by rory

 

[chinarice]

Incorrect.

Woodley - 94%
Jones - 95%

Not to mention, Jones did it against better wrestlers than Woodley, who was lucky to avoid all the great wrestlers in their prime. He would have been taken down by a prime Kos, Fitch, Hendricks or GSP for sure.

 

[Londonjitsu]

I think he's going on pure statistics I know he has the best currently in the ufc based on stats

 

[Post 2 Decision]

Jones? GSP? DC? Cruz? Cain?

Arguments could be made

 

[Workaholic]

He statistically does

Doesn't mean he really does, it's all about who you fought etc.

But in the UFC he's only been taken down 1 time against Rory

Stuffing like 100 Maia TDs probably inflated his numbers a bit

 

[Rondas Pillow]

He’s retired right?

 

[Gambit MMA]

yeah his % is high but hes fought like 1 wrestler lol. rory and shields took him down......imagine gsp getting taken down by either of those guys.

and the fact that maia shot 20 takedowns on him kinda pads the %. maia's been getting stuffed into oblivion his last 3 fights

 

[markg171]

Who has he fought that realistically was supposed to get him down and actually attempted to and failed? Stuffing takedowns from Maia, especially recently, means nothing.

Numerically he’s probably got a high TDD, but quality wise hell fucking no.

 

[Gambit MMA]

gsp has the best ever takedown defense, or jones. aldo 3rd for me because he really only was tested against mendes. gsp went against kos, fitch, shields, hendricks etc. monster grapplers pre-USADA in their prime.

koscheck did the best out of all of them which showed how good kos' wrasslin was. dude had to expend so much energy and use all of his athleticism to get gsp down for like 20 seconds lol, that had to be demoralizing.

 

[Tramero]

gsp has the best ever takedown defense, or jones. aldo 3rd for me because he really only was tested against mendes. gsp went against kos, fitch, shields, hendricks etc. monster grapplers pre-USADA in their prime.

koscheck did the best out of all of them which showed how good kos' wrasslin was. dude had to expend so much energy and use all of his athleticism to get gsp down for like 20 seconds lol, that had to be demoralizing.

Just quoting because of the "pre-USADA" part, like if it wasn't pre-USADA for GSP too

 

[BoD 2.0]

It goes:

1. GSP - Fought Kos, Fitch, Hughes, Hendricks, Sherk, Shields, etc
2. Aldo - Fought Edgar, Brown, Faber, Mendes, etc
3. Penn - Fought Sherk, Hughes, GSP, Diego, etc

Maybe Woodley has TDD up to par with those guys, but he hasn't fought the competition to prove it.

 

[KevinLee]

Woodley just stated this on the MMA Hour. Of couse I don't believe this is true. I think even GSP had better TDD than Woodley? What is the stats on this?

Rory took him down lol.

 

[chinarice]

He statistically does

Doesn't mean he really does, it's all about who you fought etc.

But in the UFC he's only been taken down 1 time against Rory

Stuffing like 100 Maia TDs probably inflated his numbers a bit

He doesn't though. Jones' is better.

 

[Gambit MMA]

Just quoting because of the "pre-USADA" part, like if it wasn't pre-USADA for GSP too

and? you've seen the gifs, and gsp didnt even wrestle until he got in mma. its insane how he out grappled all of those guys. on top of that he doesnt have near the size advantage woodley has over guys he fights.

woodley is chirping about his % but he hasnt fought near the grapplers gsp had. gsp beat shields when shields was on a run and tyron lost to shields like 3 years after lol......enough said. rory single legged him down as well. gsp would have NEVER been on his back from either of those guys. and if gsp got to fight demian maia he would have a higher % but its not padded like woodleys is

koscheck was able to muster 1 takedown in each fight and gsp got up after like 30 seconds both times. in return gsp was out blast doubling koscheck 15 seconds into the fights and had him down lol. if he was ever on the bottom it was shocking.