Sheesh.
Woodley was the betting underdog 2X against Wonderboy. If you think that Wonderboy won twice, then you think MMA is about boring point fighting, so clearly we have diverging views. Woodley almost killed Thompson in both fights
I like Woodley and have seen many of his fights including Strikeforce prior to UFC. I'm a former wrestler and tend to root for former wrestlers. I also like that Woodley works with kids in his community. He is a good guy IMO. When a lot of people were crapping on Woodley on Sherdog about being boring and low output I defended him on many occasions which you can probably look up if you like. Bisping was a belt at another division so GSP could claim to be a two-division champion which is now kind of a big deal. That is why GSP came out of retirement for that fight, plus he got paid well. You should understand these things. MMA is a sport AND a business. BTW Woodley has never been a big draw so he is not a big $$$ fight. If GSP comes back again, my guess is that its vs. Khabib at 155 for the belt or at catch-weight after Khabib beats the current LW contenders and Dana is willing to let GSP chase a 3rd belt and $$$ vs. an undefeated Khabib.
Silva was not a huge draw. Look up past PPV sales, Silva was not a big draw. GSP and Lesnar were the big draws of that era. McGregor is the new PPV champ. Not Woodley. GSP felt good about going against Bisping and worked to book the fight. Anderson Silva never went up and fought Jon Jones even though they were relatively equal in size based upon walking around weight. Yadda Yadda Yadda...
Fight and win by KO or shut the fuck up
“I think Tyron looked at the landscape, said Tyron Woodley’s manager, Abraham Kawa, "and he said to himself, ‘OK, I got to get back to the mix of things.'
“We forget: Tyron always fought the No. 1 contender every single time … when we’re now living in the day and age of everybody (calling out) the big superstar, we pick and choose who it’s OK for and who it’s not OK for.
“Tyron ended up with Leon, if that makes any sense. Leon, I think, has the same problem Kamaru does. People don’t relate; it’s very hard for them to sell a pay-per-view. Great fighters, I take nothing from their skill. I’m not bashing them. I’m saying when Tyron has more fans than that person’s own country…
“I told Tyron, ‘If you go to London and knock out Leon, you did the same thing Jorge Masvidal did a year ago.’ The only difference is, Masvidal walked in there and took fans from (Darren) Till compared to Tyron going into London and giving fans to Leon.
“He’s is completely and utterly just, ‘I’m going to kill people.' That’s where Tyron is right now mentally. He wants to be that killer. He’s going to be that killer, so I don’t think it matters anymore who, where and what. It just doesn’t matter to him anymore. He wants to fight!”
https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2020/01/ufc-london-why-tyron-woodley-accepted-leon-edwards-fight
Lmao
