Woodley WRECKED Maia and made it look easy [gifs]

rjmbrd said:
I'm not suggesting he should. I'm not suggesting WME should do stunt bookings in the first place.

My point stands though - if you want to do stunt bookings with exhibition level talent, then you should expect exhibition level performances.

If you ask a champion to fight the #1 contender three times in a year, in a system where the entire program is built around 'winner takes all' then you should expect people to secure the win in the most sensible manner possible.

Rory beat the current champion in Woodley, and #1 contender in Maia. He put on what is universally considered one of the most thrilling welterweight fights of all time, live on PPV, against Robbie Lawler for the title.

The UFC paid him 60K for this.

He now fights elsewhere.
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Yeah very good point and Rory is a great example of that system gone wrong.

"Fight exciting' but 'we only reward winners'. Maybe it is unfair of me to blame Woodley for the current situation.
 
randomalias said:
Yeah very good point and Rory is a great example of that system gone wrong.

"Fight exciting' but 'we only reward winners'. Maybe it is unfair of me to blame Woodley for the current situation.
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I appreciate you getting my point.

It blows my mind how many people this is lost on.

The entire setup right now is 'winner take all' and the rest is based on popularity outside the cage. An actor with a MMA record of 0-0-0 got 500k+ to make his professional debut live on PPV.

Rory MacDonald is a CAREER LONG company man, keeps his head down and mouth shut for years, is a pressure fighter who goes for it, and he gets kicked on his way out the door. These guys let him destroy his face in the most thrilling welterweight title fight of all time, and they paid him PEANUTS to do it.

Good luck convincing Woodley he should follow in Rory's footsteps and put the company first. If you have the title, at least you have some equity. Fight however you should fight to keep it unless the UFC is paying you regardless.
 
One MMA Fan said:
He tried many takedowns he tried to swing for the fences but he ain't the best striker and with all the other factors that I explained earlier that's the result.
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He tried to swing for the fences? What I saw was one-two shoot, one shoot, shoot, one-two shoot...
 
Wrecked Maia like in "Never engaged and tried to make something happen"... yeah
 
Kleinschuster said:
He tried to swing for the fences? What I saw was one-two shoot, one shoot, shoot, one-two shoot...
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You saw Woodley's suspension ?

The default minimum of 1 week. Where is that shoulder ? aha.

Now no GSP fight so he can sit out he can cherry pick and find himself some surgery time, tinker with that body till shit blows over.
 
One MMA Fan said:
You saw Woodley's suspension ?

The default minimum of 1 week. Where is that shoulder ? aha.

Now no GSP fight so he can sit out he can cherry pick and find himself some surgery time, tinker with that body till shit blows over.
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It seems you have your opinion, no mather what I write. I rewatched the fight. Never ever Maia tried to really go for combinations or anything. And it was on him to change the gameplan, he was the one clearly losing. TW is champ and made 500k. I guess he is good. :)

We'll see if GSP ever fights again.
 
Yep. Woodley put on a clinic. His fight IQ and technical ability is on another level to any other current WW.
 
rjmbrd said:
People have a unreasonable expectations on how elite level MMA works.

Demian spammed EIGHTEEN take down attempts, he would legit sloppy dive on Tyron's legs anytime they were near each other.

I don't dispute Maia's right to that game plan, but it takes two to tango. Woodley casually went about beating the ever loving brakes off Maia, the guys face was a complete mess, and he did it with COMPLETE impunity.

It was a one sided ass kicking. If you thought it was boring, blame the guy who spammed non-stop sloppy take downs with no setup, and has spent his career proving to everyone if you don't shuck him off and get out of there, he will hold you down until the bell rings for points.

Woodley out classed Demian and made it look easy. That is a big accomplishment.


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Woodley beat Maia fair and square and defended thrice, a 2nd time against an opponent who he actually beat the first time and a feared elite tier submission grappler on a tear, destroyed Robbie Lawler in the fastest WW title fight in UFC history.

I ain't mad.
 
TS pretty much nailed it.

You'd never guess any of that based on the sheer hatred the Sherdog cucks have for Woodley.

But he made Thompson, their first great white hope, look totally worthless. Twice.

And did the same for Maia, their next great hope.

At this point they have no more hopes lined up, and have nothing left but to circle jerk one another.

Sad, really. But that's Sherdog. And I say this as a huge Maia fan, lol.

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Kleinschuster said:
It seems you have your opinion, no mather what I write. I rewatched the fight. Never ever Maia tried to really go for combinations or anything. And it was on him to change the gameplan, he was the one clearly losing. TW is champ and made 500k. I guess he is good. :)

We'll see if GSP ever fights again.
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GSP will fight in that NY card and will probably get the MW belt.

Woodley also made a lot more then that he has a PPV share and if this sold for 1 mill buys then he could take 2-4 mill $ just from that alone depending on his contract setup.

Also:

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Also relax people what exactly did he do ?

1 punch on a shell shocked Lawler coming from multiple wars ? he was ready to pass on that belt

1 draw vs Wboy

1 'win' that many call it loss if you know how the damn jugging works 3 to 2 for Wboy

1 win vs rushed old Maia in a real stinker of a fight that got his superfight pulled from right under him

C'mon now this dude is on borrowed time.

You saw the fear in him ? vs Wboy vs Maia that's fear.. freaking Conor can come up and fear him into the fence for a TKO.
 
Flokk said:
TS pretty much nailed it.

You'd never guess any of that based on the sheer hatred the Sherdog cucks have for Woodley.

But he made Thompson, their first great white hope, look totally worthless. Twice.

And did the same for Maia, their next great hope.

At this point they have no more hopes lined up, and have nothing left but to circle jerk one another.

Sad, really. But that's Sherdog. And I say this as a huge Maia fan, lol.

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bruh

You're way, way, way too fucking clever and smart for that nonsense
 
I agree to be honest, it takes two to make a boring fight and there wasn't a whole lot more you could expect from Woodley with Maia spamming him with TD's. I've shat on Woodley plenty ion the past but I'm giving him a pass on this one.
 
One MMA Fan said:
GSP will fight in that NY card and will probably get the MW belt.

Woodley also made a lot more then that he has a PPV share and if this sold for 1 mill buys then he could take 2-4 mill $ just from that alone depending on his contract setup.

Also:

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So TW did it right? Made big bucks and stayed champ so he can keep on making big bucks. Maia did lose.
 
B-Man said:
I agree to be honest, it takes two to make a boring fight and there wasn't a whole lot more you could expect from Woodley with Maia spamming him with TD's. I've shat on Woodley plenty ion the past but I'm giving him a pass on this one.
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Defended a scant TWENTY THREE take down attempts.

I feel pretty confident Woodley was happy to kickbox, his dance partner spammed sloppy take downs on his legs the moment they were near each other. Such is fighting in this type of matchup.
 
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