Woodley's vs. GSP's best wins and common opponents

There has been a number of debates about who is the better WW champ, between Woodley and GSP. Understandably so, the answers tend to come down to "which fighter do I like better" instead of "which fighter is objectively better, based on the strength of their opponents."

I will try to open up this discussion with a more objective comparison of both of these fighters' best wins and common opponents, as well as their losses:

Woodley's vs. GSP's best wins who have fought each other

1. Gastelum vs. Bisping
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2. Thompson vs. Hendricks
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3. Maia vs. Shields
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4. Lawler
vs. Diaz
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Best Wins who have NOT fought against each other

Till, Daley, Saffeidine ........vs....... Alvez, BJ Penn, Hughes


Common opponents
  1. Shields .......... Woodley (Loss, SD)...... GSP (Win, UD)
  2. Condit ........... Woodley (Win, KO)........ GSP (Win, UD)
  3. Koscheck ..... Woodley (Win, KO)........ GSP (Win, UD)
Losses

Woodley's
  1. Marquardt (KO) ......... for the vacant Strikeforce WW title
  2. Shields (SD) .............. UFC WW bout
  3. MacDonald (UD) ........ UFC WW bout
GSP's
  1. Hughes (armbar) ....... for the vacant UFC WW title
  2. Serra (KO) ................. lost the UFC WW title
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What are your thoughts on the comparisons? Are they fair and objective?​
And lol at comparing how they beat their common opponents. GSP fought all of them in their primes when they were on Huge streaks.

Woodley fought ALL of them several years after GSP beat them.

You're telling me the Koscheck who fought Woodley was the same as the one who fought GSP? Lmao

Garbage thread.
 
There has been a number of debates about who is the better WW champ, between Woodley and GSP. Understandably so, the answers tend to come down to "which fighter do I like better" instead of "which fighter is objectively better, based on the strength of their opponents."

I will try to open up this discussion with a more objective comparison of both of these fighters' best wins and common opponents, as well as their losses:

Woodley's vs. GSP's best wins who have fought each other

1. Gastelum vs. Bisping
Kelvin-Gastelum-Michael-Bisping-KO-440x250.jpg


2. Thompson vs. Hendricks
Stephen-Thompson-Johny-Hendricks.png


3. Maia vs. Shields
ufc-fight-night-29-wrap-up-jake-shields-breaks-through-in-brazil.jpg


4. Lawler
vs. Diaz
nick-diaz-robbie-lawler-old.jpg


Best Wins who have NOT fought against each other

Till, Daley, Saffeidine ........vs....... Alvez, BJ Penn, Hughes


Common opponents
  1. Shields .......... Woodley (Loss, SD)...... GSP (Win, UD)
  2. Condit ........... Woodley (Win, KO)........ GSP (Win, UD)
  3. Koscheck ..... Woodley (Win, KO)........ GSP (Win, UD)
Losses

Woodley's
  1. Marquardt (KO) ......... for the vacant Strikeforce WW title
  2. Shields (SD) .............. UFC WW bout
  3. MacDonald (UD) ........ UFC WW bout
GSP's
  1. Hughes (armbar) ....... for the vacant UFC WW title
  2. Serra (KO) ................. lost the UFC WW title
_______________________________________​
What are your thoughts on the comparisons? Are they fair and objective?​


I’ve seen a couple good threads from you.

Lots of good information.

Keep up the good work.
 
All I know is Woodley now KOs any version of GSP
 
Clearly you haven't seen any of sherks fights

The guy was tiny , same height as Frankie just more heavily muscled

5'6" is actually short for thst weight class

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He was built like a tank..
 
And lol at comparing how they beat their common opponents. GSP fought all of them in their primes when they were on Huge streaks.

Woodley fought ALL of them several years after GSP beat them.

You're telling me the Koscheck who fought Woodley was the same as the one who fought GSP? Lmao

Garbage thread.


Points about GSPs opponents are fair.

Still like the effort and work TS put into this thread.
 
I can’t take these threads seriously. You just know that people arguing Woodley has faced harder competition don’t know what they are talking about
 
If you think all people who are 5'6 are the same size, you're clueless

Yeah. He’s clueless.

My uncle is 5’6” and 200 lbs, chubby. He met Sherk and said Sherk was huge. Just a block of pure muscle.

Darren Sproles, an NFL running back, is 5’6” and 200 lbs. I know plenty of people that height who are lucky to weigh 130.
 
In your honest opinion?

So Bisping, Hendricks, Diaz, Fitch, Shields Hughes etc?

GSP is the GOAT, and I was to see him fight Woodley not Conor or Khabib.

I say this as a GSP fan.
 
None are better and Shields got a gift decision in his fight against Woodley.
 
Today's Tyron Woodley annihilates any prime GSP opponent and probably finishes GSP by KO.
 
In your honest opinion?

So Bisping, Hendricks, Diaz, Fitch, Shields Hughes etc?
Prime Hendricks is better than Woodley, so is Hughes, Bisping, Fitch, BJ Penn and Diaz would wreck tyrone - he'd be gassed out by round 2.
 
In your honest opinion?

So Bisping, Hendricks, Diaz, Fitch, Shields Hughes etc?

Is that a serious question? Prime Fitch, prime Alvez, prime Shields FOR SURE (the fucking guy beat DAN HENDERSON...). Prime Koscheck is == to Woodley, they are basically the same fighter. Prime Johnny Hendricks is a slightly better version of current Woodley.

Woodley is benefiting from a weak 170 pound division. You'll see.
 
Well prime Hendricks had better wrestling and probably more KO power, but prime Hendricks is the same as Motivated Penn and Liddell With That Look In His Eyes..... A fleeting Unicorn of the MMA world
 
Is that a serious question? Prime Fitch, prime Alvez, prime Shields FOR SURE (the fucking guy beat DAN HENDERSON...). Prime Koscheck is == to Woodley, they are basically the same fighter. Prime Johnny Hendricks is a slightly better version of current Woodley.

Woodley is benefiting from a weak 170 pound division. You'll see.
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pre usada hendricks is a better version than woodley. better cardio and hit harder. harder fight for gsp as well since big rig was a southpaw where as woodley is a righty
 
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