WW champion Tyron Woodley: "Khabib would be my toughest fight in the UFC"

[20falarVerdades]

"Khabib would definitely be my toughest fight, he has relentless amount of pressure, crazy ground and pound, heavy hands, good chin, very very persistent. I think I can beat anybody though, but if I had to compete against Khabib, he'd be my toughest fight in the UFC"

Thoughts?

 

[SourPatchKid]

true if huge

 

[oldschoolmmafan]

Woodley scared of Colby.

 

[froggyluv]

trUUge

 

[Arm Barbarian]

Would watch.

 

[ArtemV]

If Till shows good wrestling defence, I would have no problem in picking Till over Woodley.

 

[Brock Tober]

I thought Woodley retired.

I know he stopped performing years ago.

 

[Reign009]

Lol Woodley trying to set up that "super fight".

He's got plenty of tough fights at WW.

 

[Kertol]

Maybe it's reverse psychology by Woodley

 

[brainwash]

Wrong. Khabib would be the easiest fight for Woodley. Khabib can only bully lightweights, and he has no technique in his takedowns. He uses pure strength to lift his opponents and rarely uses leverage. He is lacking in wrestling 101. I know that he is a sambo guy but anyone who have ever wrestled can see his fundamentals are atrocious and his takedowns are not suited for welterweight. It would look worse than Ronda trying to take down Holly Holmes.

Look at Khabib and then look at GSP and you will see a clear difference in technique.

 

[greenhawk]

Wrong. Khabib would be the easiest fight for Woodley. Khabib can only bully lightweights.

Yup the same way Conor bullied FWs and got embarrassed when he faced a real LW.

 

[The ScorpioN]

Already ducking Usman to fight a stylistically favorable lightweight.

Smart by Tyrone.

 

[Londonjitsu]

Woodley setting up that money fight lol. Mcgregor stopped all that welterweight talk as soon as he saw woodley wonderboy 1.khabib would take the fight though I think

 

[brainwash]

Yup the same way Conor bullied FWs and got embarrassed when he faced a real LW.

Conor is a striker, there is a big difference. He still had reach and height advantage at lightweight.

 

[lifer26]

Gsp you bum

 

[fightfan70]

woodley would tool kaboob. make him look foolish.
he had trouble with tibau
woodley is an animal compared to tibau

 

[A-ZIK]

he has no technique in his takedowns.

Expert opinion right here.

 

[Khabib Fan]

I think what he's saying is that there's no way to fight safe against the Eagle.

Lol This guy...

 

[migeru29]

Wrong. Khabib would be the easiest fight for Woodley. Khabib can only bully lightweights, and he has no technique in his takedowns. He uses pure strength to lift his opponents and rarely uses leverage. He is lacking in wrestling 101. I know that he is a sambo guy but anyone who have ever wrestled can see his fundamentals are atrocious and his takedowns are not suited for welterweight. It would look worse than Ronda trying to take down Holly Holmes.

Well assuming that the wrestling fundamentals are the only way to go then you might be right but unfortunately you are wrong. Khabib combines a lot of grappling techniques to take down and throw opponents not just "pure strength". He uses foot sweeps very good and many wrestlers just suck at at it in comparison to Sambo and Judo guys.

The "pure strength" view you have of his throws is pure ignorance of Sambo fundamentals. Many of the Sambo throws look like this "pure strength" but they are not.

 

[Reign009]

Well assuming that the wrestling fundamentals are the only way to go then you might be right but unfortunately you are wrong. Khabib combines a lot of grappling techniques to take down and throw opponents not just "pure strength". He uses foot sweeps very good and many wrestlers just suck at at it in comparison to Sambo and Judo guys.

The "pure strength" view you have of his throws is pure ignorance of Sambo fundamentals. Many of the Sambo throws look like this "pure strength" but they are not.

Lol that guy has no idea what he's talking about yet speaks so surely.