It's overall wins, not just X guy beat Y once years ago.
Woodley has better wins and has improved the most since their fight.
Yet only one guy went down in a bloody heap and needed to quit.
How exactly has he improved?
He still backs himself up against the cage and explodes into a TD or counter right the same he tried with Rory.
Good TDD and non committal strikes and solid boxing is what it takes to beat him. Which is why he struggled so much with WB. He let him back himself up then peppered him with non committal strikes that he couldn't just easily counter.
Rory would beat him again with the same gameplan bc he is the same fighter he was back then. Very little improvement just good match making is all that makes him look improved.
Yeah bc that's the only part of the fight that is relevant lol
155Not his fault, but Woodley has some questions around his status as the best 170 pounder in the world that I don't think any of the other UFC champions have. Both Ben Askren, undefeated and a higher level wrestler, and Rory McDonald, a former top talent who beat Woodley, could make their claims as being better than anyone else with some plausibility. And of course there is the shadow of GSP looming over the division as well.
How exactly has he improved?
Oh please lol. If it was that simple Wonderboy would have just done the same.
The finishing part? It's usually pretty relevant.
Didn't realize this was such a radical opinion.
Even GSP didn't want no part of Woodley.
I didn't say it was irrelevant.
What was Tyron's quote and position on "bringing people up to his level" on the Rogan podcast again?
Never been able to get an answer to that.
Tyron has arguably the worst win against Maia, changes nothing tactically, is 35 and somehow is more improved than a 28 year old Rory with time off. Nobody ever has handled Paul Daley like Rory did.
It's just shit thrown, and they are hoping it sticks.
I didn't listen to it yet, so you'll have to tell me.
Then what? Rory and Lawler fought for a belt. Rory is one who couldn't keep fighting.
He wasn't interested in those fights. He wasn't interested in fighting someone who was trying to get to his level. He's already there.
Do you think he was lying and he's actually afraid of those fighters?