Welterviktsmästren Tyron Woodley har planer på att lämna weltervikt för att gå upp till mellanvikt. Där skulle han vilja gå en match mot Georges St-Pierre som är UFCs nuvarande mellanviktsmästare. Genom MMAJunkie sade han följande.
If I went up to 185 – before Georges started having whatever the condition he had, I considered making a move up to 185 and fighting at that weight class. (I’d give) up my belt at welterweight and fight him for the middleweight title and stay at middleweight.
I’m not going up to middleweight because I think that would boost me on the pound-for-pound (rankings). I want to fight Georges, and he’s not fighting in my weight. So I’ll come up and see you there. And I do think there are some guys I can compete with in the middleweight division. I’m going to be so much faster. I don’t think I’m giving up that much power in the punching. Guys like (ex-champ) Chris Weidman, (Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza), (ex-champ) Luke Rockhold – brothers have got some size on me. I have to be real creative. But in reality I think I’m a competitor and I will find a way to do what I need to do.
Någon som inte alls var lika glad över att höra Woodleys potentiella hopp upp till mellanvikt är naturligtvis den karismatiske och #3 rankade Colby Covington. Nedan kan ni läsa vad han hade att säga om situationen.
He obviously has a different definition of the phrase ”fights that make sense.” Sad.
— Colby Covington (@ColbyCovMMA) December 5, 2017
