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Tyron Woodley Demands Respect From UFC 205 Presser Boo-Birds

There was little to no love shown for UFC welterweight champ Tyron Woodley at yesterday’s UFC 205 press conference from Madison Square Garden, as ‘The Chosen One’ was reigned down on with a shower of boos from the New York crowd. Woodley won the welterweight crown by breezing past Robbie Lawler in their main event

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Woodley won the welterweight crown by breezing past Robbie Lawler in their main event clash at UFC 201 earlier this year, securing his first UFC title in his professional mixed martial arts (MMA) career.

While receiving the plethora of boos from the crowd, Woodley admitted he had never been boo’d before and called it ‘dope’, but would then go on to tell the crowd that even if they don’t like him they must respect him and call him the welterweight champion of the world:

“You can boo if you want but there’s one thing you have to call me and that’s the welterweight champion of the world,” Woodley said (courtesy of MMA Mania). “I knocked out the most vicious welterweight — the fighter of the year with fights of the year — in record-breaking time. So you have to respect me no matter what.”

Across from Woodley sitting on the opposite side of UFC President Dana White was the man who will challenge ‘The Chosen One’ for his 170-pound throne, Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson.

Thompson has been stopping perennial welterweight contenders left and right, with his two most recent victories over former champ Johny Hendricks and Rory MacDonald propelling him into contendership.

As the UFC 205 card currently sits, Woodley and Thompson will meet in the main event live on pay-per-view (PPV) from the Madison Square Garden arena in New York City on November 12, 2016.

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UFC 205 Press Conference Live Stream

Hot on the heels of last night’s announcement that featherweight champion Conor McGregor would face lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez in the main event of November 12’s UFC 205 from New York, the promotion gets the hype for the huge event rolling with an official pre-fight press conference from the Big Apple tonight. McGregor and Alvarez

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McGregor and Alvarez will join fellow title fight participants Tyron Woodley, Stephen Thompson, Joanna Jedrzejczyk, and Karolina Kowalkiewicz in addition to other main card fighters like Chris Weidman, Yoel Romero, Donald Cerrone, and Kelvin Gastelum. Watch the presser streaming live at 6 p.m. EST here:

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Tyron Woodley to Donald Trump: Stop Mentioning Ferguson to “Keep My Fist Out of His Mouth”

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UFC Welterweight Champion Tyron Woodley has been more outspoken about racial issues than most UFC fighters, probably thanks in part to his hometown being Ferguson, Missouri. The police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson helped ignite a lot of the current conversations about race in the United States, the Black Lives Matter movement, and so on, so as a black man from Ferguson, this all hits home for Woodley.

While it’s understandable that he’s upset, he may have gone too far in the above interview with TMZ Sports. Taking offense to Trump’s comments about Ferguson because you ain’t never been to Ferguson and that’s where I’m from,” the champion added that “he gotta keep Ferguson out his mouth so he can keep my fist out of his mouth.” Being that something like that could be perceived as a threat towards a presidential candidate, it wouldn’t be the most surprising thing in the world if he got a visit from the Secret Service soon.

Former UFC fighter Jacob Volkmann was reportedly interviewed by Secret Service agents after saying this about President Barack Obama: “Someone’s got to knock some sense into that idiot.” Whatever you think of either fighter or what they said, and while Woodley doesn’t seem like someone who would attempt to attack Trump, that’s just vigorously these things are investigated.

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Five Fights That Prove UFC 205 Will Be Better Than UFC 200

The official card for November 12’s awaited UFC 205 pay-per-view (PPV) event was finally released by the promotion with the confirmation of Conor McGregor vs. Eddie Alvarez in the main event late last night, and it’s safe to say that the UFC’s New York debut from historic sports venue Madison Square Garden is one of, if

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The official card for November 12’s awaited UFC 205 pay-per-view (PPV) event was finally released by the promotion with the confirmation of Conor McGregor vs. Eddie Alvarez in the main event late last night, and it’s safe to say that the UFC’s New York debut from historic sports venue Madison Square Garden is one of, if not the, most anticipated MMA moments of 2016 – and even all time.

However, that distinction may have once belonged to July’s UFC 200, the supposed “biggest, baddest event ever,” which was pegged as arguably the most stacked card of all time before a slew of problems, including last-minute changes and disappointing drug testing issues, lead to a wholly lackluster, uninspired event outside of the Fight Pass preliminaries.

Thankfully for the UFC – and the overall state of MMA as a whole – UFC 205 has a long list of high-profile bouts that could (should?) serve to quickly erase the bad memories of UFC 200 from their minds, if they haven’t been already.

Let’s break down five fights that will prove UFC 205 has the star power to decimate UFC 200 on paper.

5.) Donald Cerrone vs. Kelvin Gastelum:

This welterweight card-starter already trumps UFC 200’s welterweight offering between Gastelum and former champ Johny Hendricks, which Gastelum won via ho-hum unanimous decision. “Bigg Rigg” may be a former champion, but he’s also looked like a shell of his formerly dominant self this year, and it was hard for the much more spry Gastelum to put on a good show at UFC 200 without a willing dance partner.

It may not be the “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler vs. “Cowboy” bout we were all hoping for, yet it does provide a potentially exciting scrap to set the tone for the PPV card.

Cerrone has absolutely been on fire in his last three fights, finishing off Alex Oliveira, Patrick Cote, and most recently, Rick Story to reinvent himself at 170 pounds following a stoppage loss to Rafael dos Anjos for the lightweight strap late last year. Gastelum has quietly planted himself as a top five contender in arguably the UFC’s most talented division, making this bout a crucial one with pivotal title implications.

No matter who wins, the welterweight division will have a new contender towards the top; one who could contend for the title after Demian Maia gets his shot (or face Maia himself).

Either way, it would seem this fight is a can’t-miss bout that will get the UFC’s New York party started right.

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Stephen Thompson’s Dad Goes After Tyron Woodley On Facebook

According to the champ himself, UFC welterweight title-holder Tyron ‘The Chosen One’ Woodley will defend his 170-pound throne against the ‘Wonderboy’ Stephen Thompson. Shortly after taking the title from ‘Ruthless’ Robbie Lawler at UFC 201 this past July, Woodley immediately began to campaign for a massive ‘money fight’ with welterweight legends such as Nick Diaz

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According to the champ himself, UFC welterweight title-holder Tyron ‘The Chosen One’ Woodley will defend his 170-pound throne against the ‘Wonderboy’ Stephen Thompson.

Shortly after taking the title from ‘Ruthless’ Robbie Lawler at UFC 201 this past July, Woodley immediately began to campaign for a massive ‘money fight’ with welterweight legends such as Nick Diaz and Georges St-Pierre.

‘Wonderboy’ immediately threw his name in the hat for a shot at the new champion’s title, but was shut down by Woodley who stated that Thompson should fight Lawler instead since he was so sure he would win.

Now it seems that the champ has decided to change his mind and give the No. 2-ranked 170-pounder a shot at the gold, but not without taking a few shots at his counterpart as well.

Woodley stated earlier this week that he doesn’t respect Thompson as a man. ‘The Chosen One’ also claims that ‘Wonderboy’ and his team knew about the fight six weeks before it’s announcement:

“He knows that we committed to this fight almost six weeks ago and for him to charade around like I’m scared to fight him, retweeting and liking all these posts.

“For someone to desperately need to that affirmation from the fans and for people to like him, like I can’t respect that,” Woodley said.

‘Wonderboy’s’ father, Ray Thompson, took to Facebook to counter Woodley’s claims, stating that the Thompson camp didn’t find out about the fight until Woodley made the announcement on FS1:

Woodley then fired some shots at Thompson through social media himself, claiming ‘Wonderboy’s’ father is fighting his battles for him:

@UpstateKarateSC @Ufc wow is he 12 or 34? Love seeing pop fight his battles! You can bring in Dan Gable & yell from a mega phone wont help

— Tyron T-Wood Woodley (@TWooodley) September 21, 2016

Pappa Thompson would have the last words however, as he stated that while he and Woodley argued over social media, his son was deep in preparation for their upcoming title clash:

Woodley will defend his title against ‘Wonderboy’ at UFC 205 live on pay-per-view (PPV), from the Madison Square Garden arena in New York City on November 12, 2016.

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Underdog Role Fits UFC Champion Tyron Woodley Just Fine

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From a betting perspective, Tyron Woodley enters his first title defense as an underdog.

And the reigning UFC welterweight champion is fine with that.

Woodley is expected to face Stephen Thompson in November at UFC 205 from Madison Square Garden. He won the belt with a first round knockout over Robbie Lawler earlier this year.

“It came from knowing you’ve done everything to prepare and left no stone unturned, understanding your opponent and yourself,” he said, during an appearance on UFC Tonight. “I felt like it was my time. Robbie was fighter of the year for a reason. He’s a friend of mine, a guy I respect. But I felt there was no way I was going to walk out without it.”

Woodley told Thompson after the win over Lawler that he wanted to face either Nick Diaz or Georges St-Pierre first. That, though, was not the champion turning Thompson down at all.

“We’re fighting at Madison Square Garden, I promise that,” he said. “I never said I wasn’t fighting him and I never turned it down. The first time I was offered that fight, I accepted it.”

From a betting perspective, Tyron Woodley enters his first title defense as an underdog.

And the reigning UFC welterweight champion is fine with that.

Woodley is expected to face Stephen Thompson in November at UFC 205 from Madison Square Garden. He won the belt with a first round knockout over Robbie Lawler earlier this year.

Woodley told Thompson after the win over Lawler that he wanted to face either Nick Diaz or Georges St-Pierre first. That, though, was not the champion turning Thompson down at all.