UFC Welterweight Champion Tyron Woodley does not believe former UFC Welterweight Champion Robbie Lawler is deserving of a title opportunity.
Last Saturday, at UFC 214, both Woodley and Lawler picked up major wins in the division. Woodley successfully defended his title by winning a decision against Demian Maia, and Lawler won a decision against Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone.
After UFC 214, UFC President Dana White suggested Lawler may be next in line to receive an opportunity at the title.
“Why do I fight Lawler? What has he done in this last year besides crawl up in a ball and hide?” Woodley said on a recent edition of The MMA Hour.
“That’s what Ronda Rousey did. He didn’t do that when he knocked out everybody else. I didn’t do that when I got knocked out. I came back, I shook myself else off, I got myself back up.
“I just don’t feel like someone that’s taken a year off, as much as I know Dana loves Robbie and the fans love Robbie. I love Robbie. Robbie’s a dope fighter. We were friends before that fight. I feel bad that we haven’t really communicated that much since then, but I just don’t feel as if a fighter who I knocked out in 46 seconds takes a year off, comes back and wins a fight kinda close, and jumps right back into the title picture. So, there’s no clear contenders right now.”
