So there's been an interesting question floating around after this weekend: UFC 205 at Madison Square Garden still doesn't have a headliner (or any booked fights, AFAIK), who's going to wind up headlining it?
Seems almost certain Rousey won't be back until next year if, she comes back at all. Jon Jones is out. Cormier isn't that big of a draw on his own (though I suspect he's their fallback option if they can't get anyone bigger). I dunno if Dominic Cruz is big enough to headline in his own right. Amanda Nunes definitely isn't, nor is Mighty Mouse or Eddie Alvarez. Joanna isn't there yet either, and they'll probably give her Kowalkavicz in Poland now. Bisping should be fighting Hendo in England. It's probably too soon to turn around the winner of Miocic-Overeem.
I can only assume they're hoping McGregor comes out of 202 in good enough condition to turn around and headline it... probably against Aldo for the title?
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Originally Posted by SwoopAE
Wow, Woodley is so clearly scared of Wonderboy
“I think you said you wanted to fight Robbie Lawler, and you’ll get the opportunity to fight Robbie Lawler,” Woodley told Thompson. “Nick Diaz comes off suspension in two days. He’s a money fight. I’ve been in this game, I’m an OG, I’ve been here for a while. I want to make the big dough, so if he wants to fight August with his brother Nate Diaz [at UFC 202], I think me and him can showdown at the event. I’m uninjured. August, I’m ready to go, 202.
I dunno that I'd call being scared of Wonderboy per se - I think this is just the UFC in the post-McGregor world. All Woodley knows is he has the belt
right now. He doesn't know how long he's going to keep it, so he's angling for the biggest fight he can to get at least one big payday out of it.
It's stupid from a matchmaking perspective and it almost certainly won't happen (though making it for 202 on the same card as Nate is his best shot by far). But I can hardly blame the guy for wanting to make the most of his limited opportunities.
FWIW I think he's a live dog against Wonderboy. There's one certainty in a Woodley-Wonderboy fight though: the PPV numbers will be underwhelming.