Tyron Woodley Inside, Tyron Woodley admits he didn’t think his campaign to fight Johny Hendricks would prove fruitful. But then he saw “Bigg Rigg” make one major mistake at the UFC’s recent International Fight Week and realized the long shot was about to become a reality. “I was just trying to ruffle some feathers,” Woodley (15-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC) told “ The MMA Road Show with John Morgan ” about his campaign to fight Hendricks (17-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC). “I thought there was a chance, but when he kind of eased up on making it sound like it was set in stone, I think that’s where he messed up at.’ “He came and said, ‘I haven’t heard anything yet.’ When you start doing that, you leave that little small window for error. I think that’s the way they let Carlos Condit slide in there.” Hendricks, of course, is a former UFC welterweight champion who lost his title to current champ Robbie Lawler at this past December’s UFC 181 event. It was the second meeting between the two, with each man claiming once victory.
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