Tyron Woodley vs. Kamaru Usman booked for UFC 235

[peter0425]

I'm just wondering though why Colby Covington was given a pass by UFC though, isn't he the interim belt holder? Or Dana is building another storyboard for Woodley?

The UFC does not make matches that makes sense in the past past few years and i am sure Colby Covington demanded more money while negotiating for this fight and that might be the reason he was replaced even though he won the interim belt, the only person who can demand respect from Dana White is Conor McGregor as the is the biggest super star the sport has ever seen, but if someone else tries the same path he will shut that down, Colby against Woodley has a better story line and will be a much bigger hype but the fact is that the card is stacked with excellent fights and i am sure Jon Jones is fighting in that card too and that will be the main card if that is the case.

Possible that he demanded more money than White can offer, that's why Dana is really pissed. I guess it only shows that UFC is really a business. Jon Jones or Conor is really the star right now no doubt but Dana also needs to look into the future as there are more prospects and be the next cash cow. I'm not saying that it could be Usman, but we will have to see.

[Theb]

There are other interesting fights in UFC 235 too aside from teh main event like the co-main event Robbie Lawler vs Ben Askren. Bantamweight Division Cody Garbrandt vs Pedro Munhoz. Weterweight Diego Sanchez vs Mickey Gall and in the Women Bantamweight Holly Holm vs Aspen Ladd. This is a good vhance for Robbie Lawler to redeem himself after last loss to Dos Anjos.

Totally agreeing with you in this one. It took UFC several months just for Ben "Funky" Askren have a fight in the octagon after the trade and he is lucky he landed a match against Robbie Lawler which is a deserving welcome for Askren. But I am telling your right now I don't like the chances of Lawler winning the match as Ben Askren has proven himself undefeatable in the ONE FC ring and he totally outmatch anyone in all skill set so I don't think we will be seeing Lawler win this one.

[bbc.reporter]

@Theb. Agreed. I also speculate that Ben Askren will be dominating the welterweight division after Tyron moves up to the middleweight division.

I reckon Tyron will only have 1 fight left in welterweight after Kamaru Usman, and that will be versus Colby.

[Baofeng]

@Theb. Agreed. I also speculate that Ben Askren will be dominating the welterweight division after Tyron moves up to the middleweight division.

I reckon Tyron will only have 1 fight left in welterweight after Kamaru Usman, and that will be versus Colby.

I agree. There have been reports of scraping the 170 lbs and it seems that Tyron has problems squeezing his body to the welterweight limit so I wouldn't be surprise if he campaigns to 175-185. Whittaker will be a good match at 185. Any thoughts about this?

[eaLiTy]

@Theb. Agreed. I also speculate that Ben Askren will be dominating the welterweight division after Tyron moves up to the middleweight division.
I reckon Tyron will only have 1 fight left in welterweight after Kamaru Usman, and that will be versus Colby.

I am really interested to see how Ben Askren performs against the best fighters and i am sure he will dominate the division and since he is adamant that he will not fight against Tyron Woodly, really interested to see how things will pan out for him. There are a lot of interesting match ups for Askren, GSP will be a great match up as well as Khabib.

I agree. There have been reports of scraping the 170 lbs and it seems that Tyron has problems squeezing his body to the welterweight limit so I wouldn't be surprise if he campaigns to 175-185. Whittaker will be a good match at 185. Any thoughts about this?

I hope that UFC will add more weight divisions and there is a campaign to add a 165 pound division and if that happens the Welter weight division will be 175 pounds and that will be a perfect fit for Tyron and Ben Askren will cut down to 165 pound division and i would like to see a match up between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Ben Askren.