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Tyron Woodley on Demian Maia: Of all top 10 welterweights, ‘I match up the best with him’

Tyron Woodley said Monday that he hasn’t yet been contacted by the UFC about defending his welterweight title against Demian Maia, but if Maia is indeed next — as UFC president Dana White alluded to after UFC 211 — Woodley is open to the match-up.

“I’m not against fighting Demian Maia,” Woodley said on The MMA Hour. “I think, out of all the guys in the top-10 that are really threatening guys who are frightening in the Octagon — whether it’s submissions or knockouts or just their ability to be tough — I match up the best with him.