Everyone wants to fight Conor McGregor.
Donald Cerrone, Anthony Pettis, and now former welterweight champion Tyron Woodley. The UFC fighter spoke to TMZ about what he would do if he could book McGregor’s next fight and makes a case for why he should be the next guy to face the former lightweight champion (transcipt courtesy of fightful.com):
"I’d tell him sit your ass down and fight Tyron Woodley at 170. You just lost in a world title fight. You aint in no position to call no shot. You lost," stated Woodley. "You started a huge religious, cultural war. You just got into some smoke by smashing a fans phone. You’re constantly in trouble and constantly get passes. You get through Tyron and we’ll talk. He wants to fight Cerrone — never been a champion. He wants fight Nate Diaz — never been a champion. He wants to rematch Khabib immediately. I’m not getting an immediate rematch. Come get this smoke. Where you at Conor? Quit being a bitch. Lets fight. I'll fight him in Ireland. The [frick]ing back alley at White Castle. Ya'll wanna go to Russia? The TMZ newsroom? I aint gonna need that much time."
There’s no denying that Woodley needs the fight more than McGregor. The former welterweight champion is coming off a one-sided loss against Kamaru Usman thus he needs a star making performance to wash away the stink of his title fight at UFC 235. Reports have circulated that McGregor was in talks to return to fight in July, potentially against Donald Cerrone.