At the age of 34, Woodley stunned Lawler with a super-missile of a right hand to earn the fastest title win in UFC welterweight history. In doing so, Woodley became the first man since Nick Diaz in 2004 to finish Lawler with strikes, accomplishing a feat that eluded heavy hitters like Johny Hendricks, Rory MacDonald, and Carlos Condit over the course of Lawler's championship reign.
"I won't give out everything because Robbie is not going to sit there and sulk. He's probably going to be a little discouraged and a little mad, and then he's going to get back on the horse and who knows, I might walk into him again, so I can't give out too many details. But we were really strategic on the placement of the punch," Woodley said.
"A friend of mine ... let me know that Robbie has a flat face, so his ability to take shots and punches straight on is very strong, especially if you're playing that teeter-totting, patty-cake war with him. But if you catch him on the side and you hit him clean, you hit him flush -- I've always said that guys don't take me seriously until I get in there with them.
"The punches you do not see that come with quite a bit of speed are the ones that put you down. I was the first person who really, really sent him down like that. I was the first person who really, really sent Koscheck down like that, Jake Hieron down like that,Andre Galvao down like that. I was the first for many of those guys, because they really miscalculate how fast I can get to them and how much distance I can cover in such short time. Watching film and being on the other end of the punch is a different thing."
Tyron Woodley says he ‘didn't have the financial incentive' to heavily promote UFC 201
If I knew this was gonna turn into a Wonderboy vs Tyron showdown I wouldn't have replied. I really hope Stephen gets his shot and wins and the WW division has an era of karate kid type shit. For active fighters at WW he's only second to Rory for me, not saying he's betterbut I just like him more for a handful of reasons.