Woodley not impressed by RDA's 50-45 win over Lawler

Rafael dos Anjos' decisive five-round win over Robbie Lawler in December was supposed to earn the former lightweight champion a shot at the welterweight title. However, the holder of the belt doesn't sound too interested in giving him an opportunity.

Tyron Woodley said he "wasn't really impressed" with RDA's win, which saw all three judges score 50-45 in favor of the Brazilian. Dos Anjos managed to out-strike his opponent 219-137 in the fight, including an incredible 23-second combination that stunned most, but not Woodley.

"Was it a good performance?" Woodley told MMA Fighting's Marc Raimondi on Friday. "If I had Robbie Lawler against the Octagon like that, would he have been alive or would he have been knocked the f*ck out? He'd have been knocked out."

Woodley questioned Dos Anjos' power in the welterweight division, despite the former lightweight's 3-0 record at 170 pounds.

"When you got Robbie against the Octagon and he’s throwing punches in bunches and he’s swinging, hitting elbows and hitting with MMA gloves, yeah he threw 100 punches, but how many actually landed?" Woodley said. "How many did significant damage?

"If I get Robbie against the cage, it's gonna take a couple and he’s gonna go down. Put Stephen (Thompson) against the cage, it took a couple and he went down. Nate Marquardt. Anybody, in win or defeat, if I see the chin and I hit it, they go down."

Woodley has been on the shelf nursing a shoulder injury since defending his title against Demian Maia in July, but after undergoing surgery recently, he expects to fight within the first quarter of 2018.