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UFC 201: Tyron Woodley's patience rewarded with title shot vs. Robbie Lawler

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Tyron Woodley wasn't planning on waiting this long to fight again. The 34-year-old was expected to fight Johny Hendricks last October in the co-main event at UFC 192. But when Hendricks was forced to withdraw for weight cutting issues. Woodley decided to wait.

Nearly a year later, Woodley will finally step into the Octagon for his first shot at the UFC welterweight belt in Atlanta when he faces Robbie Lawler. Woodley hasn't fought in a year and a half, last appearing in the Octagon in January 2015.