Woodley to Spend Portion of Camp at ATT in Florida Prior to Lawler Bout at UFC 201

Things could get a little awkward at American Top Team in the next few months. As one of the sport’s largest and most talent-laden camps, the ATT family has roots all over the United States and worldwide. Come UFC 201, two of its own will square off for welterweight gold when reigning champion Robbie Lawler defends his crown against Tyron Woodley in Atlanta on July 30. Lawler brought ATT its first UFC championship when he defeated Johny Hendricks to win the belt at UFC 181 in December 2014. The longtime Octagon veteran will always hold a special spot in the history of the Coconut Creek, Fla.-based team for that feat, but he could be sharing the same facility with Woodley at some point prior to UFC 201. Woodley calls St. Louis’ ATT Evolution home, but he often ventures to Florida to train when he has a fight approaching. This time he was reconsidering that plan because of the potential conflict of interest until he got a call from gym owner Dan Lambert. “He was like, ‘[F—k] that, bring your [ass] down here.’ So looks like I kinda got checked,” Woodley said during a recent appearance on the Sherdog Radio Network’s “Beatdown” show. “It looks like I’ll go down there for a couple days, maybe a week, maybe two weeks, see how it feels. If it’s something that I don’t feel like is as uncomfortable as many would think, maybe I do more weeks there.” However things play out, Woodley doesn’t expect to spend much time exchanging pleasantries with Lawler as their fight approaches. That has nothing to do with any animosity between the two men, …

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