Dana White: Rafael dos Anjos next for UFC champ Tyron Woodley, who still wants Georges St-Pierre

ST. LOUIS – Stop it if you’ve heard this before: Tyron Woodley and Dana White disagree on matchmaking.

After a recent shoulder surgery, UFC welterweight champion Woodley (18-3-1 MMA, 8-2-1 UFC) thinks there’s no clear contenders to his title. UFC President White sees Rafael dos Anjos (28-9 MMA, 17-7 UFC)as the next step.

The two have never been shy about public disagreement, so let the back-and-forth begin.

During FS1’s post-fight show for UFC Fight Night 124, White said dos Anjos, a former UFC lightweight champ, will fight for the belt when Woodley heals from a recent shoulder surgery.

“As soon as he’s healthy, obviously, RDA is the fight to make, especially the way he looked in the Robbie Lawler fight,” said White. “We’re just waiting for Tyron to get healthy.”

Woodley, however, still wants to fight Georges St-Pierre(26-2 MMA, 20-2 UFC). Although the former welterweight kingpin recently vacated the middleweight title he captured from Michael Bisping after coming out of retirement, Woodley said a showdown with “Rush” is his No. 1 priority.

To all those waiting for titles, like dos Anjos, Colby Covington (13-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) or Kamaru Usman (12-1 MMA, 7-0 UFC), the welterweight champ asks them to wait a little longer.

“I don’t really see a fight that makes sense for me right now,” Woodley told MMAjunkie backstage at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, which hosted the FS1-televised event on Sunday. “There’s not any clear No. 1 guys. Some guys say RDA. We’ve got a guy who’s bumping his gums; I won’t even give (Covington’s) name any attention. I think the deck needs to be shuffled a little bit more, and maybe a fight that’s more substantial for my career and my legacy will present itself.

“I’m not going to say (dos Anjos and Covington) need to fight. Fall back, take a seat. I’m not going anywhere. I’m here for a while. I’m not on the cusp of giving this up. One by one, everybody will get their chance to see what it’s all about. But I really want to fight Georges St-Pierre.”

Woodley said a fight with St-Pierre is one that will secure his legacy as the best welterweight the UFC has ever known. It will also secure a huge payday with the former champ, who’s a huge box office draw. Both are a priority.

“If he’s still fighting, he needs to come and see me,” Woodley said.

But if St-Pierre doesn’t re-emerge, Woodley said he’ll take that title nonetheless and fight the contenders ahead. All he needs to do is agree with White who should be standing across from him.

From the looks of it, that might take some work.

For complete coverage of UFC Fight Night 124, check out the UFC Events section of the site.