Joe Rogan sounds off after Khabib Nurmagomedov taken to hospital

Obviously these two were evenly matched in the first meeting.

“He knows we have unfinished business”, Thompson said. If he does, I think a bigger Thompson, who now is familiar with Woodley, will outpoint him. “Tyron Woodley hasn’t seen the best Stephen Thompson”. He felt it in the clinch, on the ground, and in Woodley’s right hand.

That’s not knocking Woodley, who is 17-3 in his MMA career and 6-2-1 in the UFC with quality wins over the likes of Robbie Lawler, Kelvin Gastelum, Dong Hyun Kimg and Carlos Condit, among many others.

After the first fight between the two ended in a draw, both men will be looking to produce a commanding victory and put this rivalry to bed.

Whether it was for calling for big-money fights, trying to deny Stephen (Wonderboy) Thompson a rematch after they fought to a draw in November or speaking about the way African-American athletes in the UFC are treated differently by the MMA community, Woodley has faced backlash after backlash. Lightweight Lando Vannata is listed as heavy -400 chalk in his contest with David Teymur, a distant +300 underdog.

During Nurmagomedov’s injury-imposed absence, another UFC lightweight surged from obscurity to the top of the division.

Tale of the Tape: This is Evans’ first fight as a middleweight. Then, you can order the main card on UFC.TV for $59.99.

Tale of the Tape: Calvillo is coming off short rest after fighting just seven weeks ago.

“I no understand this fight”.

Tale of the Tape: Elkins’ last seven fights have all gone to the judge’s decision (he’s 5-2 in those fights). In both his first and second run in the UFC, he thrilled audiences with his “never-say-die” attitude, incredible knockout power and legendary toughness.

BT Sport subscribers can follow the banner below to watch all the fights from the PreLims, starting at 1am, the main card at 3am and the Post Fight Show from 7am. He likely would have been next in line for a title shot following that. He was discharged early Friday, but was not cleared to fight by doctors.

The bout between Khabib and Ferguson was to provide the chief support to the UFC welterweight championship bout between champion Tyron Woodley and Stephen Thompson at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

In that sense, he’s a combination of John Lineker (missed weight three times) and Dominick Cruz (injuries kept him out almost three full years, and limited him to one fight in more than four years).

The victor of the bout was likely to be among the top contenders for the next big-money fight with Conor McGregor, who won the regular UFC lightweight title last November with a victory over Eddie Alvarez.