Tyron Woodley Narrowly Defeats Stephen Thompson (UFC 209 Results)

On the heels of a tense majority draw in NY last November that, to be fair, featured strong moments from both fighters and a near finish for Woodley, the 170lb pair were rebooked for Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in an attempt to find a definitive outcome for the UFC welterweight championship.

The two men for to a majority draw at UFC 205.

Thompson impressed in the first two rounds of a tactical fight, but the champion’s class shone through in the final three rounds.

Time expired, and some fans were so unhappy over paying for that limited action that they walked toward the exits even before the judges’ scores of 48-47, 47-47, 48-47 for Woodley were announced. Watch Patrick Cote, Robert Whittaker, watch all these guys that thought they were just going to bulldoze him, and they disrespected his style. I knew that it was close.

The rematch between UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley and the Wonderboy himself, Stephen Thompson is set. “I think we were both hesitant”.

“That’s O.K.”, Woodley objected at the post-fight press conference when confronted with the negative reviews of the fight. “Fight! Fight!” in the fifth.

Woodley managed to take down Wonderboy early in the third, and he threw some decent blows to the body.

And on top of that, Jon Jones is still suspended, Brock Lesnar just retired, and although Georges St-Pierre is making a comeback, he hasn’t fought in almost four years and is 35 years old. Two cautious counter fighters delivered an unfortunate main event to a card that brought out 13,150 fans for a $2.3m gate.

Woodley won his belt last July by stopping long-reigning champion Robbie Lawler in the culmination of a lengthy career in Strikeforce and the UFC. “But if Woodley won the first fight, you wouldn’t go “Oh my god this is crazy” but tonight, tonight’s a whole different story”.

After losing the Khabib Nurmagomedov-Tony Ferguson lightweight interim title bout a day earlier, UFC tragics sat through a nervous tactical battle, with neither fighter able to impose their will. As a result, UFC officials looked to book the immediate rematch in order to settle their unfinished business.

There was a lot of footwork and feints, but not a lot of striking in the first two rounds. This is Overeem’s first fight since losing the championship to Stipe Miocic last September, and Hunt’s first fight since the controversial no-contest against Brock Lesnar in July.

“This man is tough”, Overeem (42-15) said.

UFC returns to Las Vegas for Saturday, Marc.

Hard Rock Hotel and Casino will host a viewing party for the competition, which takes place on Saturday, March 4.

The former light-heavyweight champion made his long-awaited debut in the division against Daniel Kelly, a former Olympian. The 39 year-old Kelly is a four-time Olympian in judo and a purple belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu. He has been the betting underdog six times in his seven-fight UFC career.

Firstly, in a somewhat surprising move, a lightweight fight between Lando Vannata and David Teymur has now been moved up to the co-main event spot on the card.

In a wild comeback, fourteenth-ranked featherweight Darren Elkins withstood a vicious first-round beating from Mirsad Bektic to earn a third-round TKO stoppage.