UFC 209 Woodley vs Thompson 2: Locked & Loaded

UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley and Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson engaged in an memorable showdown at UFC 205.

“I know this is a sport where you guys love to see knockouts”, Woodley said.

Woodley is a powerful striker with a good wrestling base. Shortly after the majority draw, which allowed Woodley to keep the belt, a rematch was announced between the two. “Tyron is a great fighter, a deserving champion, and a worthy opponent”. As a result, the fight against Ferguson was scrapped altogether.

That probably means we won’t be seeing many more big cards at the Mandalay Bay or MGM Grand arenas, bringing an end to a combat-sports era. It fell apart the day before the event, with Nurmagomedov having to be rushed to the hospital after a bad weight cut. “I’m walking around bigger and heavier now because it does make a difference when you’re stepping out there against somebody as big and strong as Tyron”. If Woodley can get a hold of Thompson and take him down, he can grind out a win.

Khabib Nurmagomedov to win by decision.

Former light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans goes down for his first middleweight fight, taking on veteran English fighter Dan Kelly at the midway point. Yet for the rest of the time the pair paid each other too much respect, dancing around, staying comfortably out of harm’s way, and in general being pretty friendly, with taps of respect before and after each round.

Despite making her professional MMA debut less than seven months ago, Calvillo got a spot on the PPV main card following a late fight-card shuffle. And I think we need to have a conversation about this now so that the next time it comes up, we can be in agreement ahead of time. He needs to channel that inner Hwoarang (Tekken reference and if you don’t get it then look that up ASAP) and unleash his kicks masking them with punches before hand. He had to pull out of his fight with Tony Ferguson, 33. In fact, statistically, Woodley was slightly more efficient that round, landing 41 percent of strikes compared to Thompson’s 31 percent.

The conflicts between the two best welterweights in the world are widely visible.

Lando Vannata to win by TKO in Rd2.

Two pay-per-view events into 2017 and UFC’s two main event draws have been complete flops.

On the money line, Thompson went off as a slim favorite, with those swinging his way believing he had more room for adjustments with his unorthodox striking style.

Overeem undoubtedly has the weaker chin by some distance though, and that’s the last thing you want to have against Hunt who is capable of stopping anyone with a single strike.