Tyron Woodley (left) and Stephen Thompson react to the decision after their UFC 205 fight. Woodley sported +160 odds in his first meeting with “Wonderboy” and is now pegged as a betting underdog for a fourth straight time, including his opening-round knockout win over Robbie Lawler as a +110 underdog when he claimed the crown at UFC 201. The champion, Woodley, is the underdog at +120.
Viva Las Vegas UFC 209: Tyron Woodley vs Stephen Thompson – who is on the fight card, what time is it and what channel is it on? Woodley neutralized Thompson’s awkward karate striking style for most of the fight and battered “Wonderboy”, getting the better of most of the exchanges. Before landing his one and only takedown against Thompson, Woodley had only one takedown in the UFC.
St-Pierre often trains with Wonderboy Thompson and issued a warning to Woodley ahead of their much-anticipated rematch. With Ferguson not taking a replacement fight, and hopefully with Khabib not too far away from a recovery there’s a chance that we could see the fight in the near future, but focus is firmly on what remains of UFC 209 for now.
“I didn’t throw almost the things that I normally do, which is a good thing going into this fight because he hasn’t seen everything I’ve got”, said Thompson, 34.
When the verdict was in, it was clear that the judges had struggled to score the bout well, with two of them seeing the fight as a draw and one official leaning towards Woodley by one point. There’s just two fights tonight due to the co-main cancellation.
” I think it will be a very competitive fight”.
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Woodley had “Wonderboy” in trouble on more than one occasion in their last bout and the champion will go in as slight favourite. Great stuff. You fought to a draw in your last fight. “Whether McGregor ever returns to defend his belt or not, the victor of this bout will be a worthy champion in the UFC’s best weight class”, the analyst said. Ferguson had been preparing for months to face one of the most dominant wrestlers in MMA and was suddenly going to be thrust into a fight with a risky striker like Johnson?
Nurmagomedov has long deserved a title shot and he gets it here, in a fight that he is totally capable of winning.
Woodley’s admission that he’s wanted and needed someone to oversee his training camps and be responsible for his schedule falls in line with some of Roufus’s impression of the welterweight champion, whose arrival in Milwaukee came as a surprise to the veteran coach.
Conor wants big fights and title belts. What impressed me about Woodley’s performance against Thompson was going toe-to-toe on the feet with a striker as good as Thompson.