UFC 209 went down last night (Sat., March 4, 2017) from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the main event featured a welterweight title rematch between Tyron Woodley and Stephen Thompson. Woodley ended up retaining his title via majority decision, but it was a controversial outcome at best, especially given the fact that
UFC 209 went down last night (Sat., March 4, 2017) from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the main event featured a welterweight title rematch between Tyron Woodley and Stephen Thompson. Woodley ended up retaining his title via majority decision, but it was a controversial outcome at best, especially given the fact that one judge scored the fight a draw.
Commenting on the decision, Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) director Bob Bennett implied that judges should be able to decide on a winner:
“If you’re a top-notch, A-plus judge, you should be able to discern through the scoring criteria who wins the fight, even if it’s razor thin,” Bennett said (Via MMAFighting). “Does a 10-10 round come up? Yes, but in the three years — almost three years — that I’ve been the executive director, we have not had a 10-10 round. And I think it’s incumbent upon the judges to be on top of their game and be able to pick a winner in that round. One effective strike or kick can determine who wins a round.”
The judge who scored the bout a draw was Sal D’Amato and he also scored the final round a 10-8 for Woodley, which Bennett didn’t agree with:
“The one judge that had it 10-8 — we went over it in the debriefing — and that 10-8 was unacceptable,” Bennett said. “Not that it would have affected the outcome of the fight, but just to share it with you. We strive to do the best we can, but we don’t always succeed and that judge should have scored that round 10-9.
“He just missed it and usually he’s spot on. But thank god it didn’t affect the overall outcome of the fight.”
The UFC 209 Reebok payouts have been released. Last night (March 4) inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada UFC 209 took place. The main event featured an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) title bout between welterweight kingpin Tyron Woodley and Stephen Thompson. Woodley earned a majority decision to retain his gold. In the co-main […]
The UFC 209 Reebok payouts have been released. Last night (March 4) inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada UFC 209 took place. The main event featured an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) title bout between welterweight kingpin Tyron Woodley and Stephen Thompson. Woodley earned a majority decision to retain his gold. In the co-main […]
The UFC 209 Reebok payouts have been released. Last night (March 4) inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada UFC 209 took place. The main event featured an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) title bout between welterweight kingpin Tyron Woodley and Stephen Thompson. Woodley earned a majority decision to retain his gold. In the co-main […]
The UFC 209 Reebok payouts have been released. Last night (March 4) inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada UFC 209 took place. The main event featured an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) title bout between welterweight kingpin Tyron Woodley and Stephen Thompson. Woodley earned a majority decision to retain his gold. In the co-main […]
Tyron Woodley has been making some bold claims suggesting he’s already the best welterweight of all time, a comment that was made prior to earning his first-ever defense of his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight title.
But, now that he has it after defeating Stephen Thompson via majority decision at UFC 209 (see it), “The Chosen One” is one step closer to achieving his goals. While the win may not have been popular in everybody’s eyes, a win is a win and Woodley can finally put his rivalry with “Wonderboy” to bed after the two previously fought to a draw at UFC 205.
The challenges will only get tougher for Tyron, and what should be on deck for the hard-hitting striker is a showdown between the winner of the upcoming bout that will see Demian Maia and Jorge Masvidal duking it out on May 13, 2017 at UFC 211.
Either man will provide stiff obstacles for “The Chosen One,” as Maia is one of the — if not the — greatest submission artist in the game today, which will give a wrestler like Woodley fits all day.
On the other hand you have Masvidal, a hard-nosed brawler who isn’t afraid to push the pace and absorb a strike or three to deliver his own. Just ask Donald Cerrone.
A win over any of those two men will look good on Woodley’s resume, and inch him closer to Welterweight immortality. But, let’s not get it twisted, Tyron still has a long road to travel if he wants to be knows as the greatest 170-pound fighter in MMA history, as Matt Hughes and Georges St-Pierre have resumes that are undeniable and hard to match.
Speaking of St-Pierre, now that he’s back, it wouldn’t be too far-fetched to see him jump the welterweight line and challenge Tyron for the strap later this year. After all, he’s already jumped the Middleweight line with ease.
For complete results from UFC 209: “Woodley vs. Thompson 2,” including play-by-play updates, click here and here.
Tyron Woodley has been making some bold claims suggesting he’s already the best welterweight of all time, a comment that was made prior to earning his first-ever defense of his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight title.
But, now that he has it after defeating Stephen Thompson via majority decision at UFC 209 (see it), “The Chosen One” is one step closer to achieving his goals. While the win may not have been popular in everybody’s eyes, a win is a win and Woodley can finally put his rivalry with “Wonderboy” to bed after the two previously fought to a draw at UFC 205.
The challenges will only get tougher for Tyron, and what should be on deck for the hard-hitting striker is a showdown between the winner of the upcoming bout that will see Demian Maia and Jorge Masvidal duking it out on May 13, 2017 at UFC 211.
Either man will provide stiff obstacles for “The Chosen One,” as Maia is one of the — if not the — greatest submission artist in the game today, which will give a wrestler like Woodley fits all day.
On the other hand you have Masvidal, a hard-nosed brawler who isn’t afraid to push the pace and absorb a strike or three to deliver his own. Just ask Donald Cerrone.
A win over any of those two men will look good on Woodley’s resume, and inch him closer to Welterweight immortality. But, let’s not get it twisted, Tyron still has a long road to travel if he wants to be knows as the greatest 170-pound fighter in MMA history, as Matt Hughes and Georges St-Pierre have resumes that are undeniable and hard to match.
Speaking of St-Pierre, now that he’s back, it wouldn’t be too far-fetched to see him jump the welterweight line and challenge Tyron for the strap later this year. After all, he’s already jumped the Middleweight line with ease.
Although Ferguson didn’t fight at UFC 209, ‘El Cucuy’ sent out a warning to Conor McGregor.
Tony Ferguson missed out on the biggest fight of his career at UFC 209, an interim lightweight title bout against the undefeated Khabib Nurmagomedov, but that hasn’t broken the Californian’s fighting spirit.
El Cucuy was set to face Nurmagomedov in last night’s co-main event, but ‘The Eagle’ was forced to pull out after being hospitalized due to weight cutting issues. Ferguson, 33, was offered a replacement fight against Michael Johnson but turned it down because the title was scrapped and the UFC offered him less pay.
Dana White said Ferguson was ‘devastated’ with the news of Nurmagomedov’s withdrawal but the TUF 13 winner has put Khabib in his rear-view mirror and moved on to bigger things.
“The thing is that he was devastated,” White said at the UFC 209 post-fight press conference at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, per MMA Junkie’s Mike Bohn. “He came over to our offices, and he was as bad as anybody I’ve ever seen when a fight pulls out.”
Ferguson was still in attendance for UFC 209 and received his $250,000 show money, and the 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu fighter warned current lightweight champion McGregor that he’s next.
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McGregor, the sport’s biggest star, became the first fighter in UFC history to hold two belts at the same time. ‘The Notorious’ dusted Jose Aldo in thirteen seconds to win the featherweight title at UFC 194 and then added the lightweight strap to his resume when he TKO’d Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205.
McGregor is currently pursuing a boxing fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. but has faced criticism for not wanting to defend his title.
Ferguson, a winner of nine-straight, is currently ranked at No.2 in the official 155-pound rankings but will most likely bypass Nurmagomedov for a title shot.
Although Ferguson didn’t fight at UFC 209, ‘El Cucuy’ sent out a warning to Conor McGregor.
Tony Ferguson missed out on the biggest fight of his career at UFC 209, an interim lightweight title bout against the undefeated Khabib Nurmagomedov, but that hasn’t broken the Californian’s fighting spirit.
El Cucuy was set to face Nurmagomedov in last night’s co-main event, but ‘The Eagle’ was forced to pull out after being hospitalized due to weight cutting issues. Ferguson, 33, was offered a replacement fight against Michael Johnson but turned it down because the title was scrapped and the UFC offered him less pay.
Dana White said Ferguson was ‘devastated’ with the news of Nurmagomedov’s withdrawal but the TUF 13 winner has put Khabib in his rear-view mirror and moved on to bigger things.
“The thing is that he was devastated,” White said at the UFC 209 post-fight press conference at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, per MMA Junkie’s Mike Bohn. “He came over to our offices, and he was as bad as anybody I’ve ever seen when a fight pulls out.”
Ferguson was still in attendance for UFC 209 and received his $250,000 show money, and the 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu fighter warned current lightweight champion McGregor that he’s next.
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McGregor, the sport’s biggest star, became the first fighter in UFC history to hold two belts at the same time. ‘The Notorious’ dusted Jose Aldo in thirteen seconds to win the featherweight title at UFC 194 and then added the lightweight strap to his resume when he TKO’d Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205.
McGregor is currently pursuing a boxing fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. but has faced criticism for not wanting to defend his title.
Ferguson, a winner of nine-straight, is currently ranked at No.2 in the official 155-pound rankings but will most likely bypass Nurmagomedov for a title shot.
Tyron Woodley isn’t widely regarded as an all-time great, but his coach believes the potential to make that a reality is there. Din Thomas, who is a renowned coach at American Top Team, has worked with Woodley at the gym in Coconut Creek, Florida. “The Chosen One” successfully defended his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight […]
Tyron Woodley isn’t widely regarded as an all-time great, but his coach believes the potential to make that a reality is there. Din Thomas, who is a renowned coach at American Top Team, has worked with Woodley at the gym in Coconut Creek, Florida. “The Chosen One” successfully defended his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight […]
