The UFC allowing Johny Hendricks’ move to the middleweight division just may have saved his career, according to the former welterweight champion. Hendricks’ troubles with cutting down to 170 almost threatened an end to the career of the popular former champion. The lowest point of his weight-cutting struggles was perhaps the fighter’s hospitalization one day prior to […]
The UFC allowing Johny Hendricks’ move to the middleweight division just may have saved his career, according to the former welterweight champion. Hendricks’ troubles with cutting down to 170 almost threatened an end to the career of the popular former champion. The lowest point of his weight-cutting struggles was perhaps the fighter’s hospitalization one day prior to […]
Tyron Woodley certainly has his hands full these days. The reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight title holder is coming off a successful defense against Stephen Thompson in a rematch at UFC 209 earlier this month. “The Chosen One” bested “Wonderboy” in the majority decision victory. Now, Woodley is focused on a bit of acting. […]
Tyron Woodley certainly has his hands full these days. The reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight title holder is coming off a successful defense against Stephen Thompson in a rematch at UFC 209 earlier this month. “The Chosen One” bested “Wonderboy” in the majority decision victory. Now, Woodley is focused on a bit of acting. […]
It wasn’t the most crowd-pleasing bout in UFC history, but welterweight champion Tyron Woodley retained his title over Stephen Thompson in a heavily questioned majority decision result in the main event of last night’s (Sat., March 4, 2017) UFC 209 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. After the fight’s results were announced, fans and media
It wasn’t the most crowd-pleasing bout in UFC history, but welterweight champion Tyron Woodley retained his title over Stephen Thompson in a heavily questioned majority decision result in the main event of last night’s (Sat., March 4, 2017) UFC 209 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
After the fight’s results were announced, fans and media members began to discuss the result, with many unsure how Woodley could win a decision while mostly moving backwards and throwing little volume while doing so for at least three rounds. UFC President Dana White agrees with them, as he told FOX Sports after the fight he had it scored in favor of ‘Wonderboy’:
“I had it 3-2. ‘Wonderboy.’”
When asked if he thought the fight might turn out to be another draw when the strange scores once again came up, White clarified the thought had never crossed his mind. He noted that one of the cageside judges scored the fifth and final round, where Woodley did do some heavy damage to Thompson, a dominant 10-8 for the champ, something White found to be ludicrous:
“I didn’t think it was gonna be a draw; I mean, from the fight that I watched, I had it 3-2 ‘Wonderboy,’ and one of the judges scored the last round 10-8, which is insane.”
But regardless of how he felt the fight should have been scored, White had to accept that Woodley won no matter what, and the fans will have to as well. Typically vague with the direction of the UFC’s plans for the deep welterweight division, White only confirmed that the win, which was Woodley’s first official defense, didn’t help his case too much:
“Tyron’s the champ, he won tonight. But you know, listen, me, the fans, everybody else – we’re not judges. The judges called him the winner tonight so he’s the winner. So we’ll see where we go from here. Listen, this fight didn’t help his case in any way, shape, or form. But I don’t know, we’ll see what happens from here.”
Tyron Woodley and Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson are set to clash on Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas for the UFC welterweight championship. The fight promises to be a close contest between two of the welterweight division’s brightest stars. Woodley and Thompson fought to a thrilling majority draw decision in their first fight, […]
Tyron Woodley and Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson are set to clash on Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas for the UFC welterweight championship. The fight promises to be a close contest between two of the welterweight division’s brightest stars. Woodley and Thompson fought to a thrilling majority draw decision in their first fight, […]
After all this talk of McGregor vs Diaz 2 (3, 4, or however many times they milk their cash cow), finally there’s a fight for the fans, the real fans.
UFC President Dana White announced Wednesday on a Cleveland Radio show that “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler (27-11) is set to fight Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone (31-7) at UFC 205 in New York. This a fight fan’s wet dream as these are two of the most game fighters and both have a point to prove.
Lawler’s quick turnaround shows he wants to distance himself from his most recent loss to current champion Tyron Woodley, and with the latest finish of Rick Story in a second round TKO, “Cowboy” wants to show the welterweight division that he’s not here to take part, he’s here to take over. Now does “Cowboy” have a chance? Sure he does, with early finishes in his last two fights it’s clear that Cerrone’s power has transferred over to the heavier division. Coupled with his Muay Thai skills, impressive Jiu Jitsu, and lanky body type (which gave Lawler problems against Carlos Condit), there’s no reason he shouldn’t be in it to win it. However, “Cowboy” has shown the tendency to let his nerves get the best of him and not show up for big fights, and MSG is probably the biggest stage there is. Also, Robbie Lawler 3.0 has a gas tank now and is a much smarter fighter. He puts together different techniques seamlessly and has incorporated knees and elbows into his already vicious attack…oh, and did we mention he still has that devastating left hand?
Both fighters are strikers that will be looking to end it early but can go the distance. Lawler comes into the 5th round like a bat out of hell and the fact that he’s been on the big stage with 2 title defenses, it’s going to be a long night for the Budweiser swigging “Cowboy.”
Edge: Robbie Lawler
What do you fight fans think of the upcoming bout? Is Cowboy up to the challenge, or will Robbie Lawler show his latest outing was a fluke?
UFC 205 is set for Nov 12, 2016 at Madison Square Garden N.Y., N.Y.,
Lionel Harris-Spence is a local drunk and part time writer for Cage Potato, and Generation Iron MMA. You can catch him screaming obscenities at a flat screen during most MMA events.
