UFC president Dana White didn’t need to hype too hard in order to pitch the rematch between Tyron Woodley and Stephen Thompson going into UFC 209.
After all, their first welterweight title fight at UFC 205 was a thriller, so how could the rematch possibly be boring?
Instead, Saturday night’s rematch in Las Vegas turned into another reminder that you never know how things are going to go in the fight game. Woodley woke up in the fifth round and eked out a victory at T-Mobile Arena, taking two 48-47 scores to one 47-47 for a majority decision.