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UFC 209 headliners Tyron Woodley and Stephen Thompson go at it in a pre-fight interview.

There's a lot of tension between welterweight champion Tyron Woodley and No. 1 contender Stephen Thompson heading into UFC 209.

Their championship bout at UFC 205 ended in a draw, and both men were unsatisfied with the result.

'Wonderboy' said he could never accept a draw as a champion, but Woodley fired back and said he only said that to secure an immediate rematch.

"For me, I couldn't take a draw as being satisfying," Thompson told ESPN in a recent interview. "As a fighter, I wouldn't let a draw — I couldn't go past that.