Woodley and Thompson have spent 50 minutes in the cage.Brandon Magnus/Zuffa LLC/Getty Images
Aside from the underwhelming main event between Tyron Woodley and Stephen Thompson,
UFC 209 was a banner fight card for the promotion.
Six fights on Saturday night in Las Vegas ended in finishes, including a few that will wind up on the highlight reel, while two fighters—Darren Elkins and Iuri Alcantara—pulled off incredible comebacks that rank among the best in MMA history. Lando Vannata and David Teymur put on a fantastic, back-and-forth scrap in the co-main event.
The main event was close, tactical and exceptionally unexciting, one of the least eventful title fights in UFC history.