Tyron Woodley and Stephen Thompson put on a “Fight of the Night” performance in their first meeting last year at UFC 205, one of 2016’s best UFC events.
In the rematch, they did not.
Woodley successfully defended his UFC welterweight championship against “Wonderboy” in the main event of UFC 209, which took place live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday evening.
In all five rounds of the championship headliner, both fighters were extremely tentative and created very little offense. Thompson, however, pressured and controlled the champion for much of the five-round outing.