Woodley vs Thompson

Who won Woodley vs Thompson?

Tyron Woodley beat Stephen Thompson by majority decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC 209, on Saturday 4th March 2017 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Tyron Woodley.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

This contest was for the UFC Welterweight championship.

Woodley vs Thompson stats

Tyron Woodley stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Stephen Thompson made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Stephen Thompson marked his 21st fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2012.

Tyron Woodley's UFC record stood at 9-5-1, while Stephen Thompson's came in at 12-8-1.

The stats suggested Thompson had a slight advantage in power over Woodley, with a 54% knock out percentage over Woodley's 44%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Woodley had an advantage over Thompson, with a 25% submission rate over Thompson's 8%.

Tyron Woodley was the older man by 1 year, at 43 years old.

Thompson had a height advantage of 3 inches over Woodley. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Woodley's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Thompson's, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 11 months earlier than Thompson, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 4 less professional rounds, 70 to Thompson's 74.

Woodley vs Thompson form

Tyron Woodley had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Colby Covington at UFC Vegas 11 on 19th September 2020 by knockout in the 5th round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Gilbert Burns at UFC Vegas 1 on 30th May 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Kamaru Usman at UFC 235 on 2nd March 2019 by unanimous decision in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had won against Darren Till at UFC 228 on 8th September 2018 by submission in the 2nd round in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at American Airlines Center, Dallas.

He had beaten Demian Maia at UFC 214 on 29th July 2017 by unanimous decision in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at Honda Center, Anaheim.

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Woodley's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years and 10 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 22 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.4 rounds on average.

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