Woodley vs Thompson

Who won Woodley vs Thompson?

Tyron Woodley drew with Stephen Thompson by majority draw in their 5 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 205, on Saturday 12th November 2016 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The scorecards were announced, meaning it was a majority draw.

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 0 draws, 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 0 draws, 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 same age as Stephen Thompson, at 42 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 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Kamaru Usman at UFC 235 on 2nd March 2019 by unanimous decision in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, he had defeated Stephen Thompson at UFC 209 on 4th March 2017 by majority decision in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had drawn with Stephen Thompson at UFC 205 on 12th November 2016 by majority draw in their 5 round contest in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York.

Stephen Thompson had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he was victorious against Geoff Neal at UFC Vegas 17 on 19th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Vicente Luque at UFC 244 on 2nd November 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Anthony Pettis at UFC on ESPN+ 6 on 23rd March 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville.

Before that, he had been defeated by Darren Till at UFC Fight Night 130 on 27th May 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Echo Arena, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

He had beaten Jorge Masvidal at UFC 217 on 4th November 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Stephen Thompson had been fighting more than Tyron Woodley.

Going to this contest, Tyron Woodley had last fought 6 years and 28 days ago, while Stephen Thompson's last outing had been 4 years, 3 months and 11 days ago.

Woodley's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 4 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 22 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.4 rounds on average.

Thompson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 4 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

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