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

Thompson had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Shavkat Rakhmonov at UFC 296 on 16th December 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Kevin Holland at UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland on 3rd December 2022 by knockout in the 4th round at Amway Center, Orlando.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Belal Muhammad at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Before that, he had been defeated by Gilbert Burns at UFC 264 on 10th July 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

He had beaten Geoff Neal at UFC Vegas 17 on 19th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

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Thompson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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