Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-11-12, some good exchanges in the second part of the fight but it is not enough to get three stars: Tyron Woodley vs Stephen Thompson gets two (UFC Fight of the Night).The Ufc Ww champion Tyron Woodley entered this fight with a pro record of 16-3-0 (69% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 welterweight in the world. He lost to Rory MacDonald in 2014 but then he has won over Dong Hyun Kim (=Woodley vs Kim), Kelvin Gastelum (=Woodley vs Gastelum) and Robbie Lawler (=Lawler vs Woodley).
His opponent, the black belt in karate and ju-jitsu Stephen Thompson, has a mma record of 13-1-0 (62% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.3 in the same weight class. He suffered his only defeat when he faced Matt Brown in 2012, since then he has collected seven consecutive victories beating Johny Hendricks (=Hendricks vs Thompson) and Rory MacDonald in 2016 (=MacDonald vs Thompson). Woodley vs Thompson is valid for the Ufc welterweight title (Woodley’s first defense); undercard of Eddie Alvarez vs Conor McGregor – UFC 205. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor
Date: 2016-11-12
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, USA
Division: welterweight (170 lbs, 77 kg)
Title: UFC Welterweight Championship
UFC 205 fight card (main fights):
Eddie Alvarez vs Conor McGregor
Tyron Woodley vs Stephen Thompson
Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs Karolina Kowalkiewicz
Chris Weidman vs Yoel Romero
Miesha Tate vs Raquel Pennington
Frankie Edgar vs Jeremy Stephens
Michael Johnson vs Khabib Nurmagomedov
Woodley’s previous fight: Robbie Lawler vs Tyron Woodley
Thompson’s previous fight: Rory MacDonald vs Stephen Thompson
Their next fight: Tyron Woodley vs Stephen Thompson 2
Official video:
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(Free embeddable highlights video hosted on Youtube)
That was a movie great fight woodly won that one.
Wonderboy wins the rematch easily.
“Every Round starts on the feet.”
— Don’t ever change, Goldie.