

Sox Transactions, Trades, and Free Agents.UFC 209 official results: Tyron Woodley def.Tyron Woodley-Stephen Thompson UFC 209 Snoozefest Fails To Match Hype. MMA Fighting scores R5 for Woodley, 10-9 (48-47 for Woodley overall) Twenty four minutes and change of nothingness, then a right hand that dropped him and a flurry. Wow Woodley crushes Thompson with a big shot, and now he swarms late! Right hands, trying to finish! He has Wonderboy hurt, but the horn sounds. He's pivoting, and Thompson tries a kick in there, a body kick. Thompson dances by, and again he leans in with his vision, as if to come at Woodley. Now Woodley reaches for a longshot takedown, can't get close enough. Wants to make the round easy to score in a fight where so little has gone on, at least in definitive action. Round 5: Right hand from Woodley, who comes out more aggressively. MMA Fighting scores R4 for Thompson, 10-9 (38-38) Thompson just seems too rooted in "reaction," so he's not really initiating. Fight just losing steam, but it's not a lost cause. Woodley lunges forward with a right hand. Right hand lands for Woodley, and then Wonderboy with a left. Spinning wheel kick from Thompson and it was mostly blocked, but it was sudden and got the people involved for a minute. He wants to unleash, but he's still holstered. Woodley ducks down and tries to slam home that right hand, and the agile Thompson moves off. MMA Fighting scores R3 for Woodley 10-9 (29-28 overall for Woodley) Now towards end of the round, Thompson lands a couple of shots, including a left hook that landed flush. Woodley after a lead left lands a very nice right hand. They both know everything, seemingly, the other wants to do. Wonderboy with a high kick, and Woodley just knows whenever that's coming. Now reset, Thompson goes to work from the side stance, and lands a left hand. They are on fence, and now finally Thompson separates. Now Thompson gets back to his feet, and in the clinch, Woodley lands some knees. He is landing little inside shots from that position, and he's just muscling Thompson. Woodley going to work with the ground and pound, has Thompson's hand trapped behind his back. And now, after dogged persistence, Woodley lands it right there. Round 3: Now Woodley tries for a double leg, and Thompson happily crashes into the fence to avoid it. MMA Fighting scores R2 for Woodley, 10-9 (19-19) And right as Thompson lands a kick to the body, Woodley lands a right hand. Woodley very tentative through two rounds. Big right hand from Woodley lands, more a counter. Woodley comes forward throwing a quick flurry, but doesn't follow up. It looks like he learned some stuff from the first fight, as he said he did. Thompson continues to move forward and picking him apart in pockets. A one-two from Woodley, but he misses on both. Thompson with a high kick, and Woodley stalks. MMA Fighting scores R1 for Thompson, 10-9. Again, the crowd lets up a chorus of boos.

Thompson all movement, and he's picking his shots. But seeing some aggression from Thompson. Another one, and that one was blocked in full. Head kick from Thompson, and it was semi-blocked. Side kick from Thompson, and Woodley lunges at him with punches. We'll see if he lets his kicks go earlier this time.

Round 1: Referee for the rematch is Big John McCarthy. More Coverage: UFC 209 Results | UFC news Woodley, who is 3-1-1 over his past five fights, will face Thompson, who is 4-0-1 in his past five fights, in the main event. Stephen Thompson 2, a welterweight bout at Saturday night's UFC event at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

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