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.

Tyron Woodley's UFC record stood at 9-5-1, while Stephen Thompson's came in at 12-7-1.

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 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 1 less professional rounds, 70 to Thompson's 71.

Woodley vs Thompson form

Stephen Thompson had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, 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, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Anthony Pettis at UFC on ESPN+ 6 on 23rd March 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten 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.

Before that, 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.

He had been defeated by Tyron Woodley at UFC 209 on 4th March 2017 by majority decision in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Woodley's last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 5 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 10 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.3 rounds on average.

Thompson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 1 month and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 4 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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