UFC 209: Woodley vs Thompson Info and Prediction Thread

[Kemarit]

It was a good card for those who wagged  for the underdogs as all the underdogs won the fights except of Mark Hunt and i did lose almost all of the bets except for the Woodley Thompson fight and glad i could recover all my loss in the match with Woodley. It was a really close and boring fight but i scored the fight for Woodley and he won my majority decision.

I think it can go either way. The inexplicable hesitance on the part of both
fighter made it a difficult bout to score because its hard to predict what
the judges seeing because of close rounds. I scored the fight for WonderBoy
anyways, and yeah it was a boring fight. One of the worst championship
fight I ever seen.  It was painful to see them in the ring as no one want's to commit.
I wish Khabib vs Ferguson was not cancelled, Oh well!!


 

[canah17]

Date: Saturday, March 4th
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass): 11:30 BCT / 3:30pm PST / 6:30pm EST
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1): 1:00 BCT / 5pm PST / 8pm EST
Main Card (PPV): 3:00 BCT / 7pm PST / 10pm EST
Live Streams: http://firstrowus1.eu/




Main Card (PPV)

Tyron Woodley (16-3-1) vs. Stephen Thompson (13-1-1) (Welterweight Championship)
Khabib Nurmagomedov (24-0) vs. Tony Ferguson (22-3) (Interim Lightweight Championship)
Rashad Evans (19-5-1) vs. Dan Kelly (12-1) (Middleweight)
Lando Vannata (9-1) vs. David Teymur (5-1) (Lightweight)
Alistair Overeem (41-15) vs. Mark Hunt (12-10-1) (Heavyweight)

Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)

Mark Godbeer (11-3) vs. Daniel Spitz (5-0) (Heavyweight)
Marcin Tybura (14-2) vs. Luis Henrique (10-2) (Heavyweight)
Darren Elkins (21-5) vs. Mirsad Bektic (11-0) (Featherweight)
Luke Sanders (11-0) vs. Iuri Alcantara (33-7) (Bantamweight)

Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)

Tyson Pedro (5-0) vs. Paul Craig (9-0) (Light Heavyweight)

Other

- Igor Pokrajac was expected to face Ed Herman at the event. However, Pokrajac pulled out of the fight in early February citing an injury, and was replaced by Gadzhimurad Antigulov. Then, on February 20, Herman revealed that he was injured and also unable to compete at the event, leaving the promotion searching for a replacement for Antigulov.

- Todd Duffee was expected to face Mark Godbeer at the event. However, Duffee pulled out of the fight in mid-February for undisclosed reasons. He was replaced by promotional newcomer Daniel Spitz.

- A heavyweight bout between Marcin Tybura and Luis Henrique, initially scheduled for UFC 208 is expected to take place at the event. The pairing was initially delayed as Henrique was unable to gain medical clearance by the NYSAC after a recent corrective eye surgery.

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Well i can't really decide of this two because they are one hell of a fighter. its really difficult to predict they are evenly match and their fight was really boring nothing special happened it wasn't really that enjoyable the championship was boring for this round >.< i hope someday it would be a interesting fight

[thejaytiesto]

I just saw the Allistair Overeem vs Mark Hunt fight because I refused to stay up late since all I wanted to see was the Khabib vs Tony fight.

Anyway it was a decent performance. It was good to see Overeem using his deadly knees again in good effect, but I don't like the fact that he ran around again, he does that too often, he looks a bit gassed, his conditioning is not what it once was, but well he won, now let's see a Miocic rematch.

[pereira4]

I finally went for Woodley and Overeem as winners (didn't bet on the rest) so I made some decent money, in any case, the car was greatly damaged by the Khabib incident.

Woodley and Thompson didn't satisfy the public. It was a very tactical fight, very slow, with an explosive ending by Woodley which is what made him win by 1 point.

[joshy23]

Haven't seen the fight vs Woodley and Thompson yet. I'm probably watch it later. But I have second thoughts based on your comments here. It looks like a boring fight. I did not bet but I would go for Woodley if I did and won perhaps. Who's next for Woodley now?

[thejaytiesto]

Haven't seen the fight vs Woodley and Thompson yet. I'm probably watch it later. But I have second thoughts based on your comments here. It looks like a boring fight. I did not bet but I would go for Woodley if I did and won perhaps. Who's next for Woodley now?

It's hard to see what can be next for a guy like Woodley. He is doing good in his weight division, maybe he should move and try to fight Conor McGregor in his weight. I doubt Conor is going to be able to bulk up to Woodley levels. Somehow even if both are 5'9'', Woodley looks massive. It's hard to believe he is not on some serious steroids.

[Harry Callahan]

Haven't seen the fight vs Woodley and Thompson yet. I'm probably watch it later. But I have second thoughts based on your comments here. It looks like a boring fight. I did not bet but I would go for Woodley if I did and won perhaps. Who's next for Woodley now?

It's hard to see what can be next for a guy like Woodley. He is doing good in his weight division, maybe he should move and try to fight Conor McGregor in his weight. I doubt Conor is going to be able to bulk up to Woodley levels. Somehow even if both are 5'9'', Woodley looks massive. It's hard to believe he is not on some serious steroids.

Have you heard about genetics and he was an athlete for a very long time and he is build like that and he does not need any steroids to be like that and with the USADA like testing even if you consume tainted supplements you get popped and it is impossible for him to get away with the random testing.
I am yet to watch all the matches and will comment after that.

[peter0425]

Haven't seen the fight vs Woodley and Thompson yet. I'm probably watch it later. But I have second thoughts based on your comments here. It looks like a boring fight. I did not bet but I would go for Woodley if I did and won perhaps. Who's next for Woodley now?

It's hard to see what can be next for a guy like Woodley. He is doing good in his weight division, maybe he should move and try to fight Conor McGregor in his weight. I doubt Conor is going to be able to bulk up to Woodley levels. Somehow even if both are 5'9'', Woodley looks massive. It's hard to believe he is not on some serious steroids.

Have you heard about genetics and he was an athlete for a very long time and he is build like that and he does not need any steroids to be like that and with the USADA like testing even if you consume tainted supplements you get popped and it is impossible for him to get away with the random testing.
I am yet to watch all the matches and will comment after that.

Let's not go with the steroids accusation, And like many African-American athletes they are genetically gifted with heavy build body. Going back to the fight, I scored it for Woodley as well, same score as the judges. He finish strong in the 5th round. And even though its kind of boring fight, he will still go home as the champion. But I think he needs to go for another solid win like knocking his opponent again.

[HaXX0R1337]

Let's not go with the steroids accusation, And like many African-American athletes they are genetically gifted with heavy build body. Going back to the fight, I scored it for Woodley as well, same score as the judges. He finish strong in the 5th round. And even though its kind of boring fight, he will still go home as the champion. But I think he needs to go for another solid win like knocking his opponent again.

It was a really good tactical fight and you do not get to see knock outs when two talented fighters fight and both are not willing to risk and wanted to win the fight and for the audience it will be a boring encounter .Wonderboy has to focus his career on defeating someone else before getting a third shot at the title and i would like to see Woodley face someone else thand Wonderboy as it will not generate the same interest again .
Mark Hunt lost the match which i think that he was not hundred percent committed in this fight with all the legal stuff he was fighting against UFC and Rashad Evans has to retire now his body wont take any more damage.

[SaShiRaJaVu]

Two split decision and one majority decision ,that was the case when it comes to UFC 209 and the main event was a starring match rather than a fight . Bloody upsets for this cards are as follows
1.David Teymur def Lando Vannata
2.Dan Kelly   def Rashad Evans
3.Darren Elkins def Mirsad Bektić

All the D's won the match which were heavy underdogs good luck if anyone chose them they might have earned a lot.

[krach]

Picks and results
Including the channel only picks

[HaXX0R1337]

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I under estimated Dan Kelly and his skill set.He was 12 and 1 going into the fight against Rashad Evans but i thought he was yet to prove his worth against a top quality fighter but he fought good with the former champion and won the match in a split decision.It could have gone either way.Good picks by the way.

[bbc.reporter]

Haven't seen the fight vs Woodley and Thompson yet. I'm probably watch it later. But I have second thoughts based on your comments here. It looks like a boring fight. I did not bet but I would go for Woodley if I did and won perhaps. Who's next for Woodley now?

It's hard to see what can be next for a guy like Woodley. He is doing good in his weight division, maybe he should move and try to fight Conor McGregor in his weight. I doubt Conor is going to be able to bulk up to Woodley levels. Somehow even if both are 5'9'', Woodley looks massive. It's hard to believe he is not on some serious steroids.

Tyron Woodley being massive as he is cannot go down to lightweight. He will lose his power and he will not be as effective because his style depends on strength. We have seen Conor move up to welterweight but I think Tyron will knock him out cold. Conor has no chance.

[tokeweed]

I just watched the replay of the event.  Well that was a really boring main event.  It played out just like it did in their first bout.  I wish they never ever fight again.  I'm posting the post fight conference for you guys to watch.  I personally think it's a must to watch these since it tells you what the fighters mindsets are after the fight.  That could be useful for your future bets on these fighters.

UFC 209: Post-fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LQrqnUI548

The highlights are here.

UFC 209: Post-fight Press Conference Highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJB2BoUTbHE

[thejaytiesto]

Haven't seen the fight vs Woodley and Thompson yet. I'm probably watch it later. But I have second thoughts based on your comments here. It looks like a boring fight. I did not bet but I would go for Woodley if I did and won perhaps. Who's next for Woodley now?

It's hard to see what can be next for a guy like Woodley. He is doing good in his weight division, maybe he should move and try to fight Conor McGregor in his weight. I doubt Conor is going to be able to bulk up to Woodley levels. Somehow even if both are 5'9'', Woodley looks massive. It's hard to believe he is not on some serious steroids.

Have you heard about genetics and he was an athlete for a very long time and he is build like that and he does not need any steroids to be like that and with the USADA like testing even if you consume tainted supplements you get popped and it is impossible for him to get away with the random testing.
I am yet to watch all the matches and will comment after that.

True, im not saying a 5'9'' guy can't look like that naturally, but steroids are a common thing in the sport, I don't care about how many tests there are happening. Look at Overeem, a lot of people were like you, "have you heard about genetics?", then he finally got caught, so there are a lot of athletes that get away with it at least temporally.

[eaLiTy]

Tyron Woodley being massive as he is cannot go down to lightweight. He will lose his power and he will not be as effective because his style depends on strength. We have seen Conor move up to welterweight but I think Tyron will knock him out cold. Conor has no chance.

Tyron Woodley's style depends on strength power punching and his wrestling,he is well rounded and i guess his next challenge will be Demian Maia and i really would like to see how he is going to tackle the ground skills of Maia,if Maia takes you to the ground then it is game over,if he could take Tryon to the ground is another story and i hope they will book this as the next title fight.
PS: Conor will not have a chance in this weight division.

[thejaytiesto]

Tyron Woodley being massive as he is cannot go down to lightweight. He will lose his power and he will not be as effective because his style depends on strength. We have seen Conor move up to welterweight but I think Tyron will knock him out cold. Conor has no chance.

Tyron Woodley's style depends on strength power punching and his wrestling,he is well rounded and i guess his next challenge will be Demian Maia and i really would like to see how he is going to tackle the ground skills of Maia,if Maia takes you to the ground then it is game over,if he could take Tryon to the ground is another story and i hope they will book this as the next title fight.
PS: Conor will not have a chance in this weight division.

Well that is what they saw when Conor bulked to fight Nate Diaz, and he rose from the defeat and was able to win against Nate Diaz in the second fight.

Don't forget that Nate had massive reach advantage against Conor.

Tyron and Conor have the same reach, same height etc. If someone can do it that is Conor.

[joshy23]

Tyron Woodley being massive as he is cannot go down to lightweight. He will lose his power and he will not be as effective because his style depends on strength. We have seen Conor move up to welterweight but I think Tyron will knock him out cold. Conor has no chance.

Tyron Woodley's style depends on strength power punching and his wrestling,he is well rounded and i guess his next challenge will be Demian Maia and i really would like to see how he is going to tackle the ground skills of Maia,if Maia takes you to the ground then it is game over,if he could take Tryon to the ground is another story and i hope they will book this as the next title fight.
PS: Conor will not have a chance in this weight division.

Well that is what they saw when Conor bulked to fight Nate Diaz, and he rose from the defeat and was able to win against Nate Diaz in the second fight.

Don't forget that Nate had massive reach advantage against Conor.

Tyron and Conor have the same reach, same height etc. If someone can do it that is Conor.

Nate and Tyron have different style. So tactically you can't compare Nate vs Connor and Tyron vs Connor if ever they fight in the future. Strength and punching power I would say will go to Tyron but speed I would go to Connor. Connor can bulk up again to fight in this division. However, it will be different in welterweight. I don't know how Connor will react if he is hit in the face by a true Welterweight. We will have to wait and see.

[pereira4]

I think the UFC is at risk of fucking up their business if they keep delivering such underwhelming cards.

With Jon Bones suspended because of drugs, Conor outside of the octagon wanting to start his boxing career, Nate waiting for Conor and also wanting to start boxing, Overeem out of his prime and fighting on undercards, and now the rising star Khabib failing to pass the cut, we may see a decrease serious of PPV sales.

Dana was about to make a big investment in UFC Russia, and now their biggest start is on the hospital... we'll see.

[SaShiRaJaVu]

I think the UFC is at risk of fucking up their business if they keep delivering such underwhelming cards.

With Jon Bones suspended because of drugs, Conor outside of the octagon wanting to start his boxing career, Nate waiting for Conor and also wanting to start boxing, Overeem out of his prime and fighting on undercards, and now the rising star Khabib failing to pass the cut, we may see a decrease serious of PPV sales.

Dana was about to make a big investment in UFC Russia, and now their biggest start is on the hospital... we'll see.

That is the truth,the UFC lacks star power at the moment and so is the reason they hired Georges St Pierre back and if you remember even last month too Dana was not interested in taking GSP and he was claiming he was retired when he wanted to make a return and now he will be facing Bisping for the title. Overeem was a big star when he came to the UFC but after that his performance just went down when the drug testing was getting strict.
Khabib will be back,he must hire a nutritionist to have a smooth weight cut.