UFC 209: March 4, 2017

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Your #UFC209 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/UFC209?src=hash) main event! @TWooodley (https://twitter.com/TWooodley) & @WonderboyMMA (https://twitter.com/WonderboyMMA) square off AGAIN on Mar. 4th! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f39f.png https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/27a1.png 1/20 https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/27a1.png http://bit.ly/2i7W1mQ (https://t.co/LSopIGxINe)

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Main Card




Weight class



Method
Round
Time
Notes


Welterweight
Tyron Woodley (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyron_Woodley) (c)
vs.
Stephen Thompson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Thompson_%28fighter%29)



[a] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_209#cite_note-14)


Lightweight
Khabib Nurmagomedov (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khabib_Nurmagomedov)
vs.
Tony Ferguson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Ferguson)



[b] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_209#cite_note-15)


Middleweight
Rashad Evans (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashad_Evans)
vs.
Dan Kelly (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Kelly_%28fighter%29)






Lightweight
Lando Vannata (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lando_Vannata)
vs.
David Teymur






Heavyweight
Alistair Overeem (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alistair_Overeem)
vs.
Mark Hunt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Hunt)






Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)


Heavyweight
Marcin Tybura
vs.
Luis Henrique (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Henrique_%28fighter%29)






Featherweight
Mirsad Bektić (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirsad_Bekti%C4%87)
vs.
Darren Elkins (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Elkins)






Bantamweight
Iuri Alcântara (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iuri_Alc%C3%A2ntara)
vs.
Luke Sanders






Heavyweight
Mark Godbeer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Godbeer)
vs.
Daniel Spitz






Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)


Light Heavyweight
Tyson Pedro
vs.
Paul Craig (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Craig_%28martial_artist%29)






Women's Strawweight
Amanda Cooper (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Cooper)
vs.
Cynthia Calvillo






Bantamweight
Albert Morales (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Morales)
vs.
Andre Soukhamthath

[ace3g]

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[thiste]

Can't fucking wait.


Btw I'm gonna reverse-jinx it right away: Khabib out with injury!

[ace3g]

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[ace3g]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aocerFfbWJg

[thiste]

This is one event for the hardcore fans!

[ace3g]

Main Card




Weight class



Method
Round
Time
Notes


Welterweight
Tyron Woodley (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyron_Woodley) (c)
vs.
Stephen Thompson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Thompson_%28fighter%29)




[a] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_209#cite_note-14)


Lightweight
Khabib Nurmagomedov (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khabib_Nurmagomedov)

vs.
Tony Ferguson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Ferguson)



[b] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_209#cite_note-15)


Middleweight
Rashad Evans (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashad_Evans)
vs.
Dan Kelly (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Kelly_%28fighter%29)







Lightweight
Lando Vannata (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lando_Vannata)

vs.
David Teymur






Heavyweight
Alistair Overeem (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alistair_Overeem)
vs.
Mark Hunt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Hunt)

[thiste]

Khabib @ hospital after weight cut, interim title off...

[tlongII]

Khabib @ hospital after weight cut, interim title off...

FUCK!

[ace3g]

After that news, not sure if I want to purchase this card or not...

[thiste]

Awesome come back victory by Darren Elkins man was he busted up

[ace3g]

Well for some reason, UFC doesn't have the 49.99 option on their youtube channel; decided not to purchase.

[ace3g]

Reem wants another shot against Stipe from the looks of it

[thiste]

Man Reem is so talented...

[ace3g]

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[thiste]

Man, so bummed about the Khabib Ferguson fight not happening...

[ace3g]

Also sounds like Main event isn't too exciting..

[thiste]

Dude, fucking snoozefest, you missed nothing...


Tyron "best welterweight ever" Woodley lol yeah right the guy did nothing for 5 rounds, decided to wake up the last 20 seconds


I'm giving the decision to Wonderboy


Btw you should have asked for a streaming link if you wanted to see it bro I thought you were covered

[thiste]

LOL worst decision ever Woodley did NOTHING for 5 rounds there's zero way he won this

A shitty end to a shitty night

[Robz4000]

:lol this was your typical Mayweather fight in UFC format. Woodley just did what he had to do to secure the decision. Called it from the get-go in the fight but was disappointed by the way he did it.

[thiste]

I do not agree. He had one takedown in round three but failed to inflict the damage he did in the first fight, then he lands a lucky haymaker in the last 20 seconds of the fight and Wonderboy did recover. That's literally ALL he did in the fight. Don't go tell me he did enough to win, he did nothing, and he did not win that fight.

It's incredible how so often everybody agrees on the scoring except the judges...


Let's just forget this night asap.

[Ice009]

I'm new to UFC (just started watching 4 weeks ago), but I thought he may have come close to finishing Wonderboy, or do you guys disagree how close he came in that flurry at the end? If it wasn't for that, though, then yes, I'd say Wonderboy won that fight. Wouldn't Woodley almost finishing him count for a lot, or should you be disregarding that when doing the scoring?

Also, what's the deal with that Khabib guy? Is he actually any good? Seems like a lot of people wanted to watch him fight.

[thiste]

He did come close to finishing Wonderboy, no one's contesting that. But fights are scored on a round by round basis, and this gives Woodley only the 5th round which I'm perfectly OK to give him.
However, they went the distance, and there is zero possibility to deny that Wonderboy won rounds 1, 2 and 4, which makes him the winner of that fight.

Khabib and Tony both are extraordinary. It would have been the fight of the year.

[Ice009]

He did come close to finishing Wonderboy, no one's contesting that. But fights are scored on a round by round basis, and this gives Woodley only the 5th round which I'm perfectly OK to give him.
However, they went the distance, and there is zero possibility to deny that Wonderboy won rounds 1, 2 and 4, which makes him the winner of that fight.

Khabib and Tony both are extraordinary. It would have been the fight of the year.

Wow, well that sucks. I would have loved to have seen that fight.

And thanks for the info regarding the welterweight title fight. If it's done on a round by round basis, then yes, Wonderboy should have won it based on winning 3 rounds. Even though I am new to UFC, I think Wonderboy won three rounds without me even having watched it again.

[thiste]

About the Khabib vs Ferguson fight, I wrote this on another forum:

"Had they gone to the UFC doctor, I'm sure they could have arranged the fight at 175. Khabib weights in at 176 and that's a done deal. Ferguson would probably have accepted since he said he had a hard time cutting too.

Then you got two healthy fighters, you miss out on the interim belt but we get the fight we wanted and we also have a clear contender for Conor."


Such a bummer.

[Ice009]

About the Khabib vs Ferguson fight, I wrote this on another forum:

"Had they gone to the UFC doctor, I'm sure they could have arranged the fight at 175. Khabib weights in at 176 and that's a done deal. Ferguson would probably have accepted since he said he had a hard time cutting too.

Then you got two healthy fighters, you miss out on the interim belt but we get the fight we wanted and we also have a clear contender for Conor."


Such a bummer.

What other forums can I go to, to read about UFC? Wouldn't mind hearing more of what other people think.