UFC 209 live: Tyron Woodley beats Stephen 'Wonderboy' Thompson to retain the welterweight championship
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Your support makes all the difference.UFC 209 saw a rematch of one of the best fights in 2016 as welterweight champion Tyron Woodley beat Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson in a renewal of their UFC 205 rivalry. Follow the latest here.
- UFC 205 takes place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas
- Tyron Woodley retains his UFC welterweight championship against Stephen Thompson
- Pair fought out a majority draw at UFC 205 last year
- Co-main event of Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Tony Ferguson cancelled
- Nurmagomedov failed to make weight and had to be taken to hospital
- Main card:
- Tyron Woodley def Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson by majority decision
- David Teymur def Lando Vannata by unanimous decision
- Dan Kelly def Rashad Evans by unanimous decision
- Cynthia Calvillo def Amanda Cooper by submission
- Alistair Overeem def Mark Hunt by KO
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What time does it start?
The UFC 209 early pre-lims begin at 23:30 GMT, with the pre-lims beginning at 01:00 GMT and the main card starting at 03:00 GMT.
Where can I watch it?
UFC 209 main card will be shown live on BT Sport 2, with the pre-lims being shown live on BT Sport 2 and UFC Fight Pass and the early pre-lims being shown on UFC Fight Pass only.
Full fight card
Main card:
Tyron Woodley vs Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson
Lando Vannata vs David Teymur
Rashad Evans vs Dan Kelly
Amanda Cooper vs Cynthia Calvillo
Alistair Overeem vs Mark Hunt
Pre-lims:
Marcin Tybura vs Luis Henrique
Mirsad Bektic vs Darren Elkins
Iuri Alcantara vs Luke Sanders
Mark Godbeer vs Daniel Spitz
Early pre-lims:
Tyson Pedro vs. Paul Craig
Albert Morales vs. Andre Soukhamthath
Alistair Overeem vs Mark Hunt
Round one: Hunt's in big trouble here, as there's a huge gash that's opener up on his shin that takes a lot of work to stem the bleeding.
Alistair Overeem vs Mark Hunt
Round two: Overeem starts the round off well, but Hunt shakes him up with a big left punch and has Overeem in trouble/ He sees out the round though as Hunt runs out of time.
Alistair Overeem vs Mark Hunt
Round three: Overeem gets the stoppage! With Hunt up against the fence, Overeem delivers a brutal knee to the head that KOs Hunt in one quick blow and bringing the end for Hunt, who has to he helped from the Octagon.
Amanda Cooper vs Cynthia Calvillo
Next up we've got a women's strawweight bout that sees Amanda Cooper stepping up in her biggest fight yet.
Amanda Cooper vs Cynthia Calvillo
Round one: That didn't last long at all! Calvillo manages to floor Cooper and when she counters with a double leg takedown, Calvillo throws her into a somersault and takes her back. From there, shes manages to get in a choke and forces the submission. Very impressive stuff on her UFC debut.
Rashad Evans vs Dan Kelly
Now this is a big one for Daniel Kelly, as he goes up against UFC veteran and headline name Rashad Evans.
Well, sorry about that, but we had a few technical gremlins on our end that meant nothing was showing up in the blog. It look like that's sorted now though, and that's just in time for the main event!
Tyron Woodley vs Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson
Here we go! Wonderboy makes his way to the Octagon first, accompanied by his usual walk out music by Tenacious D.
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