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In the wake of UFC 205<\/a>, streaking lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov revealed that he exchanged some words with Michael Johnson<\/a> during their exciting undercard battle.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, I little bit talked with him,\u201d the lightweight contender explained. \u201cI told him \u2018hey, I have to fight for the title, you know this.\u2019 I told him, \u2018I don\u2019t want to smash your face, and I already beat you. You have to give up.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As it turns out, Nurmagomedov and Johnson weren’t the only fighters on the UFC 205 lineup to exchange some words mid-fight. In a Monday afternoon appearance on The MMA Hour<\/a>, UFC welterweight champion Tyron “The Chosen One” Woodley explained that he and his opponent Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson also got chatty between punches during their bout.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was calling his kicks out to him,\u201d the welterweight champ told host Ariel Helwani. \u201cI said, \u2018I know what you\u2019re about to do. You\u2019re about to throw that wheel kick aren\u2019t you.\u2019 And he said \u2018no actually I was going to try to throw a one-two, high-kick.\u2019 I said \u2018you throw that kick, I\u2019m punching you.\u2019 We were having a whole conversation in there.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2018you\u2019re about to blitz,'” Woodley continued. “I said \u2018remember last time you blitzed I knocked your ass down with that right hand.’ I said \u2018you come in again I\u2019m hitting you with this right hand.\u2019 It was enough fun in there that it allowed us to be martial artists. But it was also enough respect.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"UFC<\/a><\/p>\n

In the end, after five, frenzied rounds of war, Woodley would retain his welterweight title. Originally, the result was incorrectly read as a split decision victory for the defending champ. In the subsequent moments, however, it was revealed that the fight had actually been scored a draw<\/a>. With this result, Woodley retained the welterweight crown \u2013 though surely not in the fashion he was hoping for.<\/p>\n

With their five-round war in the rear-view, it appears as though Woodley and Thompson could be paired together for a rematch in the near future<\/a>. While this seems to be the plan of UFC President Dana White, however, Woodley also has his eyes on a lucrative fight with UFC featherweight and lightweight champion Conor McGregor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

How did you think Woodley and Thompson’s bout should have been scored? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the wake of UFC 205, streaking lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov revealed that he exchanged some words with Michael Johnson during their exciting undercard battle. \u201cYeah, I little bit talked with him,\u201d the lightweight contender explained. \u201cI told him \u2018hey, I have to fight for the title, you know this.\u2019 I told him, \u2018I don\u2019t want […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":204243,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10132,10175],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nTyron Woodley Recounts Mid-Fight Conversation With Stephen Thompson | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tyron-woodley\/tyron-woodley-recounts-mid-fight-conversation-stephen-thompson\/\" 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