{"id":218322,"date":"2017-01-18T11:26:51","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T19:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=218322"},"modified":"2017-01-18T13:13:54","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T21:13:54","slug":"video-tyron-woodley-stephen-thompson-ufc-209","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tyron-woodley\/video-tyron-woodley-stephen-thompson-ufc-209\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Tyron Woodley and Stephen Thompson get heated ahead of UFC 209"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/core\/video\/iframe?id=18502339&amp;endcard=false\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Last November, in the co-main event of the landmark UFC 205, Tyron Woodley sought to make his first defense of the UFC welterweight title against streaking karate specialist Stephen &#8220;Wonderboy&#8221; Thompson. Five, razor close rounds later, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-results\/ufc-205-results-tyron-woodley-and-stephen-thompson-fight-to-a-draw-highlights\/\">the fight was ruled a majority draw<\/a>. With this result, Woodley hung on to the UFC welterweight crown, though surely not in the fashion he&#8217;d hoped.<\/p>\n<p>Given their draw, talk immediately turned to a <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/exclusive-stephen-thompson-rematch-with-tyron-woodley-will-be-much-different\/\">tie-breaking rematch<\/a> between Woodley and Thompson. While UFC president Dana White assured this is what would be next for both men from the get-go, however, Woodley was outwardly disinterested in a do-over, instead campaigning for fights with big name opponents like <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/tyron-woodley-exclusive-interviews\/exclusive-tyron-woodley-opens-up-on-potential-fight-with-michael-bisping\/\">welterweight star Nick Diaz<\/a>, lightweight champ Conor McGregor, and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/tyron-woodley-exclusive-interviews\/exclusive-tyron-woodley-opens-up-on-potential-fight-with-michael-bisping\/\">middleweight champ Michael Bisping<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, however, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/exclusive-tyron-woodley-explains-why-he-accepted-a-rematch-with-stephen-thompson-at-ufc-209\/\">the UFC was able to put this rematch together<\/a>. Thompson and Woodley are scheduled for a rematch in the main event of a stacked UFC 209 on March 4 in Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>In advance of this anticipated card, Woodley and Thompson made an appearance on SportsCenter to promote their fight. Unsurprisingly, it wasn&#8217;t long before the two welterweights were getting heated, arguing with one another about whether an immediate rematch was justified.<\/p>\n<p>See the best moments of this exchange in the video at the top of this post!<\/p>\n<p>Tyron Woodley entered his UFC 205 title defense having won the title with a first-round knockout of Robbie Lawler in July. He earned his title shot with a crushing knockout of Dong Hyun Kim and a close decision defeat of Kelvin Gastelum.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Thompson, meanwhile, earned his crack at Woodley with a fantastic, seven-fight win-streak. 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