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Last night, in the main event of UFC 209, welterweight champion Tyron Woodley scored a majority decision win over challenger Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson<\/a>, who he first fought to a majority draw back in November<\/a>. While Woodley’s win was extremely important for his career, however, it was not particularly thrilling.<\/p>\n

The slow nature of Woodley and Thompson’s welterweight title rematch generated ample criticism<\/a> from many notable members of the MMA community, including UFC President Dana White<\/a>.\u00a0Woodley, unsurprisingly, was not especially pleased with these comments from the UFC boss. The champ fired back at the UFC 209 post-fight press conference, defending his strategy in the fight, and challenging White to step into the cage and fight Thompson.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI want to see Dana get in there and fight Wonderboy,\u201d Woodley told the media (via BloodyElbow.com)<\/a>. \u201cWatch everyone else that walked in there. Watch Patrick Cote, Robert Whittaker, watch all these guys that thought they were just going to bulldoze him, and they disrespected his style. I did the opposite. I embraced his style. I brought in the world champion, currently in his weight division. I brought in Sage Northcutt, tons of guys who are in that actual sport fighting. You can\u2019t disrespect that style.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIf you think you have it figured out, kicks and punches come from weird angles, and you find yourself with out this [belt], and you find yourself knocked out,” he continued. “I\u00a0know you guys love to see the knockouts, gore, blood \u2014 and I love watching it as well, but guess what, I love being world champion, and sometimes it\u2019s not the sexiest fight.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Woodley then commented on the boos that occurred during his fight with Thompson.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThat\u2019s okay [if the fans didn\u2019t like the fight],” he said. “The fans can also tap in, I\u2019ll pause the fight, and they\u2019ll enter the cage. I\u2019ll exit the cage, and they can show me how to do better. It\u2019s so easy to say it from that seat you\u2019re sitting in. But when you\u2019re fighting a world class fighter who has finished so many opponents, so many knockouts, so many tricks up his sleeve. Sometimes you have to be patient and find that moment.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What did you think of Tyron Woodley’s defeat of Stephen Thompson? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 3\/5\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last night, in the main event of UFC 209, welterweight champion Tyron Woodley scored a majority decision win over challenger Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson, who he first fought to a majority draw back in November. While Woodley’s win was extremely important for his career, however, it was not particularly thrilling. 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