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In the main event of UFC 209, Tyron ‘The Chosen One’ Woodley and Stephen Thompson stepped into the Octagon<\/a> for a highly anticipated rematch that had been several months in the making.<\/p>\n

While both men stated prior to the fight that they were looking to go out and erase any doubts from their first meeting, where Woodley took a majority draw<\/a> to retain the welterweight strap, the rematch was a rather lackluster affair that saw Thompson back Woodley against the cage as both men remained hesitant to open up with strikes. Ultimately, the fight was scored a majority decision for Woodley, who retained the belt once again.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Tyron<\/p>\n

Now, Thompson is eyeing a future trilogy fight with Woodley, and plans to earn the rematch after receiving from a torn MCL sustained in their UFC 209 fight.<\/p>\n

He spoke to Submission Radio:<\/a><\/p>\n

“I feel I can go out there and I know I can beat him,\u201d Thompson told Submission Radio. \u201cI mean just in the last two fights, I know if I put forth just a little bit more effort and actually go out there and just do what I know I can do, just fight, you know, I know I can beat him. I know I can do it. And the fans do too.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, you\u2019re out there being cautious, but sometimes you gotta grit your teeth, bite down on that mouthpiece and go. And I didn\u2019t do that in the last fight. And that\u2019s something that I know if I go out there and do, then I\u2019ll ended up winning. But the fight happened twice and I\u2019ll fight who I gotta fight next and we\u2019ll do it again.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thompson also revealed that when he was dropped by Woodley in the 5th round, he fell very awkwardly, and actually tore his MCL:<\/p>\n

\"Tyron<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m pretty sure the ACL\u2019s intact, just making sure there\u2019s no meniscus tears or anything like that. But it\u2019s sore, still a little swollen, but you know, I\u2019m itching to just get back out there and train and this is what I do, man. I do this everyday and this is kind of hard for me just to kind of sit back and watch everybody else train. We\u2019ve got guys from my gym that have fights coming up, so I\u2019d like to be there for them as well.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com<\/a> on 3\/17\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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