UFC 209: Woodley vs Thompson 2 Sat Mar 4th

tinpib

As requested in the 208 thread.

US times shown even though I took the screenshot from the UK version of the site. They will update all that the closer we get and I will update the image as more details arise, the card changes and start times are finalised.

Certainly light years ahead of the 208 card. Really looking forward to the top 3 fights, hopefully nothing gets cancelled.

thewheel2.0

Lando Vannata is on this card? Sold!

callaway92

Wow, great card!

Gamebred

Way too early for this fred imo.

red ears

Gamebred wrote: »

Way too early for this fred imo.

Only 2 and a half weeks away. Its a great card.

Gamebred

Not speaking of Khabib Ferguson till they both enter the cage, card is due to fall apart any day with injuries.

red ears

Gamebred wrote: »

Not speaking of Khabib Ferguson till they both enter the cage, card is due to fall apart any day with injuries.

If those two make it to the cage then i'll be happy. If they don't make it the card is massively diminished imo.

wonderfullife

Some fights just are stone-cold certain to deliver. Miller v Poirier looked a cert to deliver on paper and did in practice.

You'd have to say that Khabib v Ferguson is a certainty to deliver for any MMA fan, as it's impossible to visualize this fight not hitting the deck.

Gonna be fascinating with Khabib slating BJJ to see what Eddie Bravo has cooked up when it does hit the mat and can Ferguson execute it or is Khabib simply too good.

Gamb!t

Gamebred wrote: »

Not speaking of Khabib Ferguson till they both enter the cage, card is due to fall apart any day with injuries.

Ha,I was just going to ask, did one of them pull a sick note yet

xtal191

Less than 3 weeks out and only 7 fights? Whats that all about?

SureYWouldntYa

Gamebred wrote: »

Not speaking of Khabib Ferguson till they both enter the cage, card is due to fall apart any day with injuries.

Same with DC Rumble or any Cain fight, til I see them I won't be getting excited about it

Mellor

wonderfullife wrote: »

Gonna be fascinating with Khabib slating BJJ to see what Eddie Bravo has cooked up when it does hit the mat and can Ferguson execute it or is Khabib simply too good.

I don't think Khabib was genuinely slaying BJJ. It's not a Dave Herman situation or anything.


That's assuming we're talking about his "if sambo was easy..." meme, and not something new he has said

Zero-Cool

I hope Hunt puts a hole in Overeem's head, Tony triangles the **** out of khabib and Wonderboy puts Tyrone to sleep and shuts him up for even a little while. Can't wait for this card!

Zero-Cool

Just remembered Tony Khabib is actually for an interim belt. Number 1 Bull*****t!!!

dashoonage

2017 goals

Win bull**** Belt
Fight Chicken

WAR KHABIB!

Django99

Zero-Cool wrote: »

I hope Hunt puts a hole in Overeem's head, Tony triangles the **** out of khabib and Wonderboy puts Tyrone to sleep and shuts him up for even a little while. Can't wait for this card!

I almost hope the opposite happens! Can't stand Hunt since UFC200, hope Overeeem knocks him out and walks off. I hope Khabin GnPs Tony to oblivion but really just want it to deliver I suppose. As long as it's a good fight Tony winning wouldn't bother me. And I also want Woodley to win as I think he won the first fight, especially if it was scored under today's rules he would have had two 10-8s.

Brussels Sprout

It's mad the way that they can have such a quality numbered event immediately after such a terrible one. Surely it'd have made more sense (from a marketing point of view) to have had any one of the top 3 fights on 208 instead.

Looking forward to seeing Vannata fight again. Hopefully he doesn't try and defend punches with his face this time though.

Django99

Brussels Sprout wrote: »

It's mad the way that they can have such a quality numbered event immediately after such a terrible one. Surely it'd have made more sense (from a marketing point of view) to have had any one of the top 3 fights on 208 instead.

Looking forward to seeing Vannata fight again. Hopefully he doesn't try and defend punches with his face this time though.

I'm quite happy to see Vannata continue to defend with his face. Makes for great fights that could end any second. I watched his fight against Ferguson again the other day and it was better than I remembered.

On the card itself, I prefer having a stacked card like this every couple of months even if it means some poor ones in between. Will still watch regardless but it's cards like this that are worth staying up for. I can just catch up on the poor ones on the Sunday.

maximoose

Django99 wrote: »

On the card itself, I prefer having a stacked card like this every couple of months even if it means some poor ones in between. Will still watch regardless but it's cards like this that are worth staying up for. I can just catch up on the poor ones on the Sunday.

210 is looking great too, and 211/212 main events are decent so a few solid additions to each and we have a hell of a streak

Useful.Idiot

yeah will there be any late additions to this card?

Especially excited for the co-main. Wouldn't mind seeing either Tony on Khabib airlines for a few rounds or a lovely salsa dancing to D'arce choke transition on Khabib.

tinpib

I see Paul Craig from Scotland is down as first fight on Wiki. I thought his submission debut win was brilliant. Will be cheering him on.

Wrongway1985

tinpib wrote: »

I see Paul Craig from Scotland is down as first fight on Wiki. I thought his submission debut win was brilliant. Will be cheering him on.

He's fighting Tyson Pedro who was equally impressive last time out, very tough to decide here me thinks. Wonder what Mellor thinks of this match up fairly certain he gave a slight run down of Pedro last time (I backed him )

Mellor

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

He's fighting Tyson Pedro who was equally impressive last time out, very tough to decide here me thinks. Wonder what Mellor thinks of this match up fairly certain he gave a slight run down of Pedro last time (I backed him )

Yeah I touted Pedro by sub and he delivered last time out. This is a great match-up tbh.

Both fighters undefeated.
Both have finished all their opponents.
Both have 1 knockout win, and the rest by submission. 12 subs betwee them.

This will be a fight with some big punches early before getting down to business on the mat. I'm less familiar with Paul Craig, but a brief glance at his record shows possibly a preference for finishes off his back, while Tyson prefers top pressure.

Either to finish by submission feels good right now. I might go back through Craig's record.

Lukker-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4UqIZh7H9w

CatFromHue

strange choice of music, I'd expect that in a Family Guy parody

creeper1

Yeah it's funny listening to that lovey dovey music while one man beats the living crap out of another.

JoeyJJ

Great preview, love it, something different from the usual stuff put out

StringerBell

Really getting excited for this, very good card and fingers crossed we get through the last couple of weeks intact.

Lukker-

CatFromHue wrote: »

strange choice of music, I'd expect that in a Family Guy parody

Haha, I think it's great, love the 80's style editing, goes so well with Tony's training montage clips. Something different, definitely got me hyped!

Gamebred

If this actually happens Ferguson is going on a one way ticket to hell via Eagle airlines.

Lukker-

Gamebred wrote: »

If this actually happens Ferguson is going on a one way ticket to hell via Eagle airlines.

You think?

I think it could be one sided beatdown the other way.

Tony is such a slippery dude, I think he might have the best takedown defence in LW



We've seen Trujillo escape Khabib a few times with similar rolls, and he isn't half as good as Ferguson at it.

Khabib gets butchered on the feet if it stays standing.

Gamebred

Yeah I know Ferguson has a very good wrestling pedigree has added some slick bjj too but I think Khabib is just relentless does reportedly be taking down the likes of Rockhold in the gym, his guard passing is sick too if he does get the takedown, was impressed with Fergusons cardio in Mexico so Im hoping for a 5rd affair here.

Lukker-

Gamebred wrote: »

Yeah I know Ferguson has a very good wrestling pedigree has added some slick bjj too but I think Khabib is just relentless does reportedly be taking down the likes of Rockhold in the gym, his guard passing is sick too if he does get the takedown, was impressed with Fergusons cardio in Mexico so Im hoping for a 5rd affair here.

Honestly, I haven't been excited for a match-up like this since the first fight was scheduled, adds to the excitement that its for the interim strap (only time I'll get excited for it).

Ferguson has got some serious cardio, he lives in Big Bear which has the same elevation has Mexico City, trains there year round.

I actually hope they both take each other down. We've never really seen Khabib's bottom game and I'd love to see perhaps the best top game vs the best bottom game in the UFC if Khabib managed to take him down.

Wrongway1985

Lukker- wrote: »

We've seen Trujillo escape Khabib a few times with similar rolls, and he isn't half as good as Ferguson at it.

Abel Trujillo escaped alright...into takedowns

Lukker-

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

Abel Trujillo escaped alright...into takedowns

He escaped the first few





Khabib eventually figured how to counter his granby's but again, Trujillo isn't half as slick as Ferguson.

Khabib had to grind out a decision vs Trujillo, Ferguson submitted him in the second

ASOT

He took him down 23 times; way more than grinding out a win. I cannot wait for this card very excited.

Also the whole he decisioned him; he finished him stuff is massivley flawed. Going to be a cracking fight though.

Lukker-

ASOT wrote: »

He took him down 23 times; way more than grinding out a win. I cannot wait for this card very excited.

Ultimate Takedown Championship

He rag dolled him in that fight alright, still should've went for the finish though.

ASOT

Lukker- wrote: »

Ultimate Takedown Championship

He rag dolled him in that fight alright, still should've went for the finish though.

I enjoyed the fight tbf; eventually got it with MJ aswell making him quit, Abel didnt seem to quit thats what kept it going!

ricero

Only saw today that rasheed evans is on the card making his middleweight debut. Cracking main fight card looking forward to every fight

Lukker-

ASOT wrote: »

I enjoyed the fight tbf; eventually got it with MJ aswell making him quit, Abel didnt seem to quit thats what kept it going!

If Khabib was on top of me I'd just tap.

After what he did to Tavares(I'd be shocked if he didn't have long term brain damage from that)

MJ got off lightly with a kimura, still ate a fierce amount of GNP though.

ASOT

Lukker- wrote: »

If Khabib was on top of me I'd just tap.

After what he did to Tavares(I'd be shocked if he didn't have long term brain damage from that)

MJ got off lightly with a kimura, still ate a fierce amount of GNP though.

The best about the mj one is him telling him to give up, i pray they make it to the cage if they dont it will kill the buzz of the card for me.

Lukker-

ASOT wrote: »

The best about the mj one is him telling him to give up, i pray they make it to the cage if they dont it will kill the buzz of the card for me.

Same. It's so close now, both guys should be finished the hard stuff.

I think Dana would sue AKA if anything happened to Khabib, they've cost so many headliners in the last year.

Django99

Do ye reckon they have anyone lined up as a stand by replacement? Nate is training away by the looks of it but doubt he'd take it. Hope we don't jinx it now it would be so disappointing if either pulled out.

Lukker-

Django99 wrote: »

Do ye reckon they have anyone lined up as a stand by replacement? Nate is training away by the looks of it but doubt he'd take it. Hope we don't jinx it now it would be so disappointing if either pulled out.

Not a chance Nate will, unless they are gonna pay him a flat fee of $5m. Ferguson and Khabib aren't massive draws and I think they'd want Nate headlining anyway.

I think Eddie Alvarez might be on standby though. Which is an interesting matchup for both guys imo.

Gamb!t

Will be interesting fight for sure,Hope Ferguson wins but I think Nurmagomedov will win.

Gamebred

Lando is on the card for that reason imo.

Lukker-

Gamebred wrote: »

Lando is on the card for that reason imo.

You think they'd put him in there for the Interim strap?

Part of me would love to see it, but the logical part of me says there are much more deserving guys.

Lando is exciting as hell but it's not a given he gets past Teymur who if you include TUF has like 7 KO's in a row

Gamebred

No there'd be no belt I dont think, just the rematch with a full camp v Tony or a good new match up v Khabib striker v grappler.

kwestfan08

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X27Ll30tIug

Great promo for Woodley v Wonderboy. Think the guy is Irish as well. He's the best on YouTube in any case.

Lukker-

kwestfan08 wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X27Ll30tIug

Great promo for Woodley v Wonderboy. Think the guy is Irish as well. He's the best on YouTube in any case.

Love kwozymoto, my favorite is his Hendo video before the Bisping rematch.

Gamebred

Muck Promo basically a compilation of interviews for 2 minutes much better promo makers than him,


this is a real bit of video editing right here