The legacy of UFC 209 might be a card that it's best fight ripped from underneath it but it proved to be an interesting card with a late cancellation just a day before the event and one very surprising result on the main card. Regards of all that, here is my review of UFC 209.
Alistair Overeem defeated Mark Hunt via third-round Knockout (knees)
Going into this fight, Overeem was the underdog as Hunt had survived three rounds with a boosted Brock Lesnar.
Overeem made everyone forget about his embarrassing claim at UFC 203 that heavyweight champ Stipe Miocic had tapped during their fight by taking out Hunt with a serious of brutal kness in the third round.
This becomes even more shocking when UFC President Dana White showed up to Overeem's post-fight press conference and said that the former heavyweight contender had been rushed to hospital with food poisoning and given injections in order to compete in the Octagon against Hunt.
For Hunt, it's very unclear if he will continue to fight in the UFC after the UFC pushed to dismiss the New Zealander's lawsuit. He also left the Octagon without doing a post-fight interview with Joe Rogan and despite saying on Instagram that he's suffered a broken tibia, people shouldn't hold their breath over Hunt returning to fighting anytime soon.
Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Tony Ferguson cancelled due to Khabib being hospitalised
The most looked forward to fight of the night was unfortunately cancelled when Khabib Nurmagomedov was taken to hospital after falling ill and didn't weigh in for his co-main event interim Lightweight championship fight with Tony Ferguson. The Russian lost out on $500,000 but was thankfully released from hospital shortly after.
Tony Ferguson was gutted but humble in wishing Khabib a speedy recovery. Whether the pair will be booked to fight for the fourth bloody time or Ferguson will get the title fight when McGregor returns are both pleasable scenarios that Dana will have to ponder.
Tyron Woodley defeats Stephen Thompson via majority decision (48-47, 47-47, 48-47) and retains his Welterweight Championship
Tyron Woodley (now 17-3-1 MMA, 7- 2-1 UFC) retained the Welterweight title with a majority decision over Stephen Thompson (now 13-2-1 MMA, 8-2-1 UFC).
However, the fight was nothing like their first meeting that was named 'Fight of the Night' at UFC 205.
The first three rounds were uneventful as both fighters didn't want to commit in fear of getting caught by a quick punch or takedown.
Woodley was criticsed for being in a clinch for the majority of the fight and only coming to live in the final two rounds where he landed a takedown and ventured with some combos. Thompson put in a solid performance and in my opinion deserved to win the fight by decision.
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