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UFC 209: Woodley vs. Thompson 2
Tyron Woodley
Tyron Woodley
16-3-1 · USA
VS
Stephen Thompson
Stephen Thompson
13-1-1 · USA
March 4, 2017 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 5 rounds · Main event
170.0lb
Weigh-in
169.0lb
Tyron Woodley def. Stephen Thompson by M-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Woodley5/120/000:00
Thompson6/190/000:00
R2
Woodley8/160/000:00
Thompson8/240/000:00
R3
Woodley15/281/201:48
Thompson14/280/000:19
R4
Woodley9/220/000:00
Thompson12/340/000:00
R5
Woodley17/470/010:10
Thompson13/410/000:00
Total
Woodley54/1251/211:58
Thompson53/1460/000:19

Scorecards

Woodley vs Thompson

RdChris LeeDerek ClearySal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-109-109-109.1-10
R210-910-99-109.2-9.9
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
R49-109-109-109-10
R510-910-910-810-8.8
Total48-4748-4747-4747.2-47.8

Media (19 cards) · avg 47.947.3 · 11 Woodley · 0 Thompson · 8 draws

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Woodley-Thompson.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
WoodleyWin probabilityThompson
54.1%45.9%
KO / TKO
16%
Submission
4%
Decision
81%
Expected fight time: 22.1 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Woodley, blue toward Thompson. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Woodley54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%16%
Submission3%5%
Decision43%79%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes76 (4399)act 54
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.5)act 1
Thompson46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%15%
Submission1%2%
Decision38%83%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes94 (54122)act 53
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~169 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R16%
R26%
R34%
R42%
R51%
Distance81%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
Woodley
39.8%+149
Thompson
-14959.5%
Most takedownstie 55.8%
Woodley
39.6%-861
Thompson
+8614.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Woodley
Expected: 75.8
76
Over 76
41.9%
+137
Exactly 76
0.9%
push
Under 76
57.2%
-137
095190
Thompson
Expected: 93.6
93.5
Over 93.5
42.6%
+135
Under 93.5
57.4%
-135
0118235
Takedowns — over/under
Woodley
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
41.1%
+143
Under 0.5
58.9%
-143
035
Thompson
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
6.9%
Exactly 0
93.1%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 22.1 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Woodley54.1%43.8%+10.3+120
Thompson45.9%56.2%−10.3-140

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
69.2Striking70.3
Thompson +1.1
57.9Grappling47.7
Woodley +10.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
WoodleyThompson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1616
Pound-for-pound
1630
1615
Divisional
1630
1503
Striking offense
1537
1528
Striking defense
1531
1495
Grappling offense
1485
1544
Grappling defense
1547
Physical
34 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'9"
Height
6'0"
74"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.88
Strikes landed / min
4.06
46%
Strike accuracy
45%
2.68
Strikes absorbed / min
2.75
69%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.70
Takedowns / 15 min
0.64
67%
Takedown accuracy
50%
95%
Takedown defense
79%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
89%
0
Win/loss streak
0
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
83%
Finish rate
63%
Recent opp. quality
112
Days since last fight
112
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tyron Woodley
  • DStephen ThompsonM-DEC R5
    Close +1704mo before
  • WRobbie LawlerKO/TKO R1
    Close +1007mo before
  • WKelvin GastelumS-DEC R3
    Close -1852y 1mo before
  • WDong Hyun KimKO/TKO R1
    Close -2102y 6mo before
  • LRory MacDonaldU-DEC R3
    Close +1052y 9mo before
Stephen Thompson
  • DTyron WoodleyM-DEC R5
    Close -2004mo before
  • WRory MacDonaldU-DEC R5
    Close -1159mo before
  • WJohny HendricksKO/TKO R1
    Close +2451y 1mo before
  • WJake EllenbergerKO/TKO R1
    Close -2451y 8mo before
  • WPatrick CoteU-DEC R3
    Close -3802y 5mo before
Woodley — win / loss by method
Record: 16-3-1

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
7 wins, 1 loss
W
44% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
31% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
6win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (83%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (17%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (20%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
4 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (40%)Decision(0%) 0
Thompson — win / loss by method
Record: 13-1-1

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
7 wins, 0 losses
W
54% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
8win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (20%)Submission() 0
2 (40%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Woodley
Thompson
9
UFC fights
10
85.5 min · 9.5 avg
Octagon time
117.4 min · 11.7 avg
17y 6m
Career length
16y 6m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Woodley
Thompson
169W–40L · 80.9%
Overall
136W–44L · 75.6%
126W–32L · 79.7%
Wins
123W–33L · 78.8%
43W–8L · 84.3%
Losses
13W–11L · 54.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Woodley
Thompson
139W–81L · 63.2%
Overall
12W–9L · 57.1%
108W–71L · 60.3%
Wins
12W–9L · 57.1%
31W–10L · 75.6%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Woodley
Thompson
2.12
Landed / min
5.18
30.7%
Accuracy
42.1%
74.0%
Defense
67.6%
1.23
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.02
61.3%
Time at distance
65.3%
Grappling & control
Woodley
Thompson
0.70
Takedowns / 15 min
0.64
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
95.2%
Takedown defense
78.6%
0.35
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
56.1%
Control share
50.6%
Strike target map
Woodley
  • Head54%(133)div 63%
  • Body33%(82)div 21%
  • Legs13%(31)div 16%
Thompson
  • Head65%(311)div 63%
  • Body23%(110)div 21%
  • Legs12%(55)div 16%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Tyron Woodley
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Stephen Thompson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.