Check out a video trailer, as well as the featured UFC Fight Pass prelim, for next month’s UFC 209 championship doubleheader in Las Vegas.
UFC 209 takes place March 4 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and it airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.
In the headliner, welterweight champion Tyron Woodley (16-3-1 MMA, 6-2-1 UFC), who’s No. 1 in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA welterweight rankings, rematches No. 2-ranked Stephen Thompson (13-1-1 MMA, 8-1-1 UFC), whom he fought to a majority draw in November at UFC 205.
While the lead-up to the fight has focused heavily on race, with UFC President Dana White recently addressing Woodley’s recent comments about being a black MMA champion, the above trailer puts the focus back on the rematch itself.
In UFC 209’s co-headliner, No. 2-ranked lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov (24-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) and No. 3 Tony Ferguson (22-3 MMA, 12-1 UFC) fight for an interim lightweight belt. The bout – the latest in a string of UFC interim affairs – was booked while titleholder Conor McGregor is expected to be on the sidelines through the first half of 2017.
The lineup’s undercard is still taking shape, but UFC officials recently announced that a light-heavyweight bout between undefeated fighters Paul Craig (9-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) and Tyson Pedro (5-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) will serve as the featured UFC Fight Pass prelim (via Twitter)
The latest UFC 209 card includes:
For more on UFC 209, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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