Filed under: News , UFC After UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley and former opponent Stephen Thompson fought to a majority draw in November at UFC 205, it seemed like the challenger wouldn’t need to do much campaigning for a rematch. That, it turned out, wasn’t the case. In spite of Thompson’s (13-1-1 MMA, 8-1-1 UFC) tireless requests for a second shot at the belt – and, of course, its owner – Woodley (16-3-1 MMA, 6-2-1 UFC) has remained noncommittal. He’s expressed interest in “money fights,” against UFC middleweight champ Michael Bisping and vet Nick Diaz, and even asking for Twitter help to pick from his array of options. So, on Sunday, Thompson decided to put a little bit of public pressure on the champ with a tweet showing that he’s already signed up. Waiting on you @TWooodley pic.twitter.com/XwFqePtVbe — Stephen Thompson (@WonderboyMMA) January 9, 2017 Woodley, who’s known for his somewhat omnipresent Twitter personality, needed less than five minutes to reply with a peculiar choice of joke – which Thompson wasted no time to mock (via Twitter ): @TWooodley I've been on that boffa joke since high school — Stephen Thompson (@WonderboyMMA) January 9, 2017 After the not-so-sophisticated exchange, Thompson got serious about the callout, saying he expects to meet the current titleholder at UFC 209, a pay-per-view event scheduled for March 4 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
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