Who defeated Tyron Woodley to win the UFC welterweight title at UFC 235?

Kamaru Usman defeated Tyron Woodley to win the UFC welterweight title at UFC 235. Usman earned a unanimous decision after five rounds on March 2, 2019, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Woodley entered as champion and was making the fifth defense of the welterweight belt he had won at UFC 201. Usman, a powerful wrestler with an undefeated UFC record at the time, pressured him throughout the contest with clinch work, takedowns, and sustained control.

The judges awarded Usman a shutout decision, with all three scoring the fight 50–44. The victory made him the first UFC champion born in Africa and began a lengthy championship reign in the welterweight division.

Leon Edwards, Jorge Masvidal, and Colby Covington were all important later figures in Usman’s title story, which can make the matchup easy to misremember. None of them defeated Woodley for the belt at UFC 235; Usman did.