ATLANTA -- Tyron Woodley took the welterweight championship from Robbie Lawler on Saturday night, stopping him with 2:12 left in the first round at UFC 201 at Philips Arena.The former All-American wrestler at Missouri dropped Lawler with a devastating right hand -- after an effective fake -- and scored several strikes while Lawler was on the mat and against the cage, leading referee Dan Miragliotta to call the bout.The 34-year-old Woodley -- who waited some 18 months for a title shot -- improved to 16-3. Lawler, also 34, fell to 27-11. He was making his third title defense.Woodley had not appeared in the Octagon since January 2015, when he defeated Kelvin Gastelum.The day before UFC presented its first event since being purchased by Hollywood entertainment conglomerate WME-IMG, Lawler -- who earned fight of the night honors in his first two title defenses -- said he was looking for a knockout, but it wasnt the outcome he was anticipating. Woodleys victory was the fastest in UFC welterweight title history.Woodley spent some alone time in the Octagon on Saturday afternoon and said he visualized himself with the championship belt at the end of the night.I was just nervous that I wasnt nervous, he said. Something told me that youve just got to enjoy this moment. Ive been in this sport for 10 years and Id never enjoyed the moment. I felt confident to enjoy this moment because I knew Id be the world champion. ... I saw myself several times knocking him out in several different rounds.Although Lawler let his guard down at an inopportune time, Woodley said he did not see a particular weakness that he could exploit so early in the bout.There wasnt a chink in his armor, but I knew hed be thinking about my wrestling and I knew hed be thinking about my right hand, so we had several different plays, as we call them, to use that right hand and get to that powerful punch, Woodley said.Lawler, who made his UFC debut in 2002 but left the sport for several years before returning in 2013, was philosophical about losing the championship.It is what it is, Lawler said. He feinted me and my hand went down, he threw a punch over the top and caught me with the old T-Wood bomb and I was sitting back too much and he took advantage of it.When asked if he felt he deserved a rematch with Woodley, Lawler said, Deserve and actually getting are actually two different things, but I feel I deserve something and well see if I get it.In the semi-main event, Karolina Kowalkiewicz struck repeatedly with her knees through three rounds and gained a split decision over Rose Namajunas in a victory that moved the winner closer to a shot at UFC Strawweight champion Joanna Jedrezejczyk.Joanna is a very good fighter and I respect her very much; shes the best in the world, Kowalkiewicz said. I may not be the best but I can beat the best.Kowalkiewicz remained undefeated at 10-0 and relied on her Muay Thai training to dispatch the 24-year-old Namajunas (6-3), who sustained a bloody nose in the first round but gave Kowalkiewicz with a bloody nose in the second round.Two judges scored the fight 29-28 for Kowalkiewicz while the other had it 29-28 for Namajunas. Kowalkiewicz posted 131 strikes to Namajunas 79 and had a critical knockdown in the third round, although Namajunas was able to keep her opponent at bay with a number of heel strikes.The pay-per-view card opened with flyweight Ryan Benoit (9-4) taking a judges split decision over former Colombian Olympic wrestler Fredy Serrano (3-1), handing Serrano his first UFC loss. Bantamweight Erik Perez (16-6) defeated Francisco Rivera (11-7) by unanimous decision in a bloody battle. Welterweight Jake Ellenberger (31-11) posted a TKO victory over Matt Brown (22-15) at the 1:46 mark of the first round.In the evenings preliminary bouts, Damien Brown (16-9) dropped Cesar Arzamendia (7-4) twice in the first round and at the 2:27 mark was declared the winner via knockout in a lightweight battle; welterweights Mike Graves and Bojan Velickovic (14-3-1) fought to a majority draw; Wilson Reis (21-6) scored a first-round victory with a submission over Hector Sandoval (12-3); 260-pound Anthony Hamilton (15-5) dropped 241-pound Damian Grabowski (20-4) with a knockout; and Jorge Masvidal collected a unanimous decision over Brit Ross Pearson. Kevin Garnett Jersey Large . -- Claudio Bieler hadnt scored since early September, and not from the run of play since mid-July. Custom Kevin Garnett Jersey .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. http://www.customtimberwolvesjersey.com/ .5 million, one-year contract on Friday. 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Six different goalscorers - Daniel Sturridge, James Milner, Divock Origi, Nathaniel Clyne, Emre Can and Kolo Toure - helped the Reds to their biggest win since the German took charge, moving them up to eighth in the Premier League.And Klopp said the manner of the win was wonderful, as Liverpool sit two points off the top six in the Premier League. He told Sky Sports: We made wonderful goals, and in the end it was a clear result. Its not too often in a managers life that in the last 20 minutes you can really enjoy it, but today it was like this.We did what we had to do today, and it was really good and easy to enjoy. The crowd was satisfied, and thats how it should be sometimes. Jurgen Klopps Liverpool were comfortable at Villa Park Its the best thing we could have done today, win, and like this. Its a perfect day.We scored the goals at the right moment. It was a result for the soul.Philippe Coutinho and Daniel Sturridge returned to the starting XI after injury and combined to open the scoring at Villa Park after an even opening to the game, a goal Klopp described as perfect. Daniel Sturridge heads home Liverpools opener at Villa Park Both players looked back to their best for Liverpool and Klopp believes his side look a better outfit when they are involved.To make this cross between two centre halves, it was a perfect goal, absolutely perfect goal, he said. Its good for us when we have all players available, but in football, life is not always like this. Divock Origi was mobbed by fans after scoring Of course it makes a difference, but were not allowed to think about these things when they are not there.dddddddddddd We can only play with the players that are available and fit.Of course everything is better when you have the highest quality possible on the pitch as often as possible. These two players are for us very, very important. 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