UFC 205 live: Conor McGregor knocks out Eddie Alvarez to win the lightweight champions to make history
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Your support makes all the difference.Conor McGregor became the UFC's first simultaneous two-weight champion after he knocked out Eddie Alvarez in the second round of their UFC 205 main event, with the Irishman adding the lightweight title to the featherweight championship he already held. 'Re-live all the action here with James Edwards at Madison Square Gardens in New York and Jack de Menezes in London.
- Conor McGregor knocks out Eddie Alvarez to win the UFC lightweight title
- Tyron Woodley retains the welterweight championship against Stephen Thompson after majority draw
- Joanna Jedrzejczyk beats Karolina Kowalkiewicz to retain the strawweight title
- Chris Weidman knocked out by Yoel Romero by a devastating flying knee
- Miesha Tate announces retirement after defeat by Raquel Pennington
- Frankie Edgar wins on pre-lims against Jeremy Stephens
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Main card:
Eddie Alvarez vs. Conor McGregor [lightweight title fight]
Tyron Woodley vs. Stephen Thompson [welterweight title fight]
Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz [strawweight title fight]
Chris Weidman vs Yoel Romero [middleweight]
Miesha Tate vs Raquel Pennington [bantamweight]
Preliminaries:
Frankie Edgar vs Jeremy Stephens [featherweight]
Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Michael Johnson [lightweight]
Rashad Evans vs Tim Kennedy [light heavyweight]
Vicente Luque vs Belal Muhammad [welterweight]
Early pre-lims:
Jim Miller vs Thiago Alves [welterweight]
Rafael Natal vs Tim Boetsch [middleweight]
Liz Carmouche vs Katlyn Chookagian [bantamweight]
Miesha Tate vs Raquel Pennington
Round 3: Into the final round we go and straight away they're both swinging. Tate tries a pull-guard and is clinging onto Pennington like a baby koala. Pennington is standing on top of Tate but her arm is trapped by Tate. She's trying to punch her way out of it. Pennington gets north-south, and Tate tries to flip out of it. They stand up momentarily, but Pennington still has a dominant position over Tate. Tate's going for a heel lock but it allow Pennington to work free. She stands over her opponent and quickly drops on Tate to try lock the choke in again. Pennington is winning this one with her barrage of punches, and the final hooter goes in what has to be a comfortable victory for the underdog. The pair embrace and share a long hug, but this should be Pennington's biggest victory of her career.
#UFC205 ResultRaquel Pennington def. Miesha Tate via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
Miesha Tate vs Raquel Pennington
And the winner is...RAQUEL PENNINGTON BY UNANIMOUS DECISION!
Weidman vs Romero up next at #UFC205 follow along with the @IndySport live blog independent.co.uk/sport/general/…
BREAKINGFormer UFC champion Miesha Tate says she is retiring from MMA
As Jim writes, Tate confirms she's calling it a day because of the defeat. After 10 years in MMA, she points at Pennington and say "that's the future now". She gets a warm applause as she leaves the octagon for the final time, In the same year as winning the bantamweight title, Tate announces her retirement.
Next up, it's Chris Weidman vs Yoel Romero in what should be a cracker.
Chris Weidman vs Yoel Romero
It may be a lightweight headline event, but there's still a middleweight feel to UFC 205. Weidman is looking to get back his title that he lost to Luke Rockhold, who is sitting at ringside, while the bout represents Romero's biggest match to-date. To spice things up that little bit more, champions Michael Bisping is sitting high up in the rafters in the Fox studio. Tasty.
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