UFC 205 live: Conor McGregor knocks out Eddie Alvarez to win the lightweight champions to make history
Follow the latest from UFC 205 in New York as Conor McGregor bis to win the lightweight title
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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]
Eddie Alvarez vs Conor McGregor
Round 2: Gets underway, will it go the distance?
TKO stunning performance by McGregor #UFC205 two weight world champion! History in @TheGarden
Eddie Alvarez vs Conor McGregor
History is made! Conor McGregor becomes the first ever simultaneous two-weight champion in UFC history, as The Notorious adds the lightweight title to the featherweight crown he already owns! He shakes hands with Alvarez, who congratulates him.
"I run this town"
Eddie Alvarez vs Conor McGregor
Left, left, right, and Alvarez goes crashing to the canvas. As McGregor flies in for the finish, referee John McCarthy knows it's over and rushes in to call it off. An incredible night at Madison Square gardens and trust me, the party is only just beginning in New York.
Some of he beautiful shots landed by McGregor snpy.tv/2f4MPKs #UFC205
Eddie Alvarez vs Conor McGregor
McGregor spends his entire post-match interview asking "where the f*** is my second belt?!" having only been given the lightweight belt. He finally gets his wish, a belt on each shoulder, and the crowd go mad.
"From the bottom of my heart .... I apologize to absolutely nobody" hahahahahahahahha
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