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]
Watch that stunning KO courtesy of our friends over at BT Sport...
Rafael Natal vs Tim Boetsch
Next up, it's the middleweight bout between Batal and Boestch that was bumped up from the early pre-lims. Can it deliver the goods after being given the bigger platform?
Rafael Natal vs Tim Boetsch
Round 1: Boetsch gets away quickly and cuts Natal with a right hand that draws blood above the Brazilian's left eyebrow. Natal is swinging wildly and missing, and for the first three minutes of the round it's all Boetsch. Natal tries switching stances...IT'S OVER! Boetsch gets the first round KO!
Rafael Natal vs Tim Boetsch
A dominant display from the veteran American. That early right hand looked to rattle Natal, and I'm not sure if he landed a clean punch in the 3:23 we saw. Boetsch pushed Natal up against the cage, and landed a flush right hand to the chin of Natal that sent him crashing to the mat. Four big right hands later, it was all over.
Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Michael Johnson
Now this will be one to watch, as the undefeated Khabib Nurmagomedov takes on the exciting Michael Johnson in what could prove to be an explosive encounter. Let's hope this one sees out the first round...
Actor Ron Perlman takes us through a walk down memory lane as legends of Madison Square Gardens such as Joe Lewis, Rocky Marciano, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier feature in a spine-tingling promo. But back to the action, and we're about to get underway with Nurmogomedov vs Johnson. As Michael Bisping just stated, watch out for Nurmogomedov's suplexes, "he's a suplex machine!"
Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Michael Johnson
This may be a pre-lim bout, but make no mistake. Khabib Nurmagomedov is ranked No 2 in the lightweight division and if he comes through this bout, he has a realistic shot at taking on the winner if Alvarez vs McGregor. Only Tony Ferguson is ahead of Nurmagomedov in the rankings, while Johnson is not that far behind at No 6.
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