#3 UFC 205: Alvarez vs. McGregor
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UFC 205 was a card of colossal proportions, headlining McGregor’s long-awaited chance at becoming the UFC’s first ever two-weight world champion.
It was a goal that he had made very clear ever since he first arrived in the UFC and it was something he eventually achieved over the course of a short period of time. In order to get there, the featherweight champion met the Underground King and then-reigning UFC Lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez at Madison Square Garden.
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Needless to say, the night was epic in fights and in history as McGregor ended up realising his dream of holding two belts in two weight classes. But before the fight, the Notorious one had predicted that he would knock out Alvarez within one round.
His prediction was not far off, in fact, he may have been able to do it, were Alvarez a less skilled and weathered fighter.
Alvarez felt the power of McGregor’s striking in the first round and his loss seemed inevitable in the second, with McGregor landing a brilliant combination of punches to win the Lightweight title via a second round TKO.
Despite not getting his prediction correct, McGregor was satisfied all the same.
