Monster Energy’s Conor McGregor is the first fighter to hold two titles simultaneously after knocking out Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205
Monster Energy’s Tyron Woodley Retains His Welterweight Title After
Majority Draw in 'Fight of the Night'
It was a memorable UFC bout as Monster Energy’s Conor “The Notorious”
McGregor made good on his boasts and made history by beating Eddie Alvarez in
round two with a knock out and winning the lightweight title to become the
first UFC fighter to hold two titles simultaneously at the highly anticipated
debut at historic Madison Square Garden in New York City. In addition, teammate
Tyron “The Chosen One” Woodley retained his welterweight title after fighting
to a majority draw against Stephen Thompson.
The featherweight champion, McGregor added to his legacy and legend
with a wholly dominant victory, knocking out Eddie Alvarez at 3:04 of the
second round to become the lightweight champion at UFC 205 at Madison Square
Garden, before his adoring and rabid Irish and US fans.
The monumental sell-out event headlined by McGregor will go down as the
biggest event in the history of MMA with record-breaking crowds and box-office
records for UFC and Madison Square Garden now that UFC is live and legal in New
York. McGregor delivered with a shockingly lopsided destruction of highly
skilled veteran opponent Alvarez.
A confident Alvarez came at McGregor (21-3 MMA, 9-1 UFC) with early low
kicks to start round one, but as he advanced McGregor countered with his deadly
left hand and promptly dropped Alvarez to the canvas. While Alvarez sprang to
his feet, his confidence was clearly shaken and McGregor’s Octagon control and accuracy
would lead to two-more knockdowns in the first three minutes of the fight.
Alvarez (28-5 MMA, 3-2 UFC) narrowly escaped round one, and McGregor
opened the second with a stinging left hand. “The Underground King” kept his
feet under him, and for a moment Alvarez had some momentum landing a right and
bullying McGregor against the cage. McGregor’s superb takedown defense and a
quick reverse of the fence spelled the end for Alvarez. McGregor assumed the
center of the Octagon and countered an Alvarez strike with a debilitating left
cross and picture-perfect combination, putting the
lightweight champ to the mat with a TKO stoppage.
In typical McGregor fashion after the fight he reinforced what he’d
stated before the fight that he wasn’t one bit surprised and “they are not at
my level.”
“They have to have size, reach, length…you have got to have some
attributes. If you come in any way equal
to me I am going to rip your head off, it happens every time. “Eddie is a solid
competitor, Eddie is a warrior, but he shouldn't have been in here with me and
that's just the truth of it,” said McGregor.
McGregor announced at the post-fight news conference he is expecting
his first child in early 2017 and intends to take a break until then.
Welterweight champion and Monster energy athlete Woodley retained his
title as he and challenger Thompson fought to a majority draw and ‘Fight of the
Night’ award. Woodley who came in as the belt holding underdog caught Thompson
with hard strikes and took him down for most of round one, landing vicious
ground and pound with both fists and elbows.
In round four Woodley knocked Thompson down and looked like he was in
route to a TKO stoppage until sinking in a deep standing guillotine on
Thompson, and then taking that guillotine to the ground. Amazingly, Thompson
survived Woodley’s choke and controlled much of the fight when the two warriors
were on their feet. The judges ultimately scored the five-round fight 47-47,
47-47 and 48-47 in Woodley’s favor resulting in a majority draw. UFC President
Dana White said, “An immediate rematch makes sense.” This is only the third
time in UFC history that a title fight ended in a tie.
Conor “The Notorious” McGregor and Tyron “The Chosen One” Woodley are
Monster Energy’s elite UFC athletes along with Chris “The All American”
Weidman, Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone, Dominick “Dominator” Cruz, Jon “Bones” Jones,
Daniel Cormier, Ronda “Rowdy” Rousey, Cain Velasquez, and Anthony “Showtime”
Pettis.
For more on Monster Energy’s MMA athletes visit
http://www.monsterenergy.com.
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