The pattern continued until Weidman looked for a single leg and briefly put the Cuban down. He defeated Eddie Alvarez by TKO in the second round at UFC 205 on Saturday. Thompson eventually went for a side kick but Woodley timed it nicely and took the challenger down to the mat. Tate escaped in incredible fashion by using het feet to run up the cage and drive forward as the rest of the round played out with two pressed against the cage in the clinch.With hands down at his side Thompson again jumped into the pocket looking for a jab, but just as the round closed out Woodley landed a big right hand that visibly broke the challengers as blood rushed down his face.Romero's flying knee split Weidman's head wide open to end the fight.The Brazilian Vicente Luque needed just one minute and nineteen seconds to dispose of Belal Muhammad as he became the first man in the UFC to win via KO in New York.You can find our Community Guidelines in full Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our History was made at Madison Square Garden – the first ever UFC two weight world champion – Conor McGregor.Nurmagomedov immediately called out McGregor after the match Both women continued a high volume of output in round three as Jedrzejczyk began to take the centre of the Octagon and push forward.
Kowalkiewicz’s volume dipped a little as fatigue seemed to settle in, but still she powered forward bravely offering a high output. UFC president Dana White has since responded to his suggestion, but he hasn't given much away: "We'll see," he said with a smirk on his face. "Don't you talk about money. All three judges scored it like many had done Octagonside, 49-46 to the champion Jedrzejczyk.McGregor became the first man to hold two different belts in UFC history.Frankie Edgar and Jeremy Stephens topped the bill on the undercard in featherweight action.In a night where history was made and records were broken, Ultimate Fighting Championship finally arrived at Madison Square Garden for an evening of fights that no one will ever forget.Round four started with the two fighting at distance. The champion then poured on the ground and pound, but Thompson somehow survived.The clinch war then continued with Tate’s back to the fence as the time wound down. The challenger then had top position and rained down as the crowd went crazy with the klaxon signalling the end of the round.The championship rounds began with Kowalkiewicz again pushing forward and she had moment of success as she landed her own stiff elbow with Joanna’s back to the cage. You ain't no man, you took welfare," the American said after McGregor insisted that he's the definitive UFC cash cow. Eddie Alvarez official Sherdog mixed martial arts stats, photos, videos, breaking news, and more for the Lightweight fighter from United States. The duo went toe to toe 48 hours before their fight at UFC 205 back in 2016. "We'll see. The first rounded ended with Woodley posturing up and landing some big strikes to the midsection of Thompson with the champion fully in control.The two briefly clinched up after three minutes but Jedrzejczyk managed to keep Kowalkiewicz from landing any significant strikes and easily broke away. A historic card headlined by three title fights was capped off with a super fight between the featherweight champion McGregor and the lightweight champion Alvarez. Romero swarmed and followed up with strikes but the referee quickly dove into to call and end to the fight.Edgar was rocked by Stephens in the second roundFrankie Edgar got back to winning ways by defeating Jeremy Stephens.Weidman was left hurt and bloodied by the kneeLiz Carmouche beat Katlyn Chookagian in the early preliminaries.The final round began with both Thompson and Woodley touching gloves acknowledging they had already been through a memorable war.Vincent Luque recorded an impressive victoryWeidman, the only resident New Yorker on the card, walked to the Octagon with the stars and stripes held aloft and as expected he got an incredible reaction from the Madison Square Garden crowd as they all rose to their feet.McGregor walked to the Octagon to a deafening reception as Alvarez, the man from the nearby Philadelphia, was roundly booed. Zuffa LLC via Getty
Stood in his way was the UFC lightweight champion, Eddie Alvarez, who walked into the bout an underdog despite many saying he would be McGregor’s toughest opponent yet. Alvarez’s prediction that Conor would defeat Justin was based on a hypothesis. Thompson eventually broke away and landed his first real good punch at range, but Woodley brushed it off and invited him forward.Kowalkiewicz relented though and pattern back to emerge with the champion being pushed back to the cage clichés initiated.
Romero got back to his feet in seconds but Weidman was straight back on him with kicks and tiff jab that landed.Round two began with Pennington working well behind the jab and pushing Tate back as she looked to close the space. In the main event, Conor McGregor looked to add yet another historic achievement to his legacy as he attempted to become the first ever man to hold two UFC titles at the same time.With Carmouche blatantly getting the better to both rounds one and two, Chookagian came out aggressively in the third and put Carmouche on the backfoot, pushing her back to the cage.A stiff leg kick briefly took away the challenger’s base, but the fire fight soon continued with the two exchanging stiff hooks in the pocket as the round came to an end.Alvarez had no answer for McGregor's speed and power.Jedrzejczyk remains the strawweight champion.Hometown hero Chris Weidman returned to the UFC Octagon for the first time in nearly a year as he battled Yoel Romero in the second fight on the main card.Round three began with Edgar taking Stephens.
Woodley then proceeded to work his way through Thompsons guard and landed a nice stiff elbow while on top.