Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-11-12, pretty good fight between Conor McGregor and Eddie Alvarez: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).The former Bellator and current Ufc Lw champion Eddie Alvarez entered this fight with a professional record of 28-4-0 (79% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 lightweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Donald Cerrone in 2014 (=Cerrone vs Alvarez), after this bout he has won over Gilbert Melendez (=Melendez vs Alvarez), Anthony Pettis (=Pettis vs Alvarez) and Rafael dos Anjos (=Dos Anjos vs Alvarez).
His opponent, the current Ufc Fw champion Conor McGregor, has an official mma record of 20-3-0 (90% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.1 featherweight. After beating Jose Aldo in 2015 (4-stars fight Aldo vs McGregor), ‘The Notorius’ has faced Nate Diaz twice in 2016 losing the first bout (4-stars fight, McGregor vs Diaz I) and winning the second one (=Diaz vs McGregor II). Alvarez vs McGregor, main event of Ufc 205, is valid for the Ufc lightweight title (Alvarez’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor
Date: 2016-11-12
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, USA
Division: lightweight (155 lbs, 70 kg)
Title: UFC Lightweight Championship
UFC 205 fight card (main fights):
Eddie Alvarez vs Conor McGregor
Tyron Woodley vs Stephen Thompson
Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs Karolina Kowalkiewicz
Chris Weidman vs Yoel Romero
Miesha Tate vs Raquel Pennington
Frankie Edgar vs Jeremy Stephens
Michael Johnson vs Khabib Nurmagomedov
Alvarez’s previous fight: Rafael dos Anjos vs Eddie Alvarez
McGregor’s previous fight: Nate Diaz vs Conor McGregor 2
Alvarez’s next fight: Eddie Alvarez vs Dustin Poirier
McGregor’s next fight: Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Conor McGregor
McGregor’s next mma fight: Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Conor McGregor
Official video:
(Free embeddable highlights video hosted on Dailymotion)
