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McGregor v Alvarez CONFIRMED for UFC 205

Tuesday, 27 September 2016 07:46

Huge news coming from the MMA world this morning.

Conor McGregor will get the chance to hold two belts simultaneously in the UFC as he goes up against Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 in New York.

The promotion confirmed the news early this morning.

McGregor (20-3, 8-1 UFC) previously held both the lightweight and featherweight belts at Cage Warriors, a promotion run by Corkman Graham Boylan.

Alvarez (28-4, 4-1 UFC) goes into the bout on the back of an impressive first round stoppage win over Rafael dos Anjos in July, a performance that won him the lightweight belt.

McGregor v Alvarez headlines an absolutely stacked card for the UFC's debut in New York.

Confirmed for the Madison Square Garden card are -

Lightweight Eddie Alvarez (c) vs. Conor McGregor (c)        
Welterweight Tyron Woodley (c) vs. Stephen Thompson        
Women's Strawweight Joanna Jędrzejczyk (c) vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz        
Middleweight Chris Weidman vs. Yoel Romero        
Welterweight Donald Cerrone vs. Kelvin Gastelum        
Women's Bantamweight Miesha Tate vs. Raquel Pennington        
Featherweight Frankie Edgar vs. Jeremy Stephens        
Middleweight Tim Kennedy vs. Rashad Evans        
Middleweight Tim Boetsch vs. Rafael Natal        
Lightweight Jim Miller vs. Thiago Alves        
Welterweight Lyman Good vs. Belal Muhammad        
Women's Bantamweight Liz Carmouche vs. Katlyn Chookagian

 

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