NEW YORK (AP) – The Latest on UFC 205, with Conor McGregor facing Eddie Alvarez for the lightweight title in the main event (all times local):
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The first winner of a UFC fight in New York is Liz Carmouche, a bantamweight who’s looking to rise in her division to contend against the likes of superstar Ronda Rousey and champ Amanda Nunes.
Carmouche beat Katlyn Chookagian in a split decision Saturday night at UFC 205 in the first bout of a stacked 11-fight card.
Two judges awarded Carmouche the first two rounds of a three-round fight.
Carmouche says she worried after Chookagian landed a big kick in the third round, a blow that spurred a roar from the Madison Square Garden crowd anticipating a stoppage. But Carmouche finished the round to secure the win.
Jim Miller scored a decision win over Thiago Alves in the other fight aired only online. Vicente Luque followed with a knockout of Belal Muhammad in the first round.
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UFC 205 on Saturday night marked the company’s debut card in New York following the end of the state’s nearly two-decade MMA ban.
UFC stacked the card with three title fights that were expected to help set a gate record at Madison Square Garden.
Eddie Alvarez defends the lightweight championship against Conor McGregor in the main event. McGregor is easily UFC’s biggest male star and had fans going wild for him all week in New York. McGregor, the featherweight champ, is attempting to become the first UFC fighter to hold championship belts in two divisions at the same time.
Joanna Jedrzejczyk defends the women’s strawweight title against Karolina Kowalkiewicz and UFC welterweight champ Tyron Woodley fights Stephen Thompson.
StubHub had tickets for sale for as much as $3,000 at the start of the night for what UFC had billed as its biggest and best card of all time.