UFC 205: Eddie Alvarez vs. Conor McGregor

[Jantje]

Cormier vs Rumble erbij zou het helemaal gruwelijk maken !

[Pat82]

Cormier heeft al gezegd dat hij dat niet haalt. Hij wil op UFC 207 (eindejaarevenement) tegen Rumble.

[S.B.]

Schijnt dat Khabib tegen Alvarez vecht op 205. Lijkt me geen van beide het main event te worden. Denk dat er nog iets groters aankomt.

[e-type]

Schijnt dat Khabib tegen Alvarez vecht op 205. Lijkt me geen van beide het main event te worden. Denk dat er nog iets groters aankomt.

Is inmiddels door Khabib bevestigd inderdaad. De grote knallert wordt McGregor vs GSP. Twee PPV koningen tegen elkaar...

[stiffler]

Schijnt dat Khabib tegen Alvarez vecht op 205. Lijkt me geen van beide het main event te worden. Denk dat er nog iets groters aankomt.

<flauw> Sow dan moeten ze 23 KG aankomen </flauw>

[LightHeavyWeight]

Is inmiddels door Khabib bevestigd inderdaad. De grote knallert wordt McGregor vs GSP. Twee PPV koningen tegen elkaar...

Bron?

[S.B.]

Ja ik las dat ook, echter zou GSP al tegen 30 anderen vechten in een half jaar tijd. Geloof het niet zo dus.

[e-type]

Bron?

205 Lijkt me nog niet mogelijk hoor, vanwege de USADA regels betreffende GSP. Maar 206 moet wel kunnen, in Toronto (volgens mij al eerder genoemd in een thread hier).
Octagonhoer McGregor lijkt me dan PPV-wise het meest interessant.

[Kemal]

Edgar vs. Stephens, Boetsch vs. Natal, other bouts confirmed for UFC 205

With the UFC’s New York debut creeping closer, the promotion is beginning to shore up the card for UFC 205.

On FS1’s “UFC Tonight,” reporter Megan Olivi confirmed several bouts for the event, which takes place Nov. 12 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

Olivi said UFC President Dana White confirmed several bouts, including a welterweight bout between Donald Cerrone (31-7 MMA, 18-4 UFC) and Kelvin Gastelum (12-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC); Rashad Evans (19-5-1 MMA, 14-5-1 UFC) vs. Tim Kennedy (18-5 MMA, 3-1 UFC) at middleweight; Liz Carmouche (10-5 MMA, 2-3 UFC) against Katlyn Chookagian (8-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) in a women’s bantamweight clash; a featherweight battle between Frankie Edgar (20-5-1 MMA, 14-5-1 UFC) and Jeremy Stephens (25-12 MMA, 12-11 UFC); and Tim Boetsch (19-10 MMA, 10-9 UFC) vs. Rafael Natal (21-7-1 MMA, 9-5-1 UFC) at middleweight.

Edgar vs. Stephens and Boetsch vs. Natal were previously not reported by MMAjunkie.

Edgar, ranked No. 4 in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA featherweight rankings, has gone 5-2 since dropping a weight class. He has five wins sandwiched by losses to Jose Aldo during his time at 145 pounds. His first loss to Aldo at UFC 156 was for the featherweight title. The second was a decision loss for the interim title at UFC 200.

Stephens, ranked No. 12, picked up a big win over former bantamweight champ Renan Barao at UFC Fight Night 88. Prior to the victory, he was on a 1-3 run in his previous four bouts.

Coming into UFC Fight Night 91 on a three-fight losing skid, Boetsch pulled off an impressive, dominant upset of Josh Samman. The bout ended by TKO in the second round. The victory was his first since an August 2014 win over Brad Tavares at UFC Fight Night 47.

In his most recent outing, Natal had a four-fight winning streak snapped. Robert Whittaker scored a unanimous decision win over Natal at UFC 197. Prior to the defeat, Natal had picked up wins over Kevin Casey, Uriah Hall, Tom Watson, Chris Camozzi.

The UFC 205 card now includes:
champ Tyron Woodley vs. Stephen Thompson – for welterweight title
Yoel Romero vs. Chris Weidman
Rashad Evans vs. Tim Kennedy
Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs. Gian Villante
Donald Cerrone vs. Kelvin Gastelum
Liz Carmouche vs. Katlyn Chookagian
Thiago Alves vs. Jim Miller
Frankie Edgar vs. Jeremy Stephens
Tim Boetsch vs. Rafael Natal

[Kemal]

Lyman Good vs. Belal Muhammad joins UFC 205 at Madison Square Garden

A welterweight bout between Lyman Good (19-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC) and Belal Muhammad (10-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) is the latest addition to UFC 205.

UFC officials today announced the bout via newsday.com.

UFC 205 takes place Nov. 12 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass, though the bout order hasn’t been finalized.

Good, a 31-year-old New Yorker, was an early Bellator champion who made his UFC debut in 2015. Fresh off a CFFC title victory, he met Andrew Craig in his promotional debut and scored a second-round knockout victory. He’s now on a five-fight winning streak and is 8-1 (with one no-contest) in his past 10 fights.

He now returns from an injury layoff and meets Muhammad, a former Titan FC and Bellator fighter who made his UFC debut in 2015 and suffered a decision loss to Alan Jouban. However, the 28-year-old rebounded at the recent UFC Fight Night 94 event in Texas and earned a TKO win over Augusto Montano.

The UFC 205 card now includes:

Champ Tyron Woodley vs. Stephen Thompson – for welterweight title
Champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz – for strawweight title
Yoel Romero vs. Chris Weidman
Donald Cerrone vs. Kelvin Gastelum
Frankie Edgar vs. Jeremy Stephens
Rashad Evans vs. Tim Kennedy
Tim Boetsch vs. Rafael Natal
Liz Carmouche vs. Katlyn Chookagian
Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs. Gian Villante
Thiago Alves vs. Jim Miller
Lyman Good vs. Belal Muhammad

[Pat82]

Tate vs Pennington zou ook op deze card komen.

[DonMMA]

Romero vs Weidman nog niet zeker. Weidman heeft nog niet getekend

[S.B.]

Main event:
Conor Mcgregor vs Eddie Alvarez
bron: http://www.ufc.com/news/ufc-205-main...-eddie-alvarez

[mario the count]

Nice, hij gaat hem nog pakken ook denk. Wel bizar dat hij nog geen een partij op 155 voor de ufc heeft gevochten en nu al een titleshot krijgt.

[S.B.]

Deze card wordt echt te extreem.
Drie titelpartijen, Kennedy vs rashad, Edgar vs Stephens, cowboy vs gastelum, Tate, Carmouche en Miller vechten.

Ik blijf op!

[e-type]

Main event:
Conor Mcgregor vs Eddie Alvarez
bron: http://www.ufc.com/news/ufc-205-main...-eddie-alvarez

Gaat ie de belt in die divisie nu ook gijzelen? Klote voor Khabib, want 'k heb het idee dat als McGregor inderdaad de 155 belt ook pakt hij er een jaartje tussenuit gaat.

[S.B.]

Khabib heeft het ook een beetje aan zijn zwakke lichaam te wijten. Hij is er bijna drie jaar uit geweest. Als hij fit was geweest had hij sowieso al een shot gehad.

[mario the count]

Gaat ie de belt in die divisie nu ook gijzelen? Klote voor Khabib, want 'k heb het idee dat als McGregor inderdaad de 155 belt ook pakt hij er een jaartje tussenuit gaat.

Ik denk dat hij gek genoeg is om te denken dat hij vervolgens de 170 ook kan pakken.

[Kemal]

Conor McGregor gets lightweight title shot, challenges Eddie Alvarez in UFC 205 headliner

One of the most monumental fight cards in UFC history will have a monumental main event. UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor will attempt to add lightweight gold to his collection when he challenges Eddie Alvarez in the UFC 205 headliner, which marks the organization’s return to New York after more than 21 years.

UFC officials tonight confirmed the matchup. Twitter user @TalkMMA was first to report the news.

UFC 205 takes place Nov. 12 at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

Alvarez (28-4 MMA, 3-1 UFC) vs. McGregor (20-3 MMA, 8-1 UFC) marks the third championship fight slated for the UFC 205 lineup. Welterweight titleholder Tyron Woodley meets Stephen Thompson while strawweight champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk faces Polish country mate Karolina Kowalkiewicz.

Immediately after capturing the 155-pound strap with a first-round TKO of Rafael dos Anjos at UFC Fight Night 90 in December, Alvarez, No. 1 in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA lightweight rankings, set his sights on “The Notorious,” calling him a “gimme fight” after starting his UFC tenure with consecutive matchups against dos Anjos, Anthony Pettis, Gilbert Melendez and Donald Cerrone.

“This guy (dos Anjos) to the right of me, is the best in the division,” Alvarez said at UFC Fight Night 90’s post-fight news conference. “To be able to come out with a win over him and before him was (Anthony) Pettis, before him was Gilbert (Melendez). These are the best guys in the division. I’m not taking on top 15 guys. I would ask Dana White please to give me an easier fight like Conor McGregor. I deserve that. I’ve been fighting the best guys. I would like a gimme fight. So, Conor? I more than welcome that.”

It was unknown if Alvarez would get his wish, particularly because the promotion recently stated he would likely put his belt on the line against No. 2-ranked Khabib Nurmagomedov at December’s UFC 206 event in Toronto. That obviously didn’t come to fruition, however, and Nurmagomedov expressed his frustration on social media (via Twitter).

No. 1-ranked featherweight McGregor, meanwhile, has been targeting the lightweight belt since the moment he picked up the 145-pound strap with a 13-second knockout of Jose Aldo at UFC 194 in December. The brash Irishman was supposed to go for his second UFC belt at UFC 196 in March, but when dos Anjos suffered an injury it opened the door for Nate Diaz to step in and upset McGregor to begin their now infamous rivalry.

After the loss at UFC 196, McGregor demanded a rematch with Diaz. Following much drama and uncertainty, the pair finally had a second showdown at UFC 202 in August. It was a grueling five-round battle, but McGregor came out on the winning end of a majority decision to avenge his only octagon defeat.

Despite going through the traumatizing rematch with Diaz, McGregor will return to competition less than three months later with the opportunity make history. UFC President Dana White said he would not be stripped of the 145-pound title, meaning he can join B.J. Penn and Randy Couture as the only fighters in UFC history to win belts in multiple weight classes in a single career. More importantly, though, McGregor will gets the chance to be the first to hold two titles simultaneously.

Alvarez and McGregor will both appear, along with other notables from the card, at a special UFC 205 press conference at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Tuesday at 6 p.m. ET.

The UFC 205 card now includes:
Champ Eddie Alvarez vs. Conor McGregor – for lightweight title
Champ Tyron Woodley vs. Stephen Thompson – for welterweight title
Champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz – for strawweight title
Yoel Romero vs. Chris Weidman
Rashad Evans vs. Tim Kennedy
Raquel Pennington vs. Miesha Tate
Donald Cerrone vs. Kelvin Gastelum
Liz Carmouche vs. Katlyn Chookagian
Thiago Alves vs. Jim Miller
Frankie Edgar vs. Jeremy Stephens
Tim Boetsch vs. Rafael Natal
Lyman Good vs. Belal Muhammad

[fifi23]

Whoohoo, McCracker gaat Eddie helemaal suf stompen en winnen!!!!

Al aboard the Mystic Mac hype train.

[e-type]

Ik denk dat hij gek genoeg is om te denken dat hij vervolgens de 170 ook kan pakken.

Owja, hahaha. Dat kan ook nog ja, onze free roamer.
Van Alvarez begrijp ik het wel, beter cashen dan dit kan haast niet. UFC205 nestelt zich, met deze card, wel in de top drie beste PPVs vermoed ik.

[Brainthief]

Ik hoop dat Conor wint.

Ben geen fan van alvarez. Maar conor gaat nooit winnen van Nurmagomedov

[S.B.]

Niemand wint van Khabib, daarom laten ze hem ook nooit voor de titel vechten.

[pronk]

Dat klinkt logisch.....

[S.B.]

Weidman - Romero is bevestigd. Fight card tot nu toe:

Eddie Alvarez - Conor Mcgregor
Tyron Woodley - Stepen Thompson
Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs Karolina Kowalkiewicz
Yoel Romero vs Chris Weidman
Rashad Evans vs Tim Kennedy
Raquel Pennington vs Miesha Tate
Frankie Edgar vs Jeremy Stephens
Donald Cerrone vs Kelvin Gastelum
Liz Carmouche vs Katlyn Chookagian
Tiago Alves vs Jim Miller
Tim Boetsch vs Rafael Natal
Lyman Good vs Belal Muhammad