UFC 205 live: Conor McGregor knocks out Eddie Alvarez to win the lightweight champions to make history

Follow the latest from UFC 205 in New York as Conor McGregor bis to win the lightweight title

Jack de Menezes

London and New York

,James Edwards

Saturday 12 November 2016 23:53 GMT

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Conor McGregor weighs in ahead of his UFC 205 fight with Eddie Alvarez (Getty)

Conor McGregor became the UFC's first simultaneous two-weight champion after he knocked out Eddie Alvarez in the second round of their UFC 205 main event, with the Irishman adding the lightweight title to the featherweight championship he already held. 'Re-live all the action here with James Edwards at Madison Square Gardens in New York and Jack de Menezes in London.

Conor McGregor knocks out Eddie Alvarez to win the UFC lightweight title
Tyron Woodley retains the welterweight championship against Stephen Thompson after majority draw
Joanna Jedrzejczyk beats Karolina Kowalkiewicz to retain the strawweight title
Chris Weidman knocked out by Yoel Romero by a devastating flying knee
Miesha Tate announces retirement after defeat by Raquel Pennington
Frankie Edgar wins on pre-lims against Jeremy Stephens

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Main card:

Eddie Alvarez vs. Conor McGregor [lightweight title fight]

Tyron Woodley vs. Stephen Thompson [welterweight title fight]

Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz [strawweight title fight]

Chris Weidman vs Yoel Romero [middleweight]

Miesha Tate vs Raquel Pennington [bantamweight]

Preliminaries:

Frankie Edgar vs Jeremy Stephens [featherweight]

Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Michael Johnson [lightweight]

Rashad Evans vs Tim Kennedy [light heavyweight]