McGregor vs Alvarez

Who won McGregor vs Alvarez?

Conor McGregor beat Eddie Alvarez by knockout in the 2nd round during the main event of UFC 205, on Saturday 12th November 2016 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

This contest was for the UFC Lightweight championship.

McGregor vs Alvarez stats

Conor McGregor stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Eddie Alvarez made his way to the cage with a record of 28 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Conor McGregor's UFC record stood at 10-4-0, while Eddie Alvarez's came in at 4-3-0.

The stats suggested McGregor had a large advantage in power over Alvarez, boasting a 85% knock out percentage over Alvarez's 61%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Alvarez had an advantage over McGregor, with a 18% submission rate over McGregor's 5%.

Conor McGregor was the younger man by 4 years, at 36 years old.

McGregor had a 5-inch reach advantage.

McGregor was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 9 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2008, 4 years and 2 months later than Alvarez, whose first professional fight was in 2003. He had fought 32 less professional rounds, 45 to Alvarez's 77.

McGregor vs Alvarez form

Conor McGregor had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 on 10th July 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Dustin Poirier at UFC 257 on 23rd January 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Going into that contest, he had won against Donald Cerrone at UFC 246 on 18th January 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had been defeated by Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229 on 6th October 2018 by submission in the 4th round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 on 12th November 2016 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York.

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McGregor's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 10 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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