Conor McGregor stopped Jose Aldo with one spectacular punch just 13 seconds into the first round Saturday night, backing up his bravado and claiming the undisputed featherweight title at UFC 194 on Saturday night.
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In the main event, Aldo will be defending his UFC Featherweight Championship against the Notorious Conor McGregor in a much-anticipated showdown, which is expected to break the attendance record in the UFC. Especially when you add my left hand.
Here are some of the best and believe us when we say, it’ll take longer to read this article than it will to rewatch all of McGregor’s fight.
“If I go to the lightweight division, there’s no way in hell I’m vacating that belt. He said, ‘I don’t want him making that weight again; it’s not good for him, ‘” White said on the UFC 194 post-fight show on FOX Sports 1. McGregor’s emphatic TKO set up a title fight between the two biggest superstars of the sport.
“He’s powerful and fast, but precision beats power and power beats speed”, the 27-year-old McGregor said of his knockout victory, which came after the pair’s original meeting in July was postponed due to an Aldo injury.
Aldo, whose 11-year unbeaten record was brutally ended at the MGM in Las Vegas, is already eyeing a rematch.
Following on from Conor McGregor’s remarkable victory over Jose Aldo IN JUST 13 SECONDS, the Internet, and Twitter in particular, has gone into p*ss-taking overdrive.
“It’s the biggest night of my career, the biggest night of the company’s career and the biggest night in the game”, McGregor said, having declared himself the biggest star in the UFC.
Rockhold (15-2) finished it with brute style, pounding Weidman on the ground late in the third and again in the fourth.
UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman burst onto the MMA scene when he became the man who finally dethroned Anderson “The Spider” Silva (33-6, 1NC).
Rockhold, the former Strikeforce middleweight champion, won for the fifth straight time in the UFC.
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“I am ready for everybody”, said Romero. Three events in three nights, more than 30 fights, all leading up to two title fights at UFC 194. Demian Maia also dominated Iceland’s Gunnar Nelson with his peerless jiu-jitsu to win a wide decision, and veteran bantamweight Urijah Faber finished the preliminary bouts with a bruising win over Frankie Saenz.
