conor mcgregor won the fight against floyd mayweather.
conor mcgregor won the fight against floyd mayweather.
who won the fight conor mcgregor or floyd mayweather?
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floyd mayweather jr. vs. conor mcgregor









































floyd mayweather jr. vs. conor mcgregor, also known as "the money fight" and "the biggest fight in combat sports history", was a professional boxing match between undefeated eleven-time five-division boxing world champion floyd mayweather jr. and two-division mixed martial arts (mma) world champion and, at the time, ufc lightweight champion conor mcgregor. the fight took place at t-mobile arena in paradise, nevada, on august 26, 2017 at the light-middleweight weight class (154 lbs; 69.9 kg). it was scheduled for twelve rounds and recorded the second highest pay-per-view buy rate in history.
floyd mayweather jr. vs. conor mcgregor
after emphatically dispatching aldo, mcgregor continued to express a desire to move up to the lightweight division and attempt to become the first ufc dual-weight champion. on the fox sports post-fight show for ufc 194, mcgregor said he would "like to go up and fight for that 155-pound belt and replicate what i've done in cage warriors." a week after ufc 194, the ufc lightweight championship was contested at , between reigning champion rafael dos anjos and the #2 lightweight contender, donald cerrone; dos anjos defeated cerrone 1:06 into the first round, via tko. after the bout, dos anjos took aim at mcgregor, telling him that "it's better to stay in the featherweight division... i will fight you in brazil. i will go to ireland to fight you there. whatever one, man. i'm here to stay." on 12 january 2016, the ufc announced that conor mcgregor would face rafael dos anjos for the ufc lightweight championship on 5 march at ufc 196 (then known as ufc 197). the event would be held at the mgm grand garden arena, in mcgregor's third consecutive headlining appearance at the venue. on 20 january, the ufc hosted a press conference featuring the combatants involved in the two championship fights headlining the ufc 197 event, including mcgregor and dos anjos. mcgregor criticised his opponent throughout the press conference, stating "rafael dos anjos is a free tv fighter. he doesn't have much to offer me besides that gold belt... his last gate was $1.7 million. he fights on free tv. he hasn't made the company a dime." mcgregor also entertained the idea of challenging for the ufc welterweight championship, telling the media that "i will fight in many weight divisions. i like the sound of that 170-pound title as well. i feel like i can take three gold belts." his prediction for the fight with dos anjos was that he would "dust rafael inside one minute."
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