We’re just one month away from possibly the biggest event in UFC history, as Madison Square Garden plays host to UFC 205. There are three title fights at the top of the pay-per-view, including the main event between lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez and featherweight champ Conor McGregor, and gate records and PPV buys are expected to be through the roof.
This will be a mega card, and as Mike Bohn of MMAjunkie confirmed, it will require an additional hour as far as allotted PPV time.
For any McGregor fans based in Ireland, that means you’ll essentially be seeing him fight Alvarez at sunrise.
This isn’t the first time the UFC has gone for a four-hour PPV main card. In 2012, UFC 144 in Japan had seven fights on the main card, although the only title fight that night was the first matchup between Frankie Edgar and Ben Henderson. UFC 190: Rousey vs. Correia also had seven main card bouts, but only one title fight. UFC 205 will have six main card fights, in addition to the title fight tripleheader.
Here’s the November 12th PPV lineup, with the preliminary card bout order still to be determined.
Main Card (10 PM ET/7 PM PT, PPV)
Eddie Alvarez vs. Conor McGregor (for Alvarez's lightweight belt)
Tyron Woodley vs. Stephen Thompson (for Woodley's welterweight belt)
Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz (for Jedrzejczyk's strawweight belt)
Yoel Romero vs. Chris Weidman
Donald Cerrone vs. Kelvin Gastelum
Raquel Pennington vs. Miesha Tate
Preliminary Card (TBD)
Frankie Edgar vs. Jeremy Stephens
Michael Johnson vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov
Rashad Evans vs. Tim Kennedy
Tim Boetsch vs. Rafael Natal
Thiago Alves vs. Jim Miller
Lyman Good vs. Belal Muhammad
Liz Carmouche vs. Katlyn Chookagian