Current UFC Featherweight Champion Conor McGregor is gearing up for one of the biggest fight of his professional MMA career when he faces UFC Lightweight Champion Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205.
McGregor, when talking with MMA Junkie, said that he believes that the upcoming UFC 205 pay-per-view will be the highest grossing pay-per-view in UFC history.
"I’m almost certain we’re talking the two million mark. I feel it will break the two million mark. That’s what I’d like, and then go from there. 100 percent – I think the money is there. For UFC 202, they backed it with no money. UFC 200 is where the advertising dollars went. UFC 202 was worth double what they spent in advertising dollars. UFC 202 broke the pay-per-view record with very little push. A very, very weak undercard. Now you have me, you have New York, you have history and you have many factors. They’re pushing the advertising dollars on it,” McGregor said.
Conor McGregor-led pay-per-views UFC 196 and UFC 202 already comprise the top two spots in history, as they both broke UFC 100's previous record of 1.6 million buys.
McGregor versus Alvarez won't be the only title fight on the card, as Tyron Woodley will be defending his welterweight title against Stephen Thompson and Joanna Jedrzejczyk will be defending the women’s strawweight title against Karolina Kowalkiewiecz. UFC 205 will be taking place on Saturday, November 12th from Madison Square Garden in New York, New York with Eddie Alvarez and Conor McGregor headlining.
