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McGregor vs. Alvarez headlines historic lineup set for UFC's New York City debut

The full fight card for UFC 205 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, when lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez defends his belt against featherweight champion Conor McGregor.

The UFC 205 card promises to be the deepest in the history of the sport and promotion. Three title fights featuring four current champions headline the event, and four other former champions are fighting on the card.

Featherweight champion Conor McGregor looks to make history by becoming the first simultaneous two-weight champion in the promotion's history when he faces champion Eddie Alvarez, whose lightweight belt is on the line. In the co-main event, newly crowned Tyron Woodley fights Stephen Thompson in his first title defense since dethroning Robbie Lawler at UFC 201. Strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk puts her belt on the line against fellow Polish fighter Karolina Kowalkiewicz.

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The pay-per-view portion of the card has six fights in all. Former middleweight champion Chris Weidman fights Yoel Romero in hopes that a win gives him the next shot at the 185-pound champion, Michael Bisping. Donald Cerrone's march through the welterweight division since debuting at 170 pounds in February continues against top-contender Kelvin Gastelum. A win inches Cerrone closer to a title shot in a second division. Former bantamweight champion Miesha Tate fights Raquel Pennington and is looking for a win since dropping the belt to Amanda Nunes in the main event of UFC 200.

Here is the whole card for UFC 205:

UFC 205 Main Card (PPV, 10 p.m. ET)

Eddie Alvarez vs. Conor McGregor (lightweight title fight)
Tyron Woodley vs. Stephen Thompson (welterweight title fight)
Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz (strawweight title fight)
Yoel Romero vs. Chris Weidman
Donald Cerrone vs. Kelvin Gastelum
Raquel Pennington vs. Miesha Tate

Fox Sports 1 Prelims (8 p.m. ET)

Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Michael Johnson
Frankie Edgar vs. Jeremy Stephens
Rashad Evans vs. Tim Kennedy
Vicente Luque vs. Belal Muhammad

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Fight Pass Prelims (6:30 p.m. ET)

Thiago Alves vs. Jim Miller
Tim Boetsch vs. Rafael Natal
Liz Carmouche vs. Katlyn Chookagian