This past Saturday in New York, the UFC hosted its inaugural event at the Madison Square Garden.
The event was an action packed one from the start, with things quickly picking up on the main card as Vicente Luque and Tim Boetsch both picked up back to back first round TKO/KO wins to kick off the televised prelims. In the preliminary co-main event, Khabib Nurmagomedov picked up yet another win, extending his professional record to 24-0, with his UFC record now at 8-0. In the preliminary main event, former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar returned the the win column following his UFC 200 interim featherweight title loss to Jose Aldo as he picked up an impressive unanimous decision win over Jeremy Stephens.
On the pay-per view portion of the card, Miesha Tate suffered a loss and subsequently retired from MMA, while Yoel Romero was crowned the #1 contender at middleweight as he picked up a devastating 3rd round KO win over Chris Weidman. In the first of three title fights Joanna Jedrzejczyk successfully defended her strawweight championship against Karolina Kowalkiewicz. In the co-main event, Tyron Woodley defended his welterweight championship in a fight with Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson that was ultimately scored as a majority draw, and will result in a rematch between the two. In the main event, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor successfully moved up to lightweight to claim the UFC lightweight championship as he TKOd Eddie Alvarez in the second round.
In the wake of the event, MMAFighting has obtained the medical suspensions for the event from the New York Athletic Commission:
Vicente Luque suspended indefinitely pending New York State Athletic Commission clearance
Chris Weidman suspended a minimum 60 days pending New York State Athletic
Commission clearanceBelal Muhammad suspended a minimum 60 days pending New York State Athletic Commission clearance
Rafael Natal suspended a minimum 60 days pending New York State Athletic Commission clearance
Eddie Alvarez suspended a minimum 30 days pending New York State Athletic Commission clearance
Stephen Thompson suspended a minimum 30 days pending New York State Athletic Commission clearance
Joanna Jedrzczyk suspended 30 days
Karolina Kowalkiewicz suspended 30 days
Meisha Tate suspended a minimum 30 days pending New York State Athletic Commission clearanceMichael Johnson suspended 30 days
Jim Miller suspended a minimum 30 days pending New York State Athletic Commission clearance
Liz Carmouche suspended a minimum 30 days pending New York State Athletic Commission clearance
Fighters not listed above received the minimum mandatory 7-day suspension, and will be eligible to fight again in one week.