UFC Invades NYC

One of the most popular sports in America is about to hit one of America's biggest cities. Ultimate Fighting Championship is set to make its debut in the Worlds Most Famous Arena, Madison Square Garden, for tonight's loaded card for UFC 205! In what has already been a very impressive year for the UFC, this card tonight is projected to blow everything else out of the water. This card marks the UFC's first visit to New York City and comes just eight months after the state passed a bill lifting a ban on mixed martial arts that dated back to 1997. This also marks the second ever event in the state of New York, with the first one being UFC 7: The Brawl in Buffalo, which took place on September 8, 1995, at the Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo. This is the first time ever that the UFC and MMA will hold an event in NYC. Headlined this event is UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez, as he has his first title defense against 145-pound champion Conor McGregor. According to UFC President Diana White, UFC 205 will break Madison Square Garden's record gate of $13.5 million, set in 1999 by a heavyweight boxing unification match between Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield. That would mean it would also break the UFC's all-time gate record at UFC 129 in 2011.

So lets get right down to it. Here's how Brendan and Danny pick the card to go.

Middleweights: Rafael Natal (21-7-1) vs. Tim Boetsch (19-10)
Brendan: Rafael Natal
Danny: Tim Boetsch

Welterweights: Vicente Luque (10-5-1) vs. Belal Muhammad (10-1)
Brendan: Vicente Luque
Danny: Belal Muhammad

Lightweights: Khabib Nurmagomedov (23-0) versus Michael Johnson (17-10)
Brendan: Michael Johnson
Danny: Khabib Nurmagomedov

Featherweights: Frankie Edgar (20-5-1) versus Jeremy Stephens (25-12)
Brendan: Jeremy Stephens
Danny: Frankie Edgar

Women's bantamweights: Miesha Tate (18-6) versus Raquel Pennington (8-5)
Brendan: Miesha Tate
Danny: Miesha Tate

Welterweights: Kelvin Gastelum (12-2) versus Donald Cerrone (31-7)
This fight has been removed from the card because Gastelum missed weight.

Middleweights: Chris Weidman (13-1) versus Yoel Romero (11-1)
Brendan: Chris Weidman
Danny: Chris Weidman

Strawweight championship: Joanna Jedrzejczyk (12-0) vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz (10-0)
Brendan: Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Danny: Karolina Kowalkiewicz

Welterweight championship: Tyron Woodley (16-3) vs. Stephen Thompson (13-1).
Brendan: Stephen Thompson
Danny: Tyron Woodley

Lightweight championship: Eddie Alvarez (28-4) vs. Conor McGregor (20-3)
Brendan: Conor McGregor in 2nd Round
Danny: Conor McGregor in 3rd Round