This weekend’s UFC 205 broke a number of records for both UFC and Madison Square Garden Co MSG 0.33%. According to UFC President Dana White, UFC’s first event in New York broke the Madison Square Garden gate record of $13.5 million set by the Evander Holyfield-Lennox Lewis fight back in 1999.

In addition, the fight also broke the previous UFC gate record of $12.0 million set by UFC 129 in Toronto in 2011.

According to White, the UFC 205 gate came in at $17.7 million. Some tickets to the fight reportedly sold for more than $18,000 each.

Come On, Conor!

In addition to making history for at the gate, fighter Conor McGregor made UFC history as well be defeating Eddie Alvarez to become the new UFC lightweight champion. With the win, McGregor has become the first fighter in UFC to hold championships in two weight divisions at once. McGregor won the featherweight championship back in December 2015 but has yet to defend it.

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