Mayweather vs. McGregor results: Live updates and full fight coverage

There’s only one reason the Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor fight made sense: Money.

Mayweather, 40, retired two years ago with nothing left to prove after putting together a 49-0 record in boxing and earning victories over the likes of Manny Pacquiao, Canelo Alvarez, Ricky Hatton, and many others.

It wasn’t the embarrassing loss for Conor McGregor that many thought it would be, but the three judges scoring the fight at T-Mobile Arena thought Floyd Mayweather Jr. was winning handily.

A 10th round technical knockout for Mayweather meant the judges’ view of the fight didn’t come into play, but if it had, the fight was already out of reach and McGregor wouldn’t have been able to win, even if he finished with three strong rounds.

High profile judging mistakes and other controversies have stolen the headlines in the sport of boxing recently, and with more eyes than ever on the upcoming fight between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor, everyone involved would like to avoid such a fate on Aug. 26. One aspect of the fight that shouldn’t be poorly-received anywhere is the inclusion of Robert Byrd as the referee.

Both Mayweather and McGregor agreed to Byrd as the referee of choice for their match. Byrd is a veteran referee who has only ever worked one Mayweather fight in the past, a decision win over Robert Guerrero in May 2013. Kenny Bayless, another veteran referee who has worked several Mayweather fights, was excluded from contention for the Mayweather vs. McGregor fight due to him being publicly against the fight.

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Main card results

Super welterweight: Floyd Mayweather Jr. def. Conor McGregor via TKO in Round 10

Junior lightweight: Gervonta Davis def. Francisco Fonseca via TKO in Round 8

Light heavyweight: Badou Jack def. Nathan Cleverly via TKO in Round 5

Cruiserweight: Andrew Tabiti def. Steve Cunningham via unanimous decision (97-93, 97-93, 100-90)

Conor McGregor looked better than expected, but ultimately couldn’t keep up with one of boxing’s greatest as Floyd Mayweather Jr. scored a 10th-round TKO victory when McGregor was unable to answer several huge shots to the head. Mayweather is now 50-0 as a professional.

The first round was slow for Mayweather, as expected. McGregor landed a very, very nice counter left uppercut in that opening round that did some damage to Mayweather. McGregor showed some surprisingly strong counters in the second and third rounds as well, and was also warned for hammer fists to the back of the head by the referee.

After a slow start, Floyd Mayweather poured on the pressure in the second half of a fight against Conor McGregor to win by TKO when the referee stopped the fight in Round 10.

Before the stoppage, McGregor may have been winning the fight. At the very least, it was a close contest with both fighters having plenty of moments in a back-and-forth contest.

McGregor lands a shot that hurt Mayweather, but gets warned by the referee for the shot. During the warning, McGregor throws a quick jab at Mayweather when he gets too close.

Mayweather returns fire with a right hand of his own and a left hand up against the ropes.

Mayweather again turns his back and covers up, allowing McGregor to take shots from behind.

McGregor angles well to land some nice shots on Mayweather. It appears as though McGregor may have hit a second wind to pick up the pace and match Mayweather.

McGregor opening round seven with some clean counter combinations. Mayweather’s still coming forward and looks fresh, while McGregor looks like he may be getting tired.

Mayweather is landing often with the lead right hand, while McGregor is trying to work the body and clinch often.

Mayweather opens round six by covering up and turning his back. Rather than clinch, McGregor starts picking him apart with questionable shots until the referee pulls him off. Odd decision-making by Mayweather.

Mayweather is picking up the pace and coming forward with big punches at McGregor. The pace is slowing for McGregor.

Mayweather is ducking into McGregor, but it’s only creating more awkward clinches, hammer fists and clean shots for McGregor.

McGregor is the one backing up with Mayweather chasing, but it’s McGregor throwing more volume. It’s also allowing McGregor to control the distance and pace, as he’s the one deciding when the two will clash.

McGregor opens the fourth round by pinning Mayweather against the ropes and opening up some combinations. Mayweather complained of a low blow, but there was no stoppage by the referee.

Mayweather is picking up the pace and backing up McGregor who appears to be slowing a bit. Both are landing better in round four and McGregor is still using the jab well.

For the second time, McGregor was warned for a hammer fist on the top of Mayweather’s head. Not long after, he does it again but without the referee noticing.

For the third time, he’s warned. Throwing hammer fists in the clinch seems to be a habit McGregor is having a hard time shaking.

A hammer fist by McGregor earns him a warning from the referee. The UFC star is winning so far with aggressiveness, but is also being patient and landing counter strikes on Mayweather.

McGregor has been mixing it up well from the head to the body, but is winning because Mayweather hasn’t thrown much volume. McGregor clinched up with Mayweather a couple times and used some awkward grabs to keep him at bay.

Conor McGregor opens by pushing the pace early. He’s pushing Floyd Mayweather against the ropes and opening with combinations, but not landing much. Mayweather has taken a few attempts at counter-striking, but also hasn’t landed cleanly yet.

McGregor is talking to Mayweather a bit, and put a hand behind his back for a bit of showmanship.

Update: Due to issues with PPV and streams, a realistic estimate for the opening bell is a little after midnight ET. If you’re ponying up $99.99 to watch, you should probably make sure you’re tuned in a little early, just in case.

The pay-per-view for the much anticipated fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor begins at 9 p.m. ET, but the main event that everyone is waiting to see won’t happen for at least a couple hours.

It’s true, there have been massive difficulties to watch the fight either on PPV TV or an online stream. So much so that the main event of Mayweather-McGregor has been delayed in order to resolve the issues.

The biggest boxing match of the year is just about here, as Floyd Mayweather will put his undefeated 49-0 record on the line against UFC fighter Conor McGregor from the T-Mobile Arena in Nevada on Saturday. The pay-per-view event is available for ordering on TV, web browsers, mobile devices and everything in between.

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Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor are set to compete in the biggest boxing match since the former took on Manny Pacquiao in the “Fight of the Century” in 2015. They’re meeting in the main event of a stacked card on Saturday, and there’s a premium pay-per-view price tag to go with the spectacle of it all.

There’s no shortage of fans who will be attempting to watch a free stream of the boxing match between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor, but those who paid $99.99 for the pay-per-view streams expect a hassle-free way to watch.

So far, plenty of fans aren’t happy with what they paid for.

I used to work at the American casual dining chain Bennigan’s, and it’s really helped me think about the impending shitshow that is the Mayweather-McGregor fight.

This was in the death spiral days of their lifespan as a business, meaning no one had come up with a new idea at Bennigan’s for at least ten years, maybe longer. Instead, every “new” idea at Bennigan’s consisted of combinations of old ideas mashed together. This explains why, at some point, it is likely that the “onion ring-loaded tater skin” existed on the menu.

For months we’ve been bombarded with the notion that Mayweather vs. McGregor is “unmissable,” a similar refrain to the hype before Mayweather vs. Pacquiao. Then everyone realized it sucked and was disappointed.

Imagine, just for a second, that you decided NOT to make the same mistake again? People are going to put clips on social media, and the highlights will make it to TV — so why not keep your wallet full, free yourself of potential buyer’s remorse and get the added benefit of not putting any money in the pockets of two guys who are both pretty horrible people?

The announcement came Tuesday that pop star Demi Lovato will sing the national anthem before Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday night, but news that Imelda May would sing the Irish national anthem didn’t break until less than 24 hours before the fight.

According to UFC president Dana White, the task of finding a singer to sing the anthem of McGregor’s home country was placed on his shoulders with less than a week until the fight.

Demi Lovato will sing the United States’ national anthem at the Mayweather-McGregor fight Saturday at the Las Vegas T-Mobile Arena, which is actually pretty fitting.

Lovato is a huge fan of mixed martial arts. In fact, she trains in MMA and Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Lovato told Self in a recent interview that she “first got into jiu-jitsu because I loved watching people grapple.”

Floyd Mayweather is going to beat Conor McGregor when they face each other in a boxing match on Aug. 26. That’s not technically a statement of fact because it is, presumably, an actual competition between two people intent on winning and, of course, anything can happen. But nobody expects a McGregor win.

He’s a mixed martial artist — an extremely good one, too — but he’s not a boxer. More importantly, he’s not a 49-0 boxer who is one of the best to ever take part in the sport. McGregor is going to lose and anybody who thinks otherwise is seriously deluding themselves.

I firmly believe Floyd Mayweather has complete control of Saturday’s fight against Conor McGregor. I don’t think a novice stands a chance against an expert, and I’ve seen too many failed cross-combat sport attempts to believe McGregor would stand a chance against an average professional boxer, let alone one of the better fighters of the century.

I 100 percent believe Mayweather could knock him out in the first minute if he wanted to, because that’s what happens when you put a seasoned, undefeated professional against a newcomer. But that’s not what’s going to happen: I’m pretty sure Mayweather’s gonna knock him out in the third round.