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With each definitive Conor McGregor event, the fallout gets bigger

Last week, when the initial press release for UFC 205 was sent out, there was a good bit of harrumphing at its vagueness in regards to the attendees. "The stars of UFC 205" was the language of matchmaker sweat as the clock ticked, a self-imposed deadline to deliver some magical assembly for UFC’s historic first show at Madison Square Garden. As good as Stephen Thompson vs. Tyron Woodley was, it wasn’t Big Apple good. It wasn’t big enough to hold down Mecca. It wasn’t we will bring a UFC 100 type card to New York City good, the original Lorenzo Fertitta promise.