Conor McGregor thinks UFC 205 will out-do the last card he competed on and will break the UFC PPV buyrate record. In fact, he thinks his bout with Eddie Alvarez will propel the event to over the two million buy mark. McGregor, who will be looking to become the first man to hold two UFC titles at the same time, thinks that there will be more promotion involved in this bout and that’s why it will do so much better (via MMA Junkie):

“I’m almost certain we’re talking the two million mark. I feel it will break the two million mark. That’s what I’d like, and then go from there.”

“100 percent – I think the money is there. For UFC 202, they backed it with no money. UFC 200 is where the advertising dollars went. UFC 202 was worth double what they spent in advertising dollars. UFC 202 broke the pay-per-view record with very little push. A very, very weak undercard. Now you have me, you have New York, you have history and you have many factors. They’re pushing the advertising dollars on it.”

It’s not exactly true that there was no push for UFC 202, but it definitely didn’t have all the advertising that UFC 200 did. And so far, the UFC is really pushing UFC 200 in the same manner as UFC 200, arguably putting together the best card in the history of the sport. So Conor does have a point.

For reference, UFC 202 reportedly did 1.65 milion buys. Can UFC 205 break two million? I find that to be a bit of a stretch, considering Alvarez isn’t an established draw. But we’ll have to see.