It finally happened.
After plowing through all other opponents, after a buildup lasting more than a year, after an injury pushed it back, after a world tour and enough sound bites to power Moldova for 11 days, Conor McGregor and Jose Aldo finally fought Saturday for the featherweight title.
It went down at UFC 194, where it served as the culmination of a ludicrously stacked card. Maybe the best MMA card of 2015.
You know McGregor as the most famous MMA fighter currently alive on planet Earth, Non-Rousey Division. You know Aldo as the top-rated MMA fighter on that same planet, in his own or any other division.
Ireland vs. Brazil. Brash vs. Stoic. Offense vs. Defense. Interim champ vs. lineal. Whatever kind of storyline you like, this fight had it.
The real kicker, though? This was just one part of the intrigue.
In the co-main event, middleweight champion Chris Weidman put his belt on the line against challenger Luke Rockhold.
One fight down from that, terrifying finishers Yoel Romero and Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza did battle to see who would face the co-main event winner next.
There was intrigue all across the 12-fight card, from Fight Pass to finale. And as always, the final stat lines only reveal so much. These are the real winners and losers from UFC 194.
For the literal-minded among us, full results appear on the final slide.