UFC 334 arrives at Madison Square Garden with a title-fight history that keeps delivering

UFC 334 brings the Octagon back to Madison Square Garden on Nov. 14, and the UFC’s own look back frames the event as the latest stop in a venue history where championship fights have repeatedly turned into defining nights.

The list starts with UFC 205 on Nov. 12, 2016, the promotion’s first UFC event in New York City. The UFC says the main event featured Eddie Alvarez vs. Conor McGregor for the lightweight title, with McGregor finishing Alvarez by TKO in the second round and adding the lightweight belt after already holding the featherweight championship.

Next in the UFC’s MSG title-fight timeline is UFC 217 on Nov. 4, 2017. In two separate title bouts, the UFC points to Rose Namajunas’ first-round knockout win over Joanna Jędrzejczyk to capture the strawweight belt, and to Georges St-Pierre’s return to action, where he submitted Michael Bisping for the middleweight title by rear-naked choke in the third round.

The UFC then points to UFC 281 on Nov. 12, 2022, as another “Garden” turning point, describing Israel Adesanya as the reigning middleweight champion at the time. According to the UFC, Alex Pereira defeated Adesanya by stoppage as Pereira pressured late, flipping the result into a title change.

Another major MSG title narrative in the UFC’s rundown is UFC 295 on Nov. 11, 2023, when the UFC describes Pereira’s move up to light heavyweight after Jamahal Hill vacated the belt. The UFC says Pereira claimed the light heavyweight title with a second-round stoppage over Jiri Prochazka.

More recently, the UFC includes UFC 309 on Nov. 16, 2024, spotlighting Jon Jones’ heavyweight title fight against Stipe Miocic. The UFC says Jones scored a decisive sequence, including a spinning back kick that sent Miocic down, and that the fight ended for Jones’ final walk-away with the belt as he later vacated and retired.

The timeline ends with UFC 322 on Nov. 15, 2025, where the UFC says Islam Makhachev captured a second division title after moving from lightweight to welterweight, beating Jack Della Maddalena in a 25-minute championship run and becoming the 11th fighter in UFC history to hold gold in two weight classes.