Mayweather ultimately picked up a 10th-round TKO. His precision and boxing experience were simply too much for The Notorious to overcome.

But it didn't come without a fight. McGregor brought the pressure like he said he would throughout the hype. In all, the Irishman landed punches as he proved he could hold his own against the best boxer of a generation.

In the end, both fighters celebrated becoming even more wealthy than they were when the night started:. The official numbers will take a while to come out.

Pay-per-view sales take time to be calculated, and how the pay-per-view dollars will be distributed hasn't been made public. But the rest of the round was all Mayweather, who laid punishment on him with an assortment of clean right hands, one of which swiveled McGregor's head.

Later in the round, Mayweather landed brutal combinations against an exhausted McGregor, who showed enormous heart but was outclassed.

In the 10th round, McGregor had nothing left. Mayweather landed a huge right hand that nearly knocked him down, and he then continued the assault, landing about a dozen unanswered punches.

McGregor was barely on his feet, and Byrd jumped in and stopped the fight at 1 minute, 5 seconds.

Mayweather landed of punches 53 percent , according to CompuBox statistics, and McGregor landed of 26 percent. McGregor's punch output dropped dramatically in the ninth and 10th rounds when he was getting hammered, but he acquitted himself well.

Perhaps it was his age or the long layoff, but Mayweather, known for his defensive brilliance, got hit a bit more than usual.

Nine Mayweather opponents landed less than punches in a round fight -- including Pacquiao, who landed 81 -- but McGregor landed in 10 rounds. Skip to navigation.

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Byrd warned McGregor for rabbit punching twice -- and both fighters for pushing -- but never was in a position where a deduction was needed.

For all of the pre-fight predictions about McGregor struggling as a novice, the MMA star showed good technique and an overall respect for the sweet science.

He also forced Mayweather to fight and avoided a one-sided performance in defeat that nearly all critics predicted.

He's not that fast, he's not that powerful, but boy, is he composed. Mayweather, in his first fight since outpointing Andre Berto in September , eclipsed the revered mark of Rocky Marciano, who retired as unbeaten heavyweight champion.

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