One of the biggest fights in sports history took place on Saturday night. The only two time UFC champion in two separate weight classes was pitted against a 49-0 boxing superstar.

Floyd “Money” Mayweather vs. “The Notorious” Conor Mcgregor was billed as the most watched and the most important fight in boxing history. The stakes were high, and so were admission prices.

The cheapest possible seats I could find were around $3900; with airfare you’re looking at a cost of around $4500 to watch this fight. I wanted to give you the best story possible, but the Northern Iowan refused to finance my ticket.

Admittedly, I cannot justify paying $98 for this fight on pay-per-view as the predicted odds came through, with Mayweather scoring a 10th round victory against McGregor. Predicted is an understatement, as Mayweather had a massive -2250 victory margin predicted in Vegas at the beginning of the fights announcement.

McGregor performed about as well as a non-boxer could have, outlanding Mayweather (a 24-year boxing veteran) through the first five rounds 50-41. With McGregor earning victories across the first three  rounds on the judge’s scorecards, Mayweather responded by saying, “He’s a tough competitor. I think we gave the fans what they wanted to see. He’s a lot better than I thought he was.”

Both fighters were respectful in victory and defeat, something that has always been a trait of McGregor when fighting in the UFC.

The first five rounds boiled down to a high energy McGregor landing a few punches to the face, and one solid uppercut. The issue for McGregor was no UFC fight has ever gone more than five rounds, and around round seven McGregor seemed visibly slower. In the 10th round, after taking vicious counter punches from Mayweather, McGregor was finished.

The predicted one punch knock out that McGregor was supposed to bring to this fight was not there; it was disappointing. Watching the technical style of both fighters being reduced to rushed flurries of punches and counterpunches made the fight seem like an unhealthy mix of both fighters’ styles and respective sports.

At some points it looked as if both fighters let their emotions take over, and punch heavy lock ups occurred as the fighters tired.

Mayweather has received a lot of backlash through his last few fights, as his defensive boxing style has been called “running,” rather than boxing.

In an Aug. 26th tweet, Mayweather stated, “Talking doesn’t win fights,” to which his previous opponent Manny Pacquiao replied, “but running does, God bless your fight.” That tweet received a lot of attention and was later taken down by Pacquiao,  but not before thousands screenshotted and retweeted it.

You would be hard pressed to find someone who didn’t know this fight was happening; the hype was immense. Press conference after press conference was set up to allow McGregor to do what he does best: talk trash.

Everything from the legitimacy of Mayweather’s record to his literacy was called into question by McGregor and admittedly, that was the best part of this whole conflict. McGregor talks trash like no one has ever seen; you would be at your wit’s end trying to find a guy who can talk like him.

Regardless of the outcome, there was definitely a monetary purpose for this fight to happen. Even though  he lost, McGregor is estimated to walk away with between 125 to 150 million dollars. Just for losing, that is a lot of money. To help put that into perspective, with this money, Conor McGregor could pay for 6178 undergraduate degrees from UNI.

In conclusion, was this the best fight in boxing history? No. Was it entertaining watching two of the world’s best fighters talk trash to each other and throw money around? Yes.

The fight went as everybody predicted. No surprises here; if some of the greatest boxers in history could not beat Mayweather, chances were, McGregor couldn’t either. I would still like to see a rematch in a UFC style fight, but that is unlikely to happen.