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NEW YORK -- Conor McGregor looked he may have strolled straight off a New York fashion show catwalk in his white Gucci mink coat as he raised a steel chair high over his head and took aim on Eddie Alvarezs skull.UFC President Dana White interjected and snatched the top of the chair before McGregor clocked his UFC 205 main event foe. McGregor could only smirk as he asked a frothing crowd at Madison Square Garden how much a chair shot would cost him in a fine.McGregor was once docked $150,000 for tossing a water bottle at a press conference. He could keep the cash this time -- McGregor had his eyes and hands on Alvarezs lightweight championship belt. McGregor was tardy to Thursdays press conference -- hey, New York only waited more than two decades for a UFC debut, so whats 15 more minutes -- and Alvarez had stormed off waiting for the challenger to show up. McGregor arrived quite fashionably late, skipped across the stage, and promptly swiped the belt Alvarez had left behind at the podium.This is what confidence looks like, McGregor said as thousands of fans erupted in cheers.This is what UFC in NYC looks like at MSG.Banished to off, off, off Broadway for years by the state, Ultimate Fighting Championship is stoked for its legalized return and loaded UFC 205 card with three title fights and some of its biggest stars for Saturday nights pay-per-view show.McGregor, the Irish fighter with the brash public persona that made him one of UFCs top draws, could have sold out the Garden on the strength of his name alone on the marquee. McGregor, also the UFC featherweight champion, and UFC seem poised to smash the arenas gate record set in a 1999 boxing match between Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield. The bout drew $13.5 million and more than 21,000 fans stuffed the Garden.I rarely look around and take it in because were going 100 mph, White said, but you better believe I will on Saturday.UFC offered a sneak preview of the insanity ahead when McGregor, Alvarez, UFC welterweight champ Tyron Woodley, UFC womens strawweight champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk and other fighters joined White on the stage.New York fans lined up outside MSG more than three hours before they were allowed inside for the public press conference. Fox Sports 1 taped an episode of a sports debate show outside the arena to keep fans occupied. The bars and restaurants in the immediate area around MSG plastered with ads to come watch, drink and party on Saturday night were as ubiquitous as the Duane Reades on every corner.This place is going to be a zoo on Saturday, one lunchtime fan at Walters told a bartender.The Guinness might be flowing all night in McGregors honor.The Notorious Irishman remained backstage once White kicked off the press conference. Alvarez, making his first title defense since he smoked Rafael Dos Anjos for the belt in July, grew impatient waiting. Fighting out of Philly, Alvarez taunted the New York crowd that about booed him off the stage. Alvarez barked, Wheres my opponent? Wheres he at?When he comes, you give me a call, Alvarez said.He dropped the mic and walked off the stage.McGregor -- who sank a basket on the MSG court a day earlier -- skipped out in delight in an outfit straight out of central casting of the old HBO show Hookers at the Point. The predominantly young, white and male crowd freaked out for the biggest late entrance at the arena since Willis Reed limped through the tunnel in the 1970 NBA finals.I operate on my own time, and Im running early on my time, McGregor said.The faceoff melded the title-fight gravitas of the 1971 Joe Frazier-Muhammad Ali bout at the Garden with the steel-chair silliness of Hulk Hogan and Mr. T vs. Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff in the first WrestleMania.This is not like any other fight, White said. This is a massive enormous show.The promotion wasted no time in announcing it would return for UFC 209 on Feb. 11 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. No fights were announced.UFC morphed into a global phenomenon, become a staple on network television and ran PPV cards that hit 1 million buys during the ban. New York had been the lone state running against the trend of holding regulated MMA cards and made New Jersey its marquee fight home on the East.State lawmakers and Democratic Gov. 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CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Armon Fletcher scored a career-high 19 points, Thik Bol added a career-high 16 points with 12 rebounds and Southern Illinois rallied to beat Mount St. Marys 73-63 on Monday night for its third straight win.Trailing 36-35 after eight first-half lead changes, the Salukis rallied to a 42-39 lead on Leo Vincents 3-pointer, then pulled ahead 48-41 on Aaron Cooks 3 with 11:48 left in the second half.Bol capped an 8-0 run with a layup for a 61-50 Aggies lead with 5:36 to play and the Salukis got no closerr than seven the rest of the way.ddddddddddddFreshman Sean Lloyd scored 11 points and Sean OBrien grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds and made nine assists for the Salukis (3-2), who outrebounded the Mountaineers 45-20 overall and 16-5 on offensive boards.Junior Robinson led the Mountaineers (1-4) with 18 points and made 4 of 8 3-pointers. Will Miller added 15 points and Elijah Long added 11. ' ' '