TWEETS: This is how the world reacted to Conor McGregor’s sensational two-round victory over Eddie Alvarez

History made.

Conor McGregor is the new UFC lightweight champion of the world after he beat Eddie Alvarez inside two rounds in Madison Square Garden in NYC. The reigning UFC featherweight champion now has two belts and for the first time ever the UFC has a two-division champion.

Pre-fight all the superheroes were there, Wolverine v Spider-man at UFC250?

https://twitter.com/RealHughJackman/status/797659746614517760 https://twitter.com/NJ_McLean/status/797668546440531968

Then Conor arrived to a rapturous partisan Irish NYC welcome...

https://twitter.com/UFCEurope/status/797683471367868416 https://twitter.com/btsportufc/status/797684870738755584

And proceeded to drop Alvarez three times in round one!

https://twitter.com/TommyToeHold/status/797686118514880517 https://twitter.com/thekidet/status/797686289579413504 https://twitter.com/ProSyndicate/status/797686490625146880

People couldn't get over the power, speed and timing of McGregor's left hand

https://twitter.com/BloodyElbow/status/797686550309924865 https://twitter.com/JOEdotie/status/797687135784603652 https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/797687187378728960 https://twitter.com/StanCollymore/status/797687386192879620

And just like that it was all over for Eddie Alvarez in round two

https://twitter.com/UFCEurope/status/797688378472792064 https://twitter.com/ufc/status/797688158766956544 https://twitter.com/TheDKano/status/797688393614426112 https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/797688536929628160

Two-division champ y'all

https://twitter.com/UFCEurope/status/797689054418472960