(ALSO SEE: Sean Shelby’s Shoes: What’s next for UFC 229’s winning fighters? ) The main card of UFC 229 was one of the best of the year, and although there were five fighters who came out on the wrong end at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, they can take solace in the fact they contributed to the biggest event in company history. Conor McGregor (21-4 MMA, 9-2 UFC) failed to reclaim the lightweight title when he succumbed to a fourth-round submission against Khabib Nurmagomedov (27-0 MMA, 11-0 UFC) in the main event. Prior to that, Anthony Pettis (21-8 MMA, 8-7 UFC), Ovince Saint Preux (23-12 MMA, 11-7 UFC), Alexander Volkov (30-7 MMA, 4-1 UFC) and Felice Herrig (14-8 MMA, 5-3 UFC) all suffered losses
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