Note: Skip to 49:30 mark for the beginning of the presser.
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight champion, Conor McGregor, appears to have been storing up his press conference showmanship for more than a year. So when he hit the stage earlier today at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, “Notorious” completely unloaded on UFC 229 opponent and reigning 155-pound titleholder Khabib Nurmagomedov.
But unlike his past media appearances, mixed martial arts (MMA) fans were not permitted to attend. Not even the ones sporting a bottle of Proper No. 12, the new whiskey by McGregor and Co. That meant the trash-talking Irishman had to do his shtick before an empty arena, which oscillated between hilarious and cringeworthy. Fortunately, no belts went missing.
If you missed today’s festivities; no worries, we have the full video replay embedded above. To watch McGregor and Nurmagomedov face off at the end of the press conference, surrounded by NYPD Blue to avoid another BIG DRAMA SHOW, click here. To see who else is fighting at UFC 229, taking place Oct. 6, 2018 inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, click here.
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