Conor McGregor won the interim UFC featherweight title with a TKO victory against Chad Mendes.
The American dominated the fight on the ground, but the Irishman dominated it in the stand up and in the end the blows which McGregor landed were the difference.
Here's how Twitter reacted to the fight.
Job done ☺ pic.twitter.com/8sd3SwXOGt
— Coach Kavanagh (@John_Kavanagh) July 12, 2015
Congrats to the #McGregornator. You did it again, @TheNotoriousMMA. #worldchampion #UFC
— Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) July 12, 2015
I love Conor McGregor so much. He's a cross between a lost "Bloodsport" character and 30 guys I went to Holy Cross with.
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) July 12, 2015
@TheNotoriousMMA a beast. Incredible! @UFC @Danawhite great fight night. That's how you win
— Mike Tyson (@MikeTyson) July 12, 2015
Incredible from @TheNotoriousMMA. What a great champion.
— Katie Taylor (@KatieTaylor) July 12, 2015
What a champion.Well done @TheNotoriousMMA @ufc #UFC189
— Peter Stringer (@stringer9) July 12, 2015
Some man @TheNotoriousMMA hard luck @Pendred #Ireland
— Ian Keatley (@iankeatley) July 12, 2015
Boom!
— Cian Healy (@ProperChurch) July 12, 2015
Holy shit!!!!Time to Get Joses ass over to Croke park now ...
— Eoin Cadogan (@cads3) July 12, 2015
Well that's that.. Time too feed the cows
— Peter Clohessy (@PeterClohessy) July 12, 2015
Ok I'm a believer and a fan now...
@TheNotoriousMMA you are legit, you proved a lot of us wrong!— Anthony Johnson (@Anthony_Rumble) July 12, 2015
Loving the work of the great @TheNotoriousMMA massive win tonight. #FightingIrish ???
— Shay Given (@No1shaygiven) July 12, 2015
Fight sounded like it was on in Dublin. The Irish are some supporters & McGregor keeps backing up his talk #classact pic.twitter.com/fGq3INSrga
— Brendan Cummins (@BrenCummins1) July 12, 2015
Ireland wins on 12th July thanks to @TheNotoriousMMA Next up @RealCFrampton marches on!
— Patrick Kielty (@PatricKielty) July 12, 2015
Conor hits hard with the left hand, very strong shots chad took.
— STORMIN NORMAN PARKE (@norman_parke) July 12, 2015
that's some fightback and finish by mcgregor. he looked done to me. heroic
— Ken Early (@kenearlys) July 12, 2015
Fuck the bullshit
The begrudgers
The bullshit
The agreements
The waffle
The bitching
He has not taken part
He has over.
Amazing
#UFC189— Ciarán Ó Raghallaigh (@Ciaran_O) July 12, 2015
Congrats @TheNotoriousMMA , fashion icon, talker, son , boyfriend...........CHAMPION! Congrats buddy!
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) July 12, 2015
Hard to go to sleep after that! Thought he was in big trouble
— Joe Molloy (@MolloyJoe) July 12, 2015
Never thought I would say this about a UFC event. I really didn't. But it was an absolute fucking privilege to be here tonight. #UFC189
— Joe Callaghan (@JoeCallaghan84) July 12, 2015
Best UFC PPV ever. Not ever a debate.
— Seán Sheehan (@SeanSheehanBA) July 12, 2015
Yes, but what happens when McGregor fights a legit SAMBO player?
— Chuck Mindenhall (@ChuckMindenhall) July 12, 2015
Lost in Conor McGregor's bravado is that he's a true sportsman. Uses the mental game to his advantage but at the end of the day, not a dick.
— Jon Anik (@Jon_Anik) July 12, 2015
Picture credit: Esther Lin / SPORTSFILE
