Conor McGregor said in the build-up to the UFC's debut in New York that he ran the town, and ended it by refusing to apologise to anyone. In fairness, such posturing was more than backed up in the octagon: his second round TKO of Eddie Alvarez was astonishingly comfortable, noticeable for the return of McGregor's absurd left-hand.
It was 6.22am Irish time by the time things kicked off, but all of the Irish fans who got up for the bout were more than rewarded.
Here's the proof.
Unbelievable @TheNotoriousMMA first man to unify belts. Love seeing Irish people do good in sports. #OurOwn ☘️🇮🇪
— Jeff Hendrick (@JeffHendrick92) November 13, 2016
#McGregor left is like a concrete block... Amazing nobody can live with him, again he backs up all the talk...👍 #McGregorAlvarez
— Brendan Cummins (@BrenCummins1) November 13, 2016
Outrageous 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
— Shane Lowry (@ShaneLowryGolf) November 13, 2016
How easy did he make that look???
— Shane Lowry (@ShaneLowryGolf) November 13, 2016
Apologies to nobody 😂😂☘ #legend
— Philly Mc Mahon (@PhillyMcMahon) November 13, 2016
My man 🍀🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🍀🍀🍀 @TheNotoriousMMA
— Shane Duffy (@shaneduffy) November 13, 2016
Different gravy that man
I'm off to bed to dream about that left hand....— Sean Cronin (@SeanCronin2) November 13, 2016
He's the man.... simple as that! Dominated from the off @TheNotoriousMMA 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪☘️☘️☘️👊👊👊 #UFC205 #UFCNYC
— Darran O'Sullivan (@Darransull86) November 13, 2016
