When one of us goes, we all go to war.
Conor McGregor’s notorious Irish army made serious waves at the T-Mobile arena in Las Vegas before, during and after the much anticipated weigh-in that took place in Las Vegas on Friday night.
The Irish invasion was in full swing, as hordes of green supporters made the trip to America, to join those already there on summer J1s and those based across the continent.
There was only one set of supporters to be heard at the Las Vegas arena, and as SportsJOE representative on the ground Darragh Murphy noted, they weren’t to be deterred.
“I was met with the most remarkable sight as hundreds of roaring bodies, draped in green and coated with sweat from the 40° heat, united in one shared desire to simply have a good time.”
The Irish are the best at just having a good time, and when there’s a worthy cause, like Conor McGregor attempting to create history and condemn Floyd Mayweather to defeat for the first time in his boxing career, they were bound to be on song.
They did plenty of singing, they even draped the American with Ireland flags, and they went one step further on Saturday.
A famous Mayweather “TMT” billboard was altered to read ’49-1′ and was accompanied with an Irish flag.
Before-last night (via @AmberNews3LV) and after-this morning of the TMT billboard on I-15. #MayweatherMcGregor #Vegas #Mayweather #McGregor pic.twitter.com/mZcmgMVBEf
— Mick Akers (@mickakers) August 26, 2017
Michael Conlan was also embracing the hype.
Got some artwork in today under this portrait of Floyd 😂🇮🇪 #TeamMcGregor @TheNotoriousMMA pic.twitter.com/FEVqA6sKJc
— Michael Conlan (@mickconlan11) August 26, 2017
Brilliant stuff.
