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10th Jul 2015

Las Vegas goes green as the Irish take over but some folks on Twitter seem a bit surprised

The green invasion

SportsJOE

We’re here to takeover

Whether it was Jose Aldo or Chad Mendes (or anyone else) standing opposite Conor McGregor inside that Octagon on July 11 one thing is certain and that’s that there was always going to be a huge amount of Irish fans in the MGM Grand.

And as Saturday’s fight approaches the Irish invasion into Las Vegas is well on truly on, with up to 10,000 expected in Sin City come showtime.

But while we’ve known for many months that fans will descend on the strip en masse it seems like some American folk have been caught unawares.

Some seem so surprised that they’re committing cardinal grammatical errors

They’re coming from Ireland and they’re on their way from across the Americas

https://instagram.com/p/47EbOVDl3s/

The Irish are bringing a bit of Bundoran to Vegas

https://twitter.com/ryan____miller/status/619335563716329472

While the Irish in town are just delighted to be there

https://twitter.com/kiddakla/status/619300124175544320

https://twitter.com/SaoirseLolita/status/619432410468323328

https://twitter.com/GlynneButler/status/619497856420941825

Some have even been getting lucky

They may well come to regret this offer

https://twitter.com/PetesyCarroll/status/619503123472605184/photo/1