Watching the weigh-ins on Friday, you’d have been forgiven for believing that there was genuine hatred between the fighters on the UFC Dublin card.
Cathal Pendred and Tom Breese had to be restrained, as did Norman Parke and Reza Madadi, while match-ups like Dalby v Till, Daly v Almeida and Seery v Delos Reyes all prompted intense staredowns.
But after the final buzzer went on Saturday night, there was nothing but respect on display from fighters, whether they had lost or won on the night.
Nicolas Dalby and Darren Till kicked the shite out of one another for three rounds but met up in the bar afterwards for a drink.
https://instagram.com/p/9PkBhRSDD5/
Cathal Pendred paid his congratulations to Tom Breese for being the better man on the day.
https://twitter.com/Pendred/status/658301009043824640
Norman Parke and Reza Madadi, the match-up with the most animosity packed in, met up after their battle to pose for a photograph.
On Sunday morning, Neil Seery ate breakfast with Jon Delos Reyes who he had submitted via guillotine in their scrap the night before.
Breakfast with this nice lad @jdr671 pic.twitter.com/ItCDThHzqH
— Neil 2 Tap Seery (@NeilSeeryMMA) October 25, 2015
And they say that this sport is for thugs, eh?
