The celebration doesn’t begin till Conor McGregor reveals up.
McGregor confirmed up late for Thursday’s press occasion forward of Saturday’s BKFC KnuckleMania V card in Philadelphia, PA. As soon as he stepped on stage and took the rostrum, the Irish megastar apologized … for completely nothing!
“Oh, Philly,” McGregor stated. “Sorry I’m late. I don’t give a f*ck. I’m the big boss around here,” McGregor stated. “Philadelphia, what’s up? I’m right here to summon the gods of combating into motion. Might they flip our combatants’ knuckles to knives. And on Saturday night time, might all of us bleed within the honor of Philadelphia’s wealthy combating historical past.
“May we, as Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship’s organization, the alien of combat sport, rise above the night’s sky and rain down blows viciously, and prove our worth against any deniers” (h/t MMA Junkie).
Conor McGregor backs former foe eddie alvarez in knuckleMania headliner
McGregor was additionally readily available to supervise the faceoff between KnuckleMania predominant eventers Eddie Alvarez and Jeremy Stephens. After all, the Irishman has a historical past with Alvarez, defeating ‘The Underground King’ in November 2016 to seize the UFC light-weight championship.
Regardless of having a historical past with each Alvarez and Stephens, ‘Mystic Mac’ made it fairly clear who he was backing forward of Saturday’s occasion inside Wells Fargo Area.
“May local boy and former UFC lightweight champion, former Bellator world champion, shut this man up over here, Jeremy Stephens,” McGregor stated. “He’s coming in right here into Philadelphia on this nice sporting weekend and attempting to take you out, Eddie. That is as huge a combat because it will get with world title combat implications. Like I stated, combatants, flip your knuckles into knives.
“Bleed in the honor of Philadelphia’s rich fighting history and show the people what Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship is about. Let’s go, Philadelphia. Let’s go, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship.”
Checkout the complete combat card for KnuckleMania V under:
BKFC ‘KnuckleMania 5’ DAZN Most important Card (9 p.m. ET):
Eddie Alvarez vs. Jeremy Stephens
Mick Terrill vs. Ben Rothwell for the BKFC Heavyweight Championship
Taylor Starling vs. Bec Rawlings
Patrick Brady vs. Zachary Calmus
Dustin Pague vs. JD Burns
Travis Thompson vs. Zachary Pannell
John Garbarino vs. Apostle Spencer
Pat Sullivan vs. Kaine Tomlinson, Jr.
Cody Russell vs. Logan Tucker
Phil Caracappa vs. Noah Norman
Zedekiah Montanez vs. Brandon Meyer
Itso Babulaidze vs. Bryan McDowell
BKFC ‘KnuckleMania 5’ YouTube Prelims Card (8 p.m. ET):
Joey Dawejko vs. Steven Banks
Card topic to alter.
