Conor McGregor likes to make an entrance.
The previous two-division UFC champion not solely stopped by President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, however only a few days later he made a fashionably late entrance to the BKFC KnuckleMania 5 press convention in Philadelphia. McGregor, who turned an element proprietor within the bare-knuckle promotion in 2024, was marketed as showing on the occasion however the press convention began and went on for almost an hour with out “The Infamous.”
That modified simply earlier than the fighters confronted off with McGregor storming out on stage as solely he might and he almost apologized for his tardiness.
“Sorry I’m late. I don’t give a f*ck,” McGregor shouted to a raucous crowd in Philadelphia. “I’m the massive boss round right here. Philadelphia, what’s up? I’m right here to summon the Gods of preventing to motion. Might they flip our combatants’ knuckles to knives.
“On Saturday evening, could all of us bleed within the honor of Philadelphia’s wealthy preventing historical past. Might we as Naked Knuckle Preventing Championships group, the alien of fight sports activities, rise above the evening sky and rain down blows viciously and show our price in opposition to any deniers.”
Conor McGregor declares “I don’t give a f*ck” after displaying up late to the BKFC KnuckleMania V press convention
“I am the massive boss round right here.” pic.twitter.com/y7DCasaokF
— MMA Preventing (@MMAFighting) January 23, 2025
It was a surreal scene as McGregor promoted the primary occasion between Eddie Alvarez and Jeremy Stephens, having a shared historical past with each fighters whereas competing within the UFC.
McGregor turned the first-ever simultaneous two-division champion when he completed Alvarez again in 2016 on the UFC’s debut occasion in Madison Sq. Backyard in New York. Simply 48 hours earlier than that battle, McGregor additionally obtained into an notorious trade with Jeremy Stephens at a press convention the place he uttered what has now grow to be considered one of his most iconic catchphrases.
“Who the f*ck is that man?” McGregor shouted at Stephens on stage.
Now, McGregor is true in the midst of the fray as Alvarez and Stephens put together to conflict in a five-round principal occasion at Wells Fargo Heart in Philadelphia on Saturday.
Earlier than McGregor made his look on the press convention, BKFC founder and CEO David Feldman introduced that the KnuckleMania 5 card on Saturday is anticipated to interrupt the all-time attendance report for a fight sports activities occasion held in Philadelphia — a report beforehand held by the UFC.
