“Shades of Chuck Liddell” – Conor McGregor’s Peculiar Live Reaction to Eddie Alvarez & Chad Mendes War Has UFC World in Hysterics

Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, or BKFC for short, has been gaining immense popularity lately. The sport was introduced just a few years ago, but it is already gaining mainstream attention from the media and combat sports fans. The recent BKFC 41 event was a highly anticipated PPV. It had some of the most popular ex-UFC names, like Eddie Alvarez, Chad Mendes, Luke Rockhold, and Mike Perry.

However, BKFC 41 had some big names outside the ring, too. None other than the Notorious Conor McGregor attended the event. McGregor‘s appearance at the event caused a stir among fans and media alike, further highlighting the growing attention and interest in the sport.

Fans react to Conor McGregor enjoying Eddie Alvarez vs Chad Mendes

The viewers could see that McGregor was enjoying seeing his former opponents, Alvarez and Mendes fight a bare-knuckle battle of 5 rounds. McGregor was enthusiastic throughout the fight, giving his pieces of advice and cheering the fighters up from the audience section. He was even seen shadow-boxing out of excitement.

Fans had some wild reactions seeing this. Here are some of the reactions –

One compared McGregor’s actions to a UFC legend

Some were confused about who was McGregor cheering for.

Others pointed out the Irishman having beaten both fighters earlier in his career.

Many others had similar things to say.

Fans could not stop talking about it.

Some even shed light on the possibility of the former double champ fighting them again.

While others had some good things to say about the Notorious.

Some were even excited to see the Irishman back in the octagon soon.

McGregor faced Chad Mendes at UFC 189 and defeated him by TKO in the second round, in 2015.

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After this, McGregor went on to win the featherweight title and then entered the lightweight division in 2016. There, he faced Alvarez and won the fight to become UFC’s fight double champ. Nevertheless, McGregor’s involvement didn’t just end as a part of the audience as he stepped into the ring for a brief moment.

McGregor faces off with Mike Perry

The night did not end there for McGregor, as he even an in-ring appearance after the main event.The main event of BKFC 41 was Mike Perry vs Luke Rockhold. Both fighters did well in the fight, but Rockhold opted to not continue the fight after a brutal tooth injury. Then led to Perry winning the fight.

After the bout, Conor McGregor, who was watching from ringside, was challenged to a duel by Perry. Once inside the ring, “Notorious” engaged Perry in a good stare down. They got along well and exchanged some respectful words. McGregor even made it clear he would never stop competing in combat sports. What do you make of the Irishman’s antics? Let us know in the comments section below.

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