The UFC 285 was special in a lot of ways. Firstly, it featured one of the most dominant returns from any fighter in the history of the UFC. Also, the event gave the UFC fans two new champions, which is an amazing fact itself. Lastly, it became the first-ever UFC event to host a film shoot. The noted UFC icon Conor McGregor had already publicized the news that he would be appearing in the movie ‘The Road House’ alongside the famed Hollywood star, Jake Gyllenhaal. The T-Mobile Arena hosting the UFC 285 became the location for the shooting of a few scenes of the movie featuring the Irishman.
The preliminary card of the UFC 285 was given about a 30-minute halt to complete the shoot for ‘The Road House’. It also involved Gyllenhaal shooting an entire fight scene right from his walkout to the end of his staged bout. Following the completion of his shoot, the Hollywood star was spotted alongside McGregor enjoying the main card of UFC 285. ‘The Notorious’ also put out one such video in his Instagram posts, which garnered a lot of reactions and comments from the fans.
Fans lauded Conor McGregor’s return to the UFC
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It was quite apparent from the pre-bout weigh-ins only that the UFC world was thrilled to have Conor McGregor back to UFC events. McGregor‘s entry on the stage sent the crowd nuts turning the weigh-in arena into a roaring fest.
Hence, the massive number of reactions to McGregor‘s Instagram update was quite expected. The Irishman captioned his post, “@ufc @roadhousemovie”
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A lot of fans expressed their volley of opinions about McGregor‘s post. Most of them were pleased to see the former double-division champ back. However, there were a few poking comments as well.
A few comments read:
- Did ya see Nate??
- The king is back
- Conor looks like the actor, Joaquim de Almeida
- Don’t shave your Beard never Again
Some fans pointed out at a weird thing happening in the Instagram post by Conor McGregor
There were a lot of thoughts related to this post which were described by the users in the comments section. While a lot of users congratulated and lauded McGregor on his return to the octagon, there were some others as well who had different opinions.
Some fans pointed out McGregor‘s fiance, Dee Devlin, who was sitting beside him. But Devlin put her hand inside McGregor‘s shirt and massaged his chest. A lot of fans pointed out this rather strange action from Devlin. While some other fans put out a few hilarious comments as well.
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A few such comments read:
- Why’s his wife massaging him?
- Why is she just randomly rubbing his chest though
- Why is your wife petting you
- Why is she rubbing him like that
- I’d like to take this chance to apologize…(McGregor’s words after becoming double champ)
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It was definitely enchanting for the UFC fans to witness McGregor along with Gyllenhaal at the octagon side. But a lot of others will also be awaiting his actual return inside the cage.