Conor McGregor It broke into Marbella like a hurricane. ‘The Notorious’, without a doubt the most media figure in the history of mixed martial arts, presented in the Andalusian city the evening on October 12 that will pit Franco Tenaglia (from Climent Club) against Tony ‘Loco’ Soto. All for the lightweight world belt at Bare Knuckle, the bare-knuckle boxing company he runs with his partner David Feeldman.
The Irishman, who attended MARCA along with other media after the press conference, he remembered the victory of the Spanish team (which came on his 36th birthday) and the economic benefit it brought him. He had bet that ‘La Roja’ would be the winner before the tournament started, and he was right. “The young boy, the 16-year-old (Lamine Yamal, ed.), I think is in the hands of God and he broke in.”
Irati Prat (MARCA), with Conor McGregor.
McGregor also had words for Topuria… and gestures. “Slap, slap,” he said while simulating how he could finish off the Hispanic-Georgian, UFC featherweight champion. “I will hit him and send him to Georgia,” he added. Hours before, at the press conference, ‘The Notorious’ declared that the ‘Matador’ seems like a good boxer and ‘opened’ the doors of ‘his’ Bare Knuckle.
Conor has two fights left on his UFC contract, and he is determined to fulfill them: “I’m in the UFC, for sure. I had my fight and we had to postpone it but I think it will happen at the end of the year, I want to end the year with that. We’ll see what happens”.
It is compared to the Ibai Evening
McGregor loves Spain. Its coasts are a regular destination for your different vacation getaways. Ibiza, Marbella… and now, Bare Knuckle will arrive at the Marbella Arena on October 12. “I’ll be there,” he advances when talking about the night of the evening.
Precisely, He mentioned La Velada IV by Ibai Llanos as a point of reference to confirm that the choice of Spain as the country to host Bare Knuckle was correct: “One factor that played a role was, for sure, seeing the recent success where a stadium filled 80,000 spectators. A mega event, in an open-air arena, with excited fans.”
In fact, When asked about the Santiago Bernabéu, he answered that “we are here to do big things.” Hours before, his partner David Feeldman had indicated that they will go to Madrid in the not too distant future.
Ilia Topuria does not remain silent
The featherweight champion was quick to respond to ‘The Notorious’ after his statements at the press conference. Minutes later, The Hispanic-Georgian has responded to the Irishman on his X account (Twitter): “Dedito! Welcome to my house. It’s great to see you working for us! Come to Madrid and we’ll see who hits who. Topuria Knuckles for dinner!!!”
A walk that is already historic
But Conor in Marbella was absolutely crazy. An improvisation taken to the extreme and that always had him as the epicenter. He caused a sensation with his kilometer-long walk from the Hard Rock Hotel to the Marbella Club. He didn’t want to go by car. He jumped onto the street after the press conference, began to walk surrounded by members of his personal security and answered questions of all kinds during the time the journey lasted. to the place where he would attend the press again.
McGregor bypassed the sidewalks and stopped traffic. He turned upside down a Marbella that welcomes him with open arms. To him… and to ‘his’ Bare Knuckle.
