Conor McGregor beams next to Mike Tyson, Rio Ferdinand and UFC legends before the duel between Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou
CONOR McGREGOR was one of several big names who attended Tyson Fury’s heavyweight bout against Francis Ngannou.
The Gypsy King was elevated via a controversial split decision despite being left behind in the third round by the former UFC champion.
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The crowd in Saudi Arabia was full of stars from all sports BoxingMixed martial arts, football or other.
One of them was McGregor, who was joined by a number of other big names on the night.
The Notorious posed for photos with boxing greats Ricky Hatton, Amir Khan and Mike Tyson, who trained Ngannou for the fight.
He also met up with several colleagues UFC Legends including Randy Coutoure and Chuck Liddell.
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However, while the Dubliner sat ringside, he was joined by Man Utd and England Soccer great Rio Ferdinand.
All of these big names came together for a big group photo on Saturday, with McGregor in the front row next to Mike Tyson.
However, this meant that he became uncomfortably close to Manny Pacquaio, who he was dating the Irishman has dealt with one before War of words.
The former UFC two-weight champion was linked to a boxing match against Pacquiao after dueling Floyd Mayweather six years ago until talks fell through.
PacMan was later sued by Paradigm Management – which represents McGregor – for breach of contract.
The eight-division defending champion was hit with an $8 million (£6.6 million) bill that McGregor boldly claimed he owed personally.
But in a voice note later deleted, McGregor said: “Where’s my $8 million of that?” Court Case, Manny Pacquiao?
“You owe me $8 million, Manny… Are you stupid, Manny?”
“I’ll kick you in the head, your neck, your inner leg, pull you up and drag you across the stage by your ankle.”
“Fight back,” Pacquiao said MMA Junkie: “Oh, he’s not active anymore.”