UFC star Conor McGregor and global soccer icon Cristiano Ronaldo recently went viral on social media platforms due to an interaction between them. In the clip, McGregor is seen loudly expressing himself to Turki Alalshikh while sitting next to Ronaldo. Undeterred, he continues to talk across Ronaldo, much to the amusement of the Al-Nassr man.
UFC welterweight veteran Matt Brown, commenting on the engagement between the two athletes, said many people could relate to it. He suggested that Ronaldo would have preferred ‘The Notorious’ to be quiet but did not ask him to keep quiet fearing a slap. Brown shared his thoughts on X (formerly known as Twitter): “We’ve all been there (in both shoes) lol. The soccer player wants to tell him to shut up but knows better cause Conor would slap him.”
Both Cristiano Ronaldo and Conor McGregor were seated in the front row of the eight-fight card billed as ‘Day of Reckoning’. The event featured Anthony Joshua in the main event against Otto Wallin and former heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder versus Joseph Parker. The two sporting legends were present at the pay-per-view event on the invitation of Turki Alalshikh, a Royal Court adviser and the Chairman of the General Authority for Entertainment.
Alalshikh has been organizing high-profile fights in Saudi Arabia in an attempt to promote tourism and enhance the country’s image. While at the Day of Reckoning event, Conor McGregor pitched an idea to the Saudi Arabian minister of entertainment, Turki Alalshikh, involving a potential fight against one of the most accomplished boxers, Manny Pacquiao, a former rival of Floyd Mayweather. McGregor has previously taken on Mayweather in his prime in 2017.
In a message to Alalshikh, McGregor said about Pacquiao, “Tell Manny to grow a set of balls and fight me at a higher weight class. Why not? It’s his sport. If he wants me to come down to a smaller weight, I should be able to use more of my weapons. I should be able to kick. I should be able to grapple. Shouldn’t that be fair? Wouldn’t you say? Say it to him. Is he a man or a mouse? Is Manny a man or a mouse?”
