Surprise, surprise, the King (of New York) is back.
The UFC’s historic New York city debut with history being made as Conor McGregor became the first fighter to hold two belts in separate divisions simultaneously.
The featherweight champion took on veteran brawler Eddie Alvarez, a fighter who’s durability has been regarded as one of the strongest weapons in all of MMA for years and McGregor dropped him three times in the opening round, before knocking him out in the second.
After securing the victory, McGregor grabbed the mic off Joe Rogan and proceeded to give a fitting Octagon interview to cap off the superb performance. However, there was on slight problem with the live broadcast of the interview as the audio kept cutting off when BT Sport censored some of the swearing while McGregor was rattling off memorable quotes and snappy zingers.
You can see an un-bleeped version here, including his amazing line “I want to take the time to apologise… to absolutely nobody!”
.@TheNotoriousMMA finished off #UFC205 in typical McGregor fashion with his post-fight speech at MSG… #UFCNYC https://t.co/JY79qaFpTX
— UFC on TNT Sports (@ufcontnt) November 13, 2016
But a lot of fans weren’t too enthralled about missing out on the other gems that didn’t go out live.
https://twitter.com/Guilfoyle1301/status/797700735274274816
Thanks for bleeping out the whole fucking interview. So is this live or??? #ufc205 #andnew
— Jack (@Jackariahtjr) November 13, 2016
BT Sport censoring Conor McGregor's victory interview is a joke.
— wearethenorthbank (@northbanklower) November 13, 2016
Thanks for ruining the McGregor interview @btsportufc @ufc you absolute tools #UFC205 #McGregor #McGregorAlvarez #ufc
— Lee McGreevy (@Greeva1983) November 13, 2016
Muting Conor Mcgregor's interview after fight was horrific btw! @btsportufc 👎👎👎
— RT (@Rt_415) November 13, 2016
https://twitter.com/RHatimy/status/797695179528531968
https://twitter.com/goonercb11/status/797693948005384192
McGregor's interview was censored on British broadcast. Bullshit! #UFCNYC #ufc205
— London TeamTatertots (@MieshaTatertots) November 13, 2016
BT Sport censoring Conor McGregor's victory interview is a joke.
— Rhys_92 (@RhysCollyer) November 13, 2016
😂 BT Sport muting out most of McGregor speech like people who sat through 4 hours of violence can't handle f words #btsport #UFCNYC
— Arminder Sidhu (@Amo_22As) November 13, 2016
BT Sport were a joke for the interview silencing mcgregor hes just won what more do you expect from him the fans want to hear what he says
— Reece Reynolds.. (@Reece_Rio) November 13, 2016
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