The Notorious heads to The Kingdom 🇸🇦👑
#furyngannou pic.twitter.com/dZOCQMXvkI— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA)
October 26, 2023
Mixed martial arts star Conor
McGregor will be making an appearance at the Tyson Fury
vs. Francis
Ngannou boxing match on Saturday.
The Irishman will join several renowned athletes and celebrities,
including a swath of former boxing and MMA champions, as well as
soccer great Cristiano Ronaldo. McGregor claimed he received a
formal invitation from the House of Saud, the royal ruling family
of Saudi Arabia. McGregor posted on
social media on Thursday night to confirm he would be in
attendance in Riyadh on Saturday, while also weighing in on the
matchup itself.
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“What’s up guys, the notorious Conor
McGregor here,” the Irishman declared. “Just getting on to
happily announce I will be heading to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
early AM tomorrow for the big blockbuster fight between boxer
Tyson
Fury and mixed martial artist Francis
Ngannou.”
McGregor went on to give his take on the highly anticipated pairing
between decorated heavyweights from two different combat
sports.
“Francis
Ngannou for me is more of a kickboxer-slash-boxer than he is a
mixed martial artist in my opinion…he’s more of a standup fighter
than he is a mixed martial artist,” the former champion noted. “You
start throwing in grappling with Francis, you know, it’s never good
for him. He has a striker’s mentality. This will stand to him in
this bout. He has a tall ask with Tyson Fury,
but any man can land a shot. Tyson looks great in the buildup. Is
fast, light, elusive. Could be a seriously stellar performance from
Tyson
Fury here.”
McGregor couldn’t help but note the presence of one of Ngannou’s
cornermen: heavyweight boxing legend Mike Tyson.
“The Mike Tyson influx into this, in Francis
Ngannou‘s corner, is very interesting. Francis has power,
Francis has big power, with a striker’s mentality if it gets a bit
tougher for him in the later rounds. That will stand to him. So,
with power, with that, anything can happen. Mike Tyson in the
corner, that type of style could be a kryptonite of a long rangy
distance type of fighter in Tyson Fury.
Has Mike Tyson given some tips to get inside to change an angle to
bang a shot that clips the top of the temple to make it into an
interesting bout, you wouldn’t know,” McGregor concluded.
Fury and Ngannou will collide in a 10-round non-title exhibition
match in the main event of Top
Rank: Fury vs. Ngannou. The two will battle it out in Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia, on Saturday, on a lineup with an entire main card
slate of heavyweights.