The day before Conor McGregor’s megafight against Floyd Mayweather last year, all the attention went from the Irishman’s fists to somewhere a little farther south.
The UFC star was seemingly so moved by the outpouring of affection from the horde of Irish fans who flocked inside the stadium to watch the fighters weigh in before their historic bout in Las Vegas that he had a rush of blood to somewhere very private.
He appeared to walk on stage with an erection, and any chance of it remaining the little Irish elephant’s trunk in the room disappeared when Mayweather spotted it — and began pointing at it and taunting.
McGregor was aware and tried to adjust his underpants when he stepped on the scale, but it was there for all to see.
On Thursday, McGregor uploaded a photo to Twitter of him at the weigh-in back in August and gave the strongest indication yet that everyone was right about what was going on underneath his Calvin Kleins.
For those not fluent in social mediaspeak, the eggplant emoji McGregor used commonly represents a male’s old fella.
Perhaps the 29-year-old was just keen to let his 6.82 million followers know everything’s back in working order after he was struck down by what he called the “Australian flu virus” recently.
The UFC star — who was forced to cancel a big New Year’s Eve party after contracting the illness — took to social media to share a snap of himself with his son, Conor Jr.
He told fans he’d been out of action for a couple of days and other family members had also picked up the flu.
“Well that was a wild New Year’s Eve,” he wrote on Instagram. “Half the family hit with the Australian flu virus and some even left in hospital with it. I’ve never even been to Australia wtf.
“One of the most intense few days I’ve gone through. Big New Year’s Eve party cancelled at the last minute and I am left shaking in bed the past two days.”
The fighting icon also wished fans a “Happy New Year” and said he’ll be ready for whatever happens in 2018.
“I’ll leave that with the rest of the bad behind me in 2017 and take with me the many great experiences I’ve had this year,” he captioned an image.
“Thank you all and Happy New Year to everyone! 2018 I may go back to the back pages instead of the front pages again. I will be ready for whatever comes. Be sharp and be fast this year because I am sharper and I am faster.”
With the Sun