With MMA fans starved of the usual circus surrounding a Conor McGregor fight, they are about to get their first fix of real hype with Conor and Khabib Nurmagomedov's first press conference in New York tomorrow.
The event which takes place in Radio City Music Hall will not be open to the public, which makes a change from usual UFC procedure, with the company usually allowing fans into the press conference in order to build an atmosphere.
McGregor has himself proclaimed on Twitter that the event will be open to regular punters, but it appears as this claim was simply a way of garnering some attention for his new whiskey brand 'Proper Whiskey':
The press conference will be open to the public.
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) September 18, 2018
The ticket for entry is a bottle of @ProperWhiskey.
2 bottles and you skip the Q to the top.
My soldiers will be outside making sure this rule is strictly adhered to.
Radio city Hall. UFC 229 Press conference.— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) September 19, 2018
Where To Watch Conor Vs Khabib Press Conference?
The press conference is available to watch for free in its entirety on BT Sports' Youtube page as well as the UFC's official Youtube channel from 10pm Irish time.
The presser is also being screened in Times Square on Broadway between 45th and 46th streets on Silvercast’s 330-foot Mega-Zilla, reportedly “the world’s largest TV screen.”
The fight itself is also creeping up on us, with McGregor and Nurmagomedov facing off in the octagon on October 6th in Las Vegas. The fight is the headline event of UFC 229, but the co-main event between lightweight fighters Tony Ferguson and Anthony Pettis also drawing the eye.
