A Notorious night in Sin City for Conor McGregor

“Thanks be to God we’re staying ‘til Wednesday,” said one half of a young couple from Tyrone. “It’ll take a few days to get over it... even if it was only 13 seconds. Wild.”

All around the MGM Grand were equally euphoric but exhausted Irish fight fans in the early moments of yesterday in Las Vegas. Some were sitting; some were singing; many were swaying.

Thirteen barely believable seconds in which their idol and Ireland’s most electrifying sporting star, Conor McGregor, had claimed an undisputed Ultimate Fighting Championship world featherweight title, had left the invading Irish hordes stunned well into the small hours.