In order to show his appreciation to those who risk their lives every day, Irish MMA fighter Conor McGregor has surprised ten Boston firefighters with World Series Game 1 tickets, having delivered them in person to the Back Bay Fire Station.
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And that’s not all: McGregor, who arrived on the Irish whiskey scene last month, has also given the firefighters his own beverage called Proper No. Twelve.
Before the Notorious left the station, he opened a bottle of his whiskey and had a toast to the Boston Red Sox winning the World Series.
After being on the receiving end of a lot of criticism since his bout with undefeated UFC champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov, McGregor was largely praised on social media for the move, saying that he’s a “true gentleman outside of the octagon”:
Some noted that the MMA star knew how to attract more fans:
Two weeks ago the Irish athlete suffered a devastating defeat after a rear-naked choke hold by Nurmagomedov, which forced him to submit in the fourth round of the much-hyped UFC 229 bout in Las Vegas.