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‘Let’s go Russia!’ Conor McGregor grapples with native language as he launches whiskey in Khabib’s homeland (VIDEO)
UFC megastar-turned-whiskey entrepreneur Conor McGregor has introduced the arrival of his ‘Correct No. Twelve’ tipple on Russian soil, even making a mangled try on the native lingo to herald the product’s launch.
McGregor’s whiskey empire has gone from energy to energy since he launched the model following his defeat to Floyd Mayweather Jr of their blockbuster boxing bout in 2017.
The whiskey – named after the suburb of Crumlin, postcode Dublin 12, from which McGregor hails – is offered world wide and has helped the previous two-weight UFC world champion add to the riches he has amassed from his preventing profession.
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And whereas Russia could also be a land extra generally related to vodka, that has not deterred McGregor from his pursuit of extending his whiskey dominance there.
“Na zdorovye Rossiya (To your well being, Russia!),” shouts a suited McGregor at first of a clip posted to his Twitter account, as he makes a considerably toe-curling try at Russian.
Russia ?? @ProperWhiskey has landed!!! See you guys in Moscow! pic.twitter.com/DWT8xXPizv
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) October 10, 2019
“The correct Irishman has landed,” the 31-year-old continues.
“Russia, you guys requested for it and the founder and chairman of Correct No. Twelve, the ‘Infamous’ Conor McGregor, has delivered,” McGregor then booms, beating his chest.
“Correct No. Twelve on Russian soil, let’s go Russia.”
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Whereas McGregor’s enterprise pursuits seem wholesome since he launched his whiskey greater than two years in the past, his preventing fortunes have declined within the ensuing interval.
McGregor was defeated by Russian UFC light-weight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov in his final octagon outing in Las Vegas 12 months in the past.
The brash Irishman has been angling for a return bout with the unbeaten Dagestani fighter in current weeks, tweeting “guide my rematch for Moscow” following Nurmagomedov’s victory over Dustin Poirier at UFC 242 in Abu Dhabi in September.
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Nevertheless, this week Nurmagomedov shut down any probability of that occuring within the fast future, saying over the weekend that McGregor must “cease hitting previous males and get in line” – referring to an incident through which the Irishman allegedly hit a person in a Dublin pub earlier this 12 months.
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As an alternative, Nurmagomedov touted Tony Ferguson as his subsequent opponent, probably in March or April of subsequent 12 months in entrance of 70,000 followers at Gazprom Area.
For now, a minimum of, evidently McGregor’s whiskey gross sales usually tend to carry him to Russia, moderately than any probability of going through his Dagestani nemesis Nurmagomedov.
