Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration brought together a bunch of strange bedfellows, none more odd than the pairing of Conor McGregor with Jake and Logan Paul.
Whoever was in charge of all the celebrity shuttling was lucky a brawl didn’t break out considering the things Jake has said about the mother of Conor’s children in the past. But things stayed relatively chill if a bit awkward when the Mac plonked himself down at the back of the bus next to Jake and Logan’s mom Pam. That’s according to Theo Von, who was also on the bus watching everything unfold.
Von told the tale like a true storyteller in his latest podcast episode.
“Right before we start to get into the bus, that’s when Conor McGregor rolls up,” Von recalled. “Conor McGregors, dude. This guy comes up and his suit, it was perfectly fitted, like the suit had just been f**king stitched right around him just a second before he walked into our view. He was fresh like he was just drinking Irish spring soap water. Like fresh out the tap! He was energetic, and he rolls right up, ‘How you going, lad. Class, lad. Great to meet you!’ Positive, it was just a lot of energy. Honestly, it was a lot of good energy he rolled up with.”
That’s an improvement over how some others have described McGregor’s vibes over the past couple of years. Ilia Topuria once said Conor had an aura from the depths of hell. And we think the Paul boys would have their own opinion on the vibe.
“[He went] right in there with the Paul boys,” Von continued. “And I guess he and the Pauls have had confliction online and I didn’t know that. You don’t see me in the gossip columns and all that, but they had confliction online, grown men arguing on the internet. He just comes in with his energy, he had his energy up like that [hands raised]. Like he’d just found all the pots of gold they’d ever hidden. And that’s how he rolled up.”
“It was almost like Notre Dame, like he were the guy on their little [football] helmet or hat. He was the Notre Dame guy, but he was twice as bad as that little mascot guy they had. Like he had a thousand Joe Joyces in each hand. He had legs strong as the Mohers … he had legs like the cliffs of Moher. And he rolled up, he had the energy, he was full of electricity. He had a voraciousness, and his aura was at about 6000, 7000, 8000. And I’m not even sure what the exchange rate of that is in British pounds, I think they use them there … Euros. He knew my name, said something nice, so I was like ‘Holy s**t, dude.’”
“It was Jake Paul, Logan Paul, behind them is Pam, Logan’s mom … and Conor McGregor,” Von said. “The f**king Karate Kid of Ireland. And it was awkward. You could see everybody’s face because there had been issues between the Pauls and the McGregors, they’d been having beef online, so it was just awkward. There was energy there.”
“But both sides said ‘Fair play’ to each other, and , ‘We’re gonna have a good day and we’re here for something bigger than us.’”
Conor McGregor continues to be everywhere these days but inside the UFC octagon. He followed up his presidential inauguration with a trip to Philadelphia where he shined up KnuckleMania 5 with his exuberant presence. If he was at 6000 during the inauguration, his power level was over 9000 at KnuckleMania. Is he about to go Super Saiyan if the UFC doesn’t sort him out a fight soon? It’s certainly possible based on the stuff he’s been saying lately.
