Conor McGregor reacts to his long-time friend getting knocked out on KSI's latest Misfits Boxing card

01/09/2024 10:53

Conor McGregor was quick to give props to his friend and photographer after he got knocked out at Misfits Boxing 17.

Dave Fogarty has been following the UFC legend around the world and documenting his life in and outside the Octagon for a number of years.

On Saturday night, he swapped his camera for a pair of boxing gloves as he took on Misfits lightweight champion Deen The Great at the 3Arena in Dublin.

Fogarty was a 7-4 amateur MMA fighter before switching careers, but he was the underdog going into his boxing debut against the 5-0 Misfits star – real name Nurideen Shahid Shabazz.

McGregor's personal paparazzi started well and put lots of pressure on Deen The Great, but things fell apart at the start of the third frame.  

Fogarty got dropped by a right hand. The Irishman showed tons of heart to get up and seemingly recover before being floored again by a much bigger punch.

The referee waved things off before he had the chance to get up.

Deen The Great began doing McGregor's Billionaire Strut to celebrate moving to 6-0.

Soon after, 'Notorious' took on his Instagram story to react to the KO.

"Great knock," he wrote in English alongside a picture of Fogarty in fight gear.

McGregor added a message in Irish that translates to: "Colour my friend, great!"

Fogarty was disappointed with the result during his post-fight interview.

“I’m gutted," he said.

"I came out here in front of the Irish crowd, I fed off them and thought I gave them a good show. He had me hurt but I felt it was an early stoppage.

"There were only a few seconds left of the round and if I had made it to the end of the round I would have been fine.

“I thought I was winning the fight, I thought I had won every round up till then but that’s boxing. He’s a good champion, he hits hard but it’s my first boxing fight and it’s only up from here.

"I think I can definitely take the belt in the rematch. He’s a great champion, we had a little bit of back and forth in the build-up but it’s all business.”

Deen The Great got carried away during his time on the mic.

The American called out Ryan Garcia and Shakur Stevenson, who have been boxing at the elite level for years and wouldn't dream of facing someone coming off a win over McGregor's photographer.

He said: "I told you what I was going to do, everything I said I was going to do, I did do.

“This is one of the best countries but it’s going to have to be changed to Deenland.

"I’ve been whooping up on all the influencers so get me Shakur Stevenson. Come and get yourself a real belt. Shakur, Ryan Garcia, I know he’s suspended, so let’s run it on Misfits.

"All those pros were ducking so I respect the hell out of Dave.”