He did it
It looked in doubt at times as Chad Mendes got the upper hand but Conor McGregor showed that he has far more than flair and arrogance as he dug in and then produced the killer blows to win the UFC featherweight interim world title.
Despite the small hours that the fight took place back in Ireland Twitter was alive and buzzing after an imcredible fights.
Here are a selection of the best tweets
https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/620089437184065536
https://twitter.com/MikeTyson/status/620089348701028352
https://twitter.com/kenearlys/status/620089209022328832
https://twitter.com/fergmcfadden/status/620159965584588800
https://twitter.com/KatieTaylor/status/620147133145063424
https://twitter.com/BillSimmons/status/620089684891275264
https://twitter.com/Ciaran_O/status/620089836871942144
https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/620091187613995009
https://twitter.com/MicilGlennon/status/620091375162408960
https://twitter.com/No1shaygiven/status/620091285014097920
https://twitter.com/Desbishop/status/620089317528989698
https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/620090902661365760
https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/620091042344218626
https://twitter.com/EireannDolan/status/620089861551226881
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