CONOR MCGREGOR'S conditioning Coach has shared the story of Cristiano Ronaldo's invitation to Jennifer Lopez's Las Vegas birthday party.
McGregor, Dee Devlin his fiancee, and Jon Kavanagh, his trainer, UFC fighter Dillon Danis, and Colin Byrne, were all present at the Caesars Palace event in 2016. This was before Nate Diaz's rematch.
And Byrne now talks about how they got to the actor turned popstar's birthday bash.
ESPN reported that he said: "We're here in Vegas training for [Nate] Diaz's second fight in 2016. Conor receives a message from Cristiano Ronaldo, a soccer star, and Ronaldo goes to the gym.
"Conor asked Ronaldo, "What are you doing in Las Vegas?" Ronaldo replied, "I'm going tonight to Jennifer Lopez's birthday celebration."
"Then Conor jokes and says, Can we go?' Ronaldo replies, 'Sure. No problem.' He then bounced and sent Conor an SMS to find out where it was.
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Byrne said, "We get to Caesars Palace, and within it there's another hotel. It's where she has the suite."
"We went to the concierge but he wouldn't let us in. The lift suddenly opens and the man in a suit comes out.
"He's like, 'Hey, Conor! "He's like, "Hey, Conor!"
"We get into the elevator and it opens the doors. We go out and find it to be her apartment. It has a mural with flowers that reads 'J.Lo.' It's quiet. Six of us are in her home. We are like, "What do we do now?" We began walking.
"There were eight people sitting on an L-shaped couch, one of which was Jennifer Lopez. There is no sign of Ronaldo, and we were not invited.
"Conor is going to, What do you think?' We were like, ‘You better go up, and say hello.’ Conor was like, ‘I don’t know if her knows me.
"He waves and she's like Conor!" She leaps up and grabs him by his hand, then runs with him towards the patio.
"On the patio there's a whole dancing thing. A deejay is there. Fat Joe is out there. Ronaldo is there.
It was absolutely amazing. It was a joy to be with her. Conor took a selfie with her. I didn't.
"We were going to leave at the end of the night. Conor wanted to train. It was the only time I felt like, "Can we stay a bit longer?"
"Usually, I'm like him: 'Let’s go, let’s get out of here. We gotta train in morning.
"J.Lo was like: "Hey Conor! Just hang on. My band will play some songs.
"They had her band with a piano in the sitting room. We stayed for only two songs. I could have stayed the whole night. It was one of my best experiences.
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McGregor will make his return to Octagon in 2023 after he has recovered from the horrific injury to his leg sustained against Dustin Poirier.
He has been expected to take on Michael Chandler.
