The sports world turned its collective eye to the Conor McGregor-Floyd Mayweather fight on Saturday night (and into Sunday morning), and NASCAR Nation was no different.
Current and future Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Kyle Busch and Erik Jones attended the bout in Las Vegas, and Jeff Gordon was shown on the red carpet during pre-fight coverage.
McGregor, a Mixed Martial Arts star from Ireland, and Mayweather, who entered Saturday’s fight with a 49-0 record, had drummed up incredible interest for the one-of-a-kind event.
Mayweather won the fight in the 10th round by TKO.
Here’s a social media glance at NASCAR’s reaction:
Who does everybody have?!
Ireland here people! Let’s go! pic.twitter.com/oPz6XTNNUW
— Kyle Busch (@KyleBusch) August 27, 2017
I’d say pretty damn good seats for the fight pic.twitter.com/bKFdx3HRrH
— Erik Jones (@erik_jones) August 27, 2017
Cool… let’s get back to UFC. That’s way more entertaining.
— Kyle Larson (@KyleLarsonRacin) August 27, 2017
That was cool to see! Impressive for CM to come out swingin! Awesome to see the respect after the fight between the 2!
— Darrell Wallace Jr (@BubbaWallace) August 27, 2017
Proud of the @TheNotoriousMMA he put on a good show and def showed he could box
— Austin Dillon (@austindillon3) August 27, 2017
I thought that was a hell of a fight to watch!
— Ty Dillon (@tydillon) August 27, 2017
Damn. Good fight tho. Proud of both fighters. When the loser says he wanted to get knocked down… mad respect ✊
— Kyle Busch (@KyleBusch) August 27, 2017
