Twitter reacts to the first press conference

Waiting for this press conference to start !!

– Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) September 20, 2018

Conor McGregor is in the building! Press starting soon!

– Marissa Rives (@TheMarissaRives) September 20, 2018

Khabib Nurmagomedov just grabbed his UFC championship belt and left the stage.

– Greg Rosenstein (@grosenstein) September 20, 2018

The belts are in this press conference. What else did you expect?

– Ben Fowlkes (@benfowlkesMMA) September 20, 2018

McGregor: "I came back for the love of war and I really, really love to put a bad shot on this little glass rat." # UFC229

– Brian Campbell (@BCampbellCBS) September 20, 2018

Conor calls Khabib a "fan boy". "His own people want him to go and I will do it in the name of the Russian people.

– Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) September 20, 2018

Damn. Conor is tearing up this press conference. If the fans were there, they would have brought home. # UFC229

– Beautiful George (@MMAjunkieGeorge) September 20, 2018

"Here's my location, you idiot, right in front of you!" Really cracked

– caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) September 20, 2018

Here is my place where you are crazy ???? ??

– Molly McCann (@MeatballMolly) September 20, 2018

Khabib has said maybe 13 words up to now.

– RJ Clifford (@RJcliffordMMA) September 20, 2018

Conor McGregor to Khabib Nurmagomedov:

"You hold your legs for dear life – that's how you fight" # UFC229

– Damon Martin (@DamonMartin) September 20, 2018

Conor cries out to Khabib: "If you get out of it like you, my god has pity on his soul." # UFC229

– José Youngs (@JoseYoungs) September 20, 2018

Dana looked down, thinking back to when he was directing the UFC.

– Ryan Loco (@ RyanLoco) September 20, 2018

Conor in Khabib: "You will fight with my orbital bone" # UFC229

– Damon Martin (@DamonMartin) September 20, 2018

I must confess that I did not expect Russian politics to be so widely included in this press conference.

– Ben Fowlkes (@benfowlkesMMA) September 20, 2018

Khabib: "This guy thinks Whiskey is going to help him?"

– The story of MMA today (@MMAHistoryToday) September 20, 2018

Conor talks about Kadyrov "The Chechen dictator" and Khabib's father having "a false respect for fear" for Kadyrov. # UFC229

– Iain Kidd (@iainkidd) September 20, 2018

Conor McGregor does his due diligence more than any fighter.

– Luke Thomas (@lthomasnews) September 20, 2018

Dana White confirms Conor McGregor's whiskey, Proper 12 is an official sponsor of UFC 229.

– Chamatkar Sandhu (@ SandhuMMA) September 20, 2018

Kadyrov's line shook Khabib. He chose his words very carefully after that. Madness. # UFC229

– Andy Cowan (@AndyCowanIRL) September 20, 2018

Dana White kicks Nurmagomedov director at a press conference # UFC229

– Trent Reinsmith (@TrentReinsmith) September 20, 2018

I would like to be a fly on the wall to hear what's happening right now behind the scenes.

– Michael Chiesa (@ MikeMav22) September 20, 2018

I could not watch more than 3 min of that. Did Conor take any serious medication? He seemed crazy … and not in a kind of crazy

– Sarah Kaufman (@mmasarah) September 20, 2018