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Published 09:54 12 Jul 2015 BST
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'What's awesome is this Irish guys; you guys are crazy. I absolutely love it. I wish we had so much support like this with everyone here [in the USA]. It's unbelievable to see you guys and how much support you have for your athletes.'
In the post-event press conference, UFC president Dana White took up the pro-Ireland theme and ran with it.
He proclaimed, 'If you were ever to the [last UFC] fight in Ireland, there was only 9,000 of them. It sounds like 90,000.'
White added, 'There's nothing louder than the Irish. It's crazy. When we were coming in here, I was telling all the metro police officers "You boys are in for a long night tonight, let me tell ya!"'Former UFC fighter shot dead while out for evening walk
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