In case you hadn’t heard, Conor McGregor knocked out José Aldo at UFC 194 to be crowned the undisputed featherweight champion of the world. And he did it in 13 seconds.
Twitter predictably blew up and “Conor McGregor” is now trending worldwide on Twitter.
Tributes poured in from Irish sports stars including Katie Taylor, who tweeted: "Wow. 13 seconds!! Congrats champ @TheNotoriousMMA. The best."
Wow. 13 seconds!! Congrats champ @TheNotoriousMMA. The best ????
— Katie Taylor (@KatieTaylor) December 13, 2015To be fair @TheNotoriousMMA mental strength must not be overlooked. It was almost like he visualised that punch. Was like slow motion
— Niall Breslin (@nbrez) December 13, 2015Well done to both @TheNotoriousMMA & @ballyhea14 #Ballyhea250 #BallyheaSaysNo for believing. "Not here to take part here to takeover"
— Luke 'Ming' Flanagan (@lukeming) December 13, 2015He turned a skeptic into a believer last night... @TheNotoriousMMA is the real deal. Talk is cheap but that left hand will make him ????????????
— Rory Mcilroy (@McIlroyRory) December 13, 2015They just can't take that left hand. He warned them, they wouldn't listen @TheNotoriousMMA #UFC194 ?????????? pic.twitter.com/BVpoB0BiAb
— Laurence Kinlan (@laurencekinlan) December 13, 2015U like Daags?! That was crazy! Congrats to @thenotoriousmma can't disagree with that. What an… https://t.co/3MbRDoRAjO
— Urijah Faber (@UrijahFaber) December 13, 2015Congrats to @TheNotoriousMMA what a man 13 secs and KO???? he can talk the talk but he most definitely can walk the walk #ALDOvMcGREGOR ????????????
— Shay Given (@No1shaygiven) December 13, 2015It literally took me longer to comprehend what had happened than the entire fight
#ConorMcGregor #UFC194
— Ryan Cullen (@RyanCullen90) December 13, 2015The official #UFC194 scorecard for @TheNotoriousMMA v Aldo. Judges never got to write any scores down! @RTEsport pic.twitter.com/j8g0Jg4J8b
— Caitriona Perry (@CaitrionaPerry) December 13, 2015Shay Given also congratulated the Dubliner, saying: “Congrats to @TheNotoriousMMA what a man 13 secs and KO???? He can talk the talk but he most definitely can walk the walk.”
Rory McIlroy reacted to the fight, tweeting that McGregor had “turned a skeptic into a believer last night”.
As Ken Early points out in his report, there were 14 months of build-up for Saturday night's event, all for a 13 second fight.
Twitter took notice too and the hashtag #ThingsThatLastLongerThanAldo popped up.
A Capri-Sun, a phone on 1 per cent battery and actually typing out the words “things that last longer than Aldo” are among the things that users suggested last longer than José Aldo did in the octagon.
Do any more #ThingsThatLastLongerThanAldo come to mind? Let us know @IrishTimesSport
