Aussie boxer Ebanie Bridges has stolen the highlight away from a blockbuster boxing showdown after setting tongues wagging by posing alongside former UFC fighter Conor McGregor.
The world champion Aussie boxer baited followers with cheeky captions as she shared photographs of the pair standing collectively ringside on the Katie Taylor-Chantelle Cameron title struggle in Dublin on Sunday morning.
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Bridges has develop into a genuinely excessive profile determine within the UK after her bantamweight world title fights — matched by her famously ocker social media profile and her non-public life as an grownup entertainer on an X-rated subscription service.
The primary photographs of the pair shared by the previous western Sydney highschool trainer on Sunday morning have been seen by greater than 750,000 Twitter customers.
The publish confirmed the pair with their arms round one another whereas holding a conventional boxer’s guard salute. Bridges left followers with their eyebrows raised whereas she sported a revealing, glowing white gown.
Many followers have been left making the identical joke in regards to the placement of McGregor’s fingers — or his desperation for publicity as his profession continues to fizzle out.
Bridges shared a second shot with of the pair hugging and captioned the picture on Twitter by writing, “Caption this”.
The publish additionally had greater than 500,000 views.
The pair had one of the best seats in the home as Cameron defended her undisputed world super-lightweight titles, handing Taylor her first defeat, in entrance of greater than 10,000 followers on the 3 Arerna in Dublin.
McGregor was utilizing the occasion to advertise his Correct Twelve Whisky label.
Bridges has additionally put her identify again in headlines as she continues to search for her subsequent high-profile struggle.
Bridges, the world bantamweight champion, final fought in December final yr when she obliterated Shannon O’Connell in eight rounds.
The struggle was billed as the most important girls’s struggle in Australian boxing historical past, however it’s a struggle in opposition to one other fellow Aussie which Bridges believes would “break the web”.
The 36-year-old referred to as the “Blonde Bomber” has frequently made waves world wide because of her barely there outfits she dons throughout weigh-ins.
Fellow Aussie Avril Mathie has adopted in Bridges’ footsteps by sporting next-to-nothing to weigh in forward of fights and it’s on the scales the place the web would go into meltdown in line with the world champ.
“I really like Avril, I feel she’s nice, actually,” she informed talkSPORT.
“She works actually arduous and I respect her for what she does, her hustle, her way of life and what she’s accomplished.
“I feel it is going to be an excellent struggle and it’ll positively be attention-grabbing. I feel our weigh-ins will break the web.”
Bridges holds a 9-1 skilled report with 4 knockout victories, whereas Mathie boasts an 8-1-1 report with three wins coming by way of KO.
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