As was expected, thousands of Irish fight fans traveled to Las Vegas, NV to watch Dublin’s Conor McGregor compete on October 6th. And while the stands were still filled with raucous supporters when Khabib Nurmagomedov flew into the crowd after defeating McGregor, not everyone looking to support the Irishman was able to make the trip successfully.
Independent.ie has reported that several dozen McGregor fans were prevented from attending the event, most of whom were not even allowed to board flights for the US out of Dublin. Independent stated that 53 people, all of whom had paid for flights from Dublin to Las Vegas, were either stopped at a US pre-clearance facility at Dublin Airport’s Terminal 2 or arrested shortly after arriving in the US and sent on flights back to Ireland.