Yesterday started the festivities of perhaps the biggest event in the history of professional fighting: Conor McGregor v Floyd Mayweather. Everyone knew that shots would be fired during the opening press conference held yesterday, and boy were there:

Seriously this back and forth between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor from the end of the LA presser is money. https://t.co/46TNLIphlF pic.twitter.com/k6T53amvf9 — Chamatkar Sandhu (@SandhuMMA) July 12, 2017

Floyd Mayweather to Conor McGregor: "Sit quiet, you little b*tch!" ? #MayMac pic.twitter.com/hJaLgDT5kO — Strictly Boxing Fans (@BoxingBritain1) July 11, 2017

THE FIRST THING CONOR MCGREGOR DID ON THE MIC WAS ROAST FLOYD MAYWEATHER!!! ? #MayMac pic.twitter.com/LS3O9Xg63y — Strictly Boxing Fans (@BoxingBritain1) July 11, 2017

Just looking at the two objectively, theres hardly anyone who would rather be a fan of Mayweather than McGregor. If you think Conor is an asshole and that he talks too much you may just be on Floyd’s side, but McGregor is just such a more polarizing figure. With that being said, an important question has come up in the minds of us here at LMBF: is it un-american to root for McGregor instead of Mayweather? Rocky v Ivan Drago is the epitome of American patriotism, so I almost feel that I would be betraying my country rooting for “The Notorious One”. However, the key word here is “almost.” The fight is not marketed at all in the realm of nationalism or country versus country (except for Floyd’s tracksuit that he got BODIED for). Also, Conor has not killed Floyd’s best friend to my knowledge (BIG factor). Lastly, McGregor is almost the polar opposite of Drago in that he isn’t a zombie on steroids. We have been rooting for McGregor all the way up to this point, so it would be almost hypocritical to switch up now. While Floyd is almost undoubtedly going to win, if he shows up dressed as Uncle Sam he might be in for a surprise.