CONOR MCGREGOR was one of several big names in attendance at UFC 285 last weekend.
The promotion's third pay-per-view card of the year saw Jon Jones make his long-awaited return to the octagon after three years off to challenge for the UFC heavyweight title.
And McGregor – who is currently in Las Vegas to coach season 31 of The Ultimate Fighter – wasn't going to miss the chance to see the return of the pound-for-pound king.
The Notorious made a somewhat low-key entrance to the T-Mobile Arena with fiancee Dee Devlin shortly after the pay-per-view portion of the card got underway.
McGregor, who was donning an expensive-looking silk shirt, embraced several people as he made his way to his seat in the VIP section.
And moments after arriving at his cageside seat, he started speaking with Endeavour CEO Ari Emmanuel.
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The Irishman and the bigwig of Endeavour – the UFC's parent company – had a brief conversation before embracing one another.
Emmanuel was moments away from returning to his usual seat before McGregor said something to him and they embraced once again.
Mixed martial arts fans can only imagine what the pair were nattering about during their brief meeting.
But it must have been something positive as McGregor started performing the money finger gesture and dancing soon after.
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Jones, 35, became a two-division champion with ease, submitting Ciryl Gane in under two minutes to claim his second world title.
And he was swiftly congratulated on Twitter by McGregor, who wrote: "That was incredible by Jon last night!
"Even better to see it live!
"The man should’ve had two belts presented to him. And both sparkling. He did it.
"F***ing brilliant, @JonnyBones! Congrats!"
McGregor, 34, hasn't set foot inside the octagon since breaking his leg in his trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier last July.
But the Dubliner will be back in action later this year after he finishes coaching TUF against Michael Chandler.
A date for their mouth-watering showdown, however, hasn't been finalised as McGregor has yet to re-enter the United States Anti-Doping Agency's testing pool.
The former two-division champion needs to be in the pool for a minimum of six months before he's eligible to compete again.
When recently pressed on the fight, he told The Mirror: "[I'm] Looking forward to it, looking forward to it.
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"I feel good, feel energetic, feel ready.
"I'm throwing out my high kicks faster than I'm throwing out my jab. I'm every excited."
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