Published 05:26 IST, November 14th 2019
McGregor's bizarre Russian gambling advertisement stirs up controversy and flurry of memes
Irish martial artist, Conor McGregor has been mocked online after appearing in a very strange gambling advertisement for a Russian betting company, Parimatch
Irish mixed martial artist, Conor McGregor has been mocked online after appearing in a very strange advertisement for a Russian betting company. The former UFC world champion appeared in an advert for Parimatch that has to be seen to be believed.
It is sports betting commercial and it would be very difficult to guess exactly what product was being shown if someone does not have the idea. The advert shows Conor as a pixelated figure engaged in beating up former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson in an animated form as well as tackling a cat. A room full of yellow flamingos can also be seen in the advert which is considered to be a weird one.
The clip begins showing McGregor 'floating'
At one point in time, he dresses up as The Joker. In another sequence, between all the crocodiles, the gorillas with McGregor's signature tattoos and the bizarre voiceover a point has been included in the advert that we should gamble with Parimatch.
Parimatch is a betting company that is very familiar to UFC fans given the amount of cash it's spent trying to get fight fans to use it to gamble. The clip begins showing McGregor 'floating' in the sky in a leather jacket, with his arms spread. The video then suddenly cuts into yellow flamingos and then a computer game showing him knocking out boxing legend Mike Tyson.
Different parts of the video
After that a gorilla can be seen sitting on a throne, its heart pumping with a chest tattoo of McGregor, as alligators approach the primate. Then the video hilariously cuts into showing women wearing rabbit masks parade in a bizarre outfit before the 31-year-old appears out of a lift. His full face paint depicts him to be The Joker holding a hammer in the promo for the Russian betting company PariMatch. A user wrote that it was a "G-A-R-B-A-G-E" while Agivoin Mivouse commented "cringe beyond imagination" and Scott Rhodes posted that it was an "awful commercial".
Updated 07:10 IST, November 14th 2019