Aussie boxer Ebanie Bridges has stolen the spotlight away from a blockbuster boxing showdown after setting tongues wagging by posing alongside former UFC fighter Conor McGregor.
The world champion Aussie boxer baited fans with cheeky captions as she shared photos of the pair standing together ringside at the Katie Taylor-Chantelle Cameron title fight in Dublin on Sunday morning.
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Bridges has become a genuinely high profile figure in the UK after her bantamweight world title fights — matched by her famously ocker social media profile and her private life as an adult entertainer on an X-rated subscription service.
The first photos of the pair shared by the former western Sydney high school teacher on Sunday morning were viewed by more than 750,000 Twitter users.
The post showed the pair with their arms around each other while holding a traditional boxer’s guard salute. Bridges left fans with their eyebrows raised while she sported a revealing, sparkling white dress.
Many fans were left making the same joke about the placement of McGregor’s hands — or his desperation for publicity as his career continues to fizzle out.
Bridges shared a second shot with of the pair hugging and captioned the image on Twitter by writing, “Caption this”.
The post also had more than 500,000 views.
The pair had the best seats in the house as Cameron defended her undisputed world super-lightweight titles, handing Taylor her first defeat, in front of more than 10,000 fans at the 3 Arerna in Dublin.
McGregor was using the event to promote his Proper Twelve Whisky label.
Bridges has also put her name back in headlines as she continues to look for her next high-profile fight.
Bridges, the world bantamweight champion, last fought in December last year when she obliterated Shannon O’Connell in eight rounds.
The fight was billed as the biggest women’s fight in Australian boxing history, but it’s a fight against another fellow Aussie which Bridges believes would “break the internet”.
The 36-year-old known as the “Blonde Bomber” has continually made waves around the world thanks to her barely there outfits she dons during weigh-ins.
Fellow Aussie Avril Mathie has followed in Bridges’ footsteps by wearing next-to-nothing to weigh in ahead of fights and it’s on the scales where the internet would go into meltdown according to the world champ.
“I love Avril, I think she’s great, honestly,” she told talkSPORT.
“She works really hard and I respect her for what she does, her hustle, her lifestyle and what she’s done.
“I think it will be a great fight and it will definitely be crowd pleasing. I think our weigh-ins will break the internet.”
Bridges holds a 9-1 professional record with four knockout victories, while Mathie boasts an 8-1-1 record with three wins coming via KO.