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Report: Residents could oppose 'brutal and violent' Conor McGregor fight at Croke Park

Get used to seeing Conor McGregor fight in Las Vegas.

Residents of the area surrounding Irish stadium Croke Park are not keen on huge events there. They nixed five sell-out Garth Brooks concerts last year that were already scheduled. And those in the neighborhood don't seem to be MMA fans, either. Just the opposite.

"I don't think it would be something that we would be very keen to see coming to Croke Park," residents' association chair Pat Gates told the Irish Mirror this week. "Personally speaking, I think the fights are very brutal and violent.