TWEETS: The world reacts to Conor McGregor’s epic 5 round victory over Nate Diaz

And breathe.

In the wee hours of the morning the bleary-eyed nation woke/stayed awake (delete as applicable) to watch Conor McGregor beat Nate Diaz at the second time of asking on a points decision. The fights fans of Ireland and beyond went through an insane range of emotions as the 5 round marathon played out.

It started out very well for McGregor

https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/767211509189578753

But soon turned into a war of attrition

https://twitter.com/dekker/status/767213034049708032 https://twitter.com/SBNLukeThomas/status/767213090446249985

At the end most people were calling it McGregor

https://twitter.com/DylansFreshTake/status/767215622858084352 https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/767216086605443072

But mostly viewers were in awe

https://twitter.com/feliceherrig/status/767215947790843904 https://twitter.com/EDDIEDURKAN/status/767216436548952065 https://twitter.com/CBSSports/status/767220996927553536

And in the end the king was back

https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/767216947184492544 https://twitter.com/ChrisEubankJr/status/767217021599772672 https://twitter.com/espn/status/767217018068164608 https://twitter.com/SandhuMMA/status/767220820582264833

But we'll go again (maybe not at 170)

https://twitter.com/UFCONFOX/status/767217413423194112 https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/767217219742773248 https://twitter.com/Pendred/status/767219979259445248 https://twitter.com/UFCEurope/status/767220127762964480 And breathe.