Ebanie Bridges has hit out at trolls who think her "blonde hair and t*ts" are the only reason she's collaborating with Conor McGregor.
The Australian beauty has opened up about her business relationship with the UFC legend, who has been sponsoring a number of up-and-coming fighters and boxing events in recent months. Bridges is now the face of McGregor's Irish stout brand, Forged, and says she plans to work with the Dublin fighter for the rest of her career.
Speaking ahead of her IBF bantamweight title fight against Miyo Yoshida this weekend, the Blonde Bomber said she loves working with McGregor and praised him for trying to giving so much back to combat sports.
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"We work really well together," she told Lucky Block. "I'm great for his brand. He's great for my brand. We get along really well. He's smart getting into boxing, because if you think about it, there's fights nearly every weekend.
"He's sponsoring the shows and he sponsors a lot of other boxers. I love that he's giving back to the boxing community. I love that he's giving back to combat sports, because he could just keep all that money, but he's giving back and you don't have to do that.
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"I've seen some comments online saying, 'You need to have tits and blonde hair to get sponsored.' I reply, 'I think he pretty much sponsors every single boxer on all the shows.'
"A lot of the boxers he sponsors, they don't have that big a following or they don't get that many eyes … They've all got a partnership with Forged Stout."
Bridges, 37, was initially supposed to fight fellow Aussie Avril Mathie this weekend in what had been dubbed the ‘Battle of the Boobs’, but an injury to Mathie meant Yoshida stepped in as a late replacement.
McGregor, meanwhile, hasn't fought since breaking his leg against Dustin Poirier in July 2021. A return to the Octagon has been rumoured for some time, with fans of the 35-year-old hoping for a comeback some time in Spring 2024. When asked, Bridges says she has no idea who the Irishman will fight next.
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"I don't know who [McGregor's next opponent] will be, but I know he's training," she said. "I've seen clips of him training and he's busy in the gym. I don't know if he puts it on his socials. I don't really look at his social pages, but I've seen some of his training stuff that he's done.
"I think he's a little bit like me. When we go to the gym, we just train. I don't need to put it all over my socials that I'm training. Some people like to get on their phone in the gym and record their workouts. I know fans like to see it, but when I get in the gym, I put my head down and I want to train."
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