Outside of an angel in Farah slacks, Saturday’s previously unthinkable Floyd Mayweather Jr vs. Conor McGregor megafight had folks convinced they’d seen the bout before. In fact, a sizeable chunk of The Internet™ already saw this go down in Springfield between Homer Simpson and Drederick Tatum.
As expected, Twitter provided some all-star commentary during the spectacle and compassions to The Simpsons rained down on the fight like so many tossed pretzels. Naturally, Conor was Homer in this scenario and Floyd was in the role of dominant Drederick. It seems like the Simpsons-loving Twitter hive mind had one thing on its brain. The Simpsons predicted this. It was the go-to joke of the night.
https://twitter.com/pepe_delatorre/status/901674269851000833
Simpsons predicted it again #MayweathervMcgregor pic.twitter.com/JFB2T0Bnb7
— 9GAG ❤️ Memeland (@9GAG) August 27, 2017
The Simpsons also predicted Conor McGregor pic.twitter.com/D3PR2QNukN
— John Swift (@john_swift2) August 27, 2017
🔥🔥🔥Floyd Mayweather Vs Conor McGregor 🔥🔥🔥 Los simpsons ya lo predijeron.. pic.twitter.com/4IlHHDXMaf
— Jeremy McGrath HD (@JeremyMcGrathHD) August 27, 2017
The Simpsons predicted it first again #MayweatherMcGregor pic.twitter.com/6S9Bd0PfS2
— Swizzy (@Unculti) August 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/rrabbitgrafiti/status/901864527016456196
McGregor/Mayweather is literally the Simpsons episode where Homer gets rescued by Moe and people want to give Conor credit
— cam (@Cam_Is_Like) August 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/Davesstar/status/901771872630657024
here's that punch from mcgregor again: https://t.co/jPwdys7WdW
— charlotte mulvey (ciemme) (@whatscharlotte) August 27, 2017
It wasn’t just The Simpsons getting a lot of love in comparison to Mayweather and McGregor’s punch-n-hug extravaganza. SpongeBob SquarePants references were out in full force too.
How this fight about to end #MayweathervMcgregor pic.twitter.com/zZ7c4L5c1P
— mike. (@michaelsarallo) August 27, 2017
Mayweather and Mcgregor tonight after all this hugging going on #MayweathervMcgregor pic.twitter.com/OxBb8xaPx0
— Victoriiiyuhhh🫶🏾♎️ (@_CupcakeCake) August 27, 2017
MAYWEATHER LOOKIN LIKE MRS. PUFF #MayweathervMcgregor pic.twitter.com/AzmGd3jgea
— Noah (@noahcb_) August 27, 2017
Even if viewers felt like they’d seen this whole thing before, it still means loads of people ponied up some serious dough to watch an IRL reenactment of a cartoon rerun. That’s a hell of a feat. Maybe WrestleMania could pull off record breaking numbers courtesy of Vince McMahon trotting out Bugs Bunny’s wrestling match in the main event spot. Just an idea.
