Report: Game of Thrones director wants a Conor McGregor cameo

UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor's next endeavor might be a cameo appearance on HBO's mega-hit Game of Thrones. Belfast Live reports that a Game of Thrones director is a "huge UFC fan" and that he is under heavy consideration. It's been agreed that McGregor will appear in one of the remaining two seasons of Game of Thrones. He was headhunted as it were by HBO, as one of the Game of Thrones directors is a huge UFC fan. They believed that he would be a perfect fit for the show. The Irishman already has ties to the show, having sparred with a character called The Mountain in a October 2015 video that has since generated over 22 million views on YouTube.