Irish mixed martial artist Paddy McCorry’s victory over Israel’s Shuki Farage on Saturday may not have been personal, but it was certainly political.

After securing a unanimous decision at Cage Warriors 189 in Rome, McCorry draped himself in a Palestinian flag and said “Free Palestine” before screaming and flexing in celebration.

“Street justice,” followed by an Irish and Palestinian flag, he posted to social media after, along with a clip showing him appearing to yell into Farage’s face as he pummeled the Israeli with the bout’s finishing blows.

In the video, several people in the crowd can be heard chanting “Free, free Palestine.”

According to Cage Warriors, the 27-year-old from West Belfast in Northern Ireland, a more experienced fighter heavily favoured by pundits and bettors, was

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