Irish fans are having the absolute BANTER in New York for UFC205

UFC fans have been waiting a long time for this, and now that it's only hours away, Conor McGregor's followers have flocked to New York.

The Irishman will take on Eddie Alvarez in Madison Square Garden tonight, with the people of Twitter coining it to be the battle of the year.

And the Irish couldn't be having more of a great time over there.

As you'll see in the videos below, we sure are keeping the spirit alive in the Big Apple, and we wouldn't expect anything less:

Warning: bad language throughout

CRAZY SCENES IN NEW YORK

Irish fans have a song for Eddie Alvarez 

"Who the f**k is Alvarez" #UFC205 pic.twitter.com/yClNXswESM

— YoUFC #UFC205 (@_YoUFC) November 12, 2016

Irish fans outside MSG #UFCNYC #ufc205 pic.twitter.com/16IJfxYzx4

— Niall McGrath (@niallmcgrath4) November 12, 2016

The Irish fans are now outside of MSG chanting and going nuts #UFC205 pic.twitter.com/VT0gTWRQc1

— Damon Martin (@DamonMartin) November 12, 2016

Will you be tuning in at 5am?