Although he isn't Irish in the slightest, Drake was more than happy to drape himself in the tricolour as he walked on stage with Conor McGregor during the weigh-in for UFC 229.

McGregor is set to face Khabib Nurmagomedov in Las Vegas for the UFC Lightweight Championship later tonight, the culmination of a rivalry that escalated when McGregor attacked a bus in New York that Khabib was on following a UFC event last year.

Drake and McGregor have been friends for some time, with the Canadian rapper being regularly sighted with the UFC fighter. Drake was in Las Vegas that night and tonight to play the MGM Grand Garden Arena, though his appearance on stage with McGregor hadn't been announced beforehand.

Here's the weigh-in as it happened.