UFC 205: Conor McGregor tries to throw chair at rival Eddie Alvarez in angry New York press conference

RAGING Conor McGregor tried to throw a chair at Eddie Alvarez’s head and had to be held back by Dana White as blood boiled ahead of their UFC 205 fight.

McGregor arrived ten minutes late for the press conference and that forced furious Alvarez to storm off stage saying: “I don’t even have an opponent.”

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That came after Alvarez responded to taunts from the pro-McGregor crowd by shouting: “Where’s your boy?!”

Eventually McGregor arrived, dancing onto the stage in a full-length mink coat, as the packed crowd in the Madison Square Garden theatre delivered a huge reception.

And the fans cheers turned to a huge roar as McGregor, seeing Alvarez had left his championship belt on the stage, walked across and took the lightweight belt and sat it on the table in front of him, next to his featherweight belt.

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An angry Alvarez then stormed back onto the stage and ripped back the belt, prompting an angry exchange between the pair, with McGregor grabbing a chair and threatening to throw it at the lightweight champ.

WARNING: Video contains very strong language

UFC president Dana White and UFC security grabbed McGregor and dragged him off stage to avoid another flashpoint like the one we saw in McGregor’s last pre-fight presser, where he and Nate Diaz engaged in an ugly bottle-throwing incident.

That fracas cost McGregor $150,000 in penalties from the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

And the Dubliner referenced that fine when he returned to the stage as he joked: “I wonder how much a chair would have cost me?!”

He continued: “I’m a f******g pimp, I’m in Gucci mink — and without me, this whole s**t’ll sink!”

And when he was asked what he would have done with the chair if security hadn’t intervened, McGregor paused, then said: “Bounce it off his f*****g head!”

Alvarez demanded McGregor apologise for mentioning his wife and children in a recent media conference call, where the Dubliner said the Philadelphia man's family wouldn't recognise him after Saturday's matchup.

But a fired-up McGregor instead fired back, telling the lightweight champion to: "Suck my big Irish b***s!"

The press conference eventually concluded with the six title fighters facing off for the cameras where the biggest clash came between women's strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk and challenger Karolina Kowalkiewicz.

The pair went nose to nose before the champion appeared to head-butt her opponent before backing away.

WARNING: Video contains very strong language