Conor McGregor will run for the Irish presidency in elections later this year, the controversial former fighter said on Thursday, as he announced his candidacy for the largely ceremonial role on an anti-immigration stance.

Who else will stand up to Government and oppose this bill?” he wrote in the lengthy post. “Any other Presidential candidate they attempt to put forward will be of no resistance to them.

The bombastic brawler has a long history of run-ins with the law. Mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor has thrown his hat into the political ring, announcing he will run for president in his native Ireland.