Conor McGregor first met Dustin Poirier in the Ultimate Fighting Championship octagon in 2014. They will meet again in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, early Sunday at U.F.C. But while Poirier’s career has slowly ground forward over the past six-plus years, McGregor came to own the sport and its huge audience. He achieved superstardom, won multiple U.F.C. But the last few years of McGregor’s life have been dominated by legal troubles, in both Europe and the United States.

Source: New York Times January 23, 2021 00:22 UTC