Yet in two fights over the past six months, Poirier has broken McGregor’s leg, beaten him bloody and reduced the former two-division UFC champion to a snarling, desperate antihero who refuses to accept the evidence of his sporting decline presented to him by his unlikely nemesis. Although he couldn’t do much in the cage against Poirier, McGregor put on a show afterward. “I just scrap because I’m good at it and I like to fight, but all this other stuff, all the talk ... Unfortunately, it’s also plenty of time for McGregor’s perspective to further warp if left unchecked by his family and friends. Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading...“We are going to fight again,“ Poirier said, ”whether it’s in the octagon or on the sidewalk.“___More AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/sports and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports

Source: thestar July 11, 2021 21:11 UTC