Which Conor McGregor Will Show Up at UFC 257?

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🗓️ 19 January 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Saturday’s UFC 257 main event is Conor McGregor vs. Dustin Poirier in a much-hyped fight. It’s McGregor’s first bout since the pandemic lockdown last March, and ESPN’s Ariel Helwani shares insight from his sit-down with the fighter nicknamed “Notorious.” The roller coaster of McGregor’s moods, scandals, wins and losses all factor into what we could see this weekend. Then, why the Flat Earth F.C. says a lot about the shape of misinformation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the thing with me and all these other guys.
0:02.7	Wins and losses and all this, it means nothing to me.
0:05.8	If you're scheduled to fight a man and you've gone through build-up and there's history
0:10.9	and all of this, a fight is a fight and fights must take place.
0:15.2	You know what I mean?
0:15.6	You can't scurry away and not get the fights in that you were supposed to fight.
0:18.4	That's my opinion of it.
0:21.9	That is Connor McGregor, fenting about the many obstacles that have kept the former
0:27.0	UFC title holder out of the Octagon for a year and prevented the one rematch he craves most.
0:35.4	But this Saturday, McGregor returns to face Dustin Porriere,
0:39.1	and fresh off an interview with McGregor himself.
0:42.3	ESPN's Ariel Helwani joins us to parse the latest drama
0:46.2	from the fighter whose nickname is notorious.
0:51.0	I'm Pablo Torre.
0:52.6	It's Tuesday, January 19th. This is ESPN Daily.
1:03.9	Ariel, thank you so much for joining me, man. It's good to have you back.
1:06.7	My old friend, Pablo, it's good to hear from you. You don't call as much, but I do get very excited when you do reach out.
1:14.1	Ariel Helwani has covered mixed martial arts for 15 years, and he hosts the DC and Helwani podcast for ESPN.
1:21.7	I don't call you much, but I call when it's important.
1:24.9	And it's an important time in your life right now, in the life of
1:29.8	Connor McGregor right now. You just spoke to him in a big sit down for ESPN ahead of this
1:36.5	weekend's big fight against Dustin Porriere. So how would you describe how Connor is feeling
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