Conor McGregor said he has “hammers for hands” and will use them to avenge his defeat by Dustin Poirier earlier this year when the pair meet in their trilogy fight at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday.
McGregor had kind words and compliments for the Louisiana native in the run-up to their previous fight in January in Abu Dhabi but he was back to his brash self on Thursday, saying he would walk the “silly little hillbilly like a dog”.
“It was a fluke win and I’m going to correct it on Saturday night,” said McGregor (22-5), who knocked out Poirier (27-6) in the first round of their first encounter in 2014.
"Tomorrow night, I'm gonna make this man pay"👀
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