Let the anticipation begin.
Over the weekend, the first official trailer for the Conor McGregor-Dustin Poirier rematch at UFC 257 was released by the Las Vegas-based promotion. McGregor and Poirier will square off in the evening’s headliner on Jan. 23 at Yas Island in Abu Dhabi.The two rivals initially met in a featherweight bout at UFC 178 on Sept. 27, 2014 in Las Vegas. McGregor defeated Poirier via first-round TKO, cementing himself as a star to watch in the division and putting himself on a championship path.
Plenty has changed since then. McGregor has gone on to become a simultaneous two-division champion and also earned a lucrative payday for a boxing match with Floyd Mayweather. Undoubtedly the biggest star in the promotion, the “Notorious” Irishman returned to the Octagon following more than a year absence at UFC 246 in January, when he stopped Donald Cerrone in just 40 seconds on Jan. 18.…