Tommy Martin: Is McGregor still McGregor without the zeitgeisty hoopla?

IT will come as news to some that Conor McGregor, the well-known whiskey impresario and threat to public order, is fighting this weekend.

This will be his first UFC fight in 15 months and it is saying something about his antics in the meantime that getting back to kicking people in the head is seen as a return to a more wholesome way of life.