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UFC 257: Conor McGregor 2 Vs. Dustin Poirier: Fight card, date, odds, location, PPV start time

  The sport's biggest star returns to the Octagon to take on an old foe with potential lightweight title implications. For the second consecutive year, the UFC's pay-per-view schedule kicks off with a January event headlined by Irish superstar Conor McGregor. In the lightweight main event of UFC 257, McGregor returns to the Octagon to face Dustin Poirier in a rematch of their 2014 clash. In their first meeting, McGregor took less than two minutes to score a TKO victory. That fight took place at featherweight, but Poirier has come into his own as a lightweight, including a brief run as interim champion after a dominant win over Max Holloway. Poirier has gone on a 10-2 run since the loss to McGregor with one loss coming to Khabib Nurmagomedov, arguably the most dominant fighter in UFC history. McGregor has gone 6-2 since the first fight, including winning championships at featherweight and lightweight. He has also retired three times, made a trip to the boxing ring to lose to Flo...