Dublin's Conor McGregor brings flair to UFC's Boston return

"It's going to be a special occasion for me, to represent Ireland as a whole, to carry my nation in there," McGregor said. "It's something I'm going to take

Loretta Hunt | Aug 16, 2013

Dublin's Conor McGregor brings flair to UFC's Boston return /

Conor McGregor will fighting in the UFC's inaugural event on Fox Sports 1 in Boston this Saturday. — Conor McGregor will fighting in the UFC's inaugural event on Fox Sports 1 in Boston this Saturday :: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Getty Images

"It's going to be a special occasion for me, to represent Ireland as a whole, to carry my nation in there," McGregor said. "It's something I'm going to take with me for the rest of my life. No one's going to be able to take this from me."

Published Aug 16, 2013

LORETTA HUNT

Loretta Hunt has covered mixed martial arts since 2001. She is the co-author of Becoming The Natural: My Life In and Out of the Cage, by six-time UFC champion Randy Couture, and Let's Get It On: The Making of MMA and Its Ultimate Referee, by "Big" John McCarthy.