Greetings Steemit,

Any of you who listen to the @SteemitTalk Podcast know that I'm a little fanboy when it comes to Mixed Martial Arts. My co-hosts are kind enough to give me a short 2-5 minute 'UFC breakdown' towards the end of the show each week, just to appease my addictions.

Whether you're a fan of the sport or not - it would be hard to recap the UFC's past few years without saying the biggest 'needle mover' by far has been Conor McGregor.

Love him or hate him - he usually backs up what he says.. and he says a lot. He's also very business savvy, and as any of us probably would, took the opportunity to fight Floyd Mayweather when the chance presented itself. All said & done both fighters stand to make a potential 9 figure payout.

Despite on paper we see the pound for pound #1 best Boxer of our time is going against someone who has never had a professional boxing match - and that looks pretty lopsided - part of the allure that is Conor McGregor is he seems to believe he can do things that nobody gives him credit as being possible.. and then does them. He swears he can finish Floyd in under 4 rounds, despite much of the World giving him no shot whatsoever.

The other entertaining aspect of this fight is what are sure to be insanely wild press conferences, leading up to the event. Both men are master shit talkers/promoters - so I'm almost personally looking forward to these confrontations more so than the one next month in the ring.

Anywho - I could rant about this for hours... but just wanted to set the stage for this link - which is the First of Four Worldwide events. 18,000+ tickets sold for this event, which sold out in 10 minutes.

This doesn't seem like real life.. but its all gonna seem very real here in about 30 mins when this thing kicks off.

So it goes..