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It is shaping up to be a deflating night for mixed martial arts and its fans. Rather than compete in his sport and defend a championship for the first time, MMA’s biggest star is fighting in a different sport against one of its all-time greats this Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Nothing’s for sure in a fist fight, but Conor McGregor is getting paid tens of millions of dollars to be the fall guy for Floyd Mayweather to improve to 50-0 and everybody knows it.