The hour is drawing near when UFC superstar Conor McGregor will make that walk against the biggest threat to his lightweight supremacy in Khabib Nurmagomedov. The two 155-pounders will headline UFC 229 in T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas Saturday night.
It's a collision of contrasting styles that is expected to do extremely well in pay-per-view sales with everyone wanting to see McGregor fight for the first time since November 2016.
This isn't necessarily a coronation of the once and future king, though. Nurmagomedov actually comes into the fight as a slight favorite and presents challenges in the cage that fans have yet to see the Irishman overcome.