Conor McGregor did a lot of things to psyche himself up before his trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier. Those things included deplorable statements and threats to his opponent, which continued—and intensified—after McGregor was soundly beaten, for a second time, by the American.
McGregor’s extreme trash talk, which included death threats, came off as an attempt by the ‘Notorious’ to inflate his own ego and belief that he could win. However, as we saw on Saturday, those attempts proved fruitless.
Another thing McGregor did to pump himself up was turning a unsuspecting security guard into a punching bag.