McGregor posts creepy voice note to 'pea head' Poirier
‘I’m coming for you pea head… silly hillbilly’: Conor McGregor posts creepy voice note to Dustin Poirier as he ramps up mind games ahead of UFC 264 trilogy showdown in Las Vegas
- Conor McGregor is ramping up the mind games ahead of Saturday’s huge fight
- He is taking on Dustin Poirier in trilogy bout in headline act of UFC 264
- Irishman posted voice message online in which he put on a creepy voice
- He said: ‘Dustin, peahead, I’m coming for you peahead, silly hillbilly’
Conor McGregor is up to his old tricks during fight week and doing all he can to toy with his opponent’s psyche.
The Irishman is taking on Dustin Poirier in their trilogy bout at UFC 264 in Las Vegas this weekend in what is shaping up to be the biggest pay-per-view card in history.
McGregor posted a short recording of a voice note on Twitter. He could be heard saying: ‘Dustin, pea head, I’m coming for you pea head, silly hillbilly.’
Conor McGregor posted a voice message to Dustin Poirier ahead of their trilogy bout
The build-up to the fight between the lightweights back in January was amicable and while McGregor was still a showman, there was plenty of mutual respect between the pair.
‘Diamond’ ended up winning by TKO in the second round having immobilised his foe with calf kicks.
He later spoke about the fact that he did not feel the same intimidating aura from McGregor as their first encounter, which the Crumlin man won by first-round KO in 2014.
Perhaps McGregor is trying to up the ante now and revert back to his old mind games.
The relationship between the pair is frostier than before after they fell out over a payment of $500,000 McGregor promised to Poirier’s charitable foundation.
The former two-weight champion said he had not been told specifically where his money would go and took exception to the American airing dirty laundry in public.
Poirier subsequently apologised but there is a degree of animosity, enhance by the fact that this weekend’s fight means so much for both men.
Another defeat for McGregor was erode his once fearsome presence and beg serious questions about his future as a top contender in the 155-pound division.
Poirier shunned a title shot to give the green light for the trilogy and will feel he has to win to justify the decision to put money over legacy.
No doubt as fight week grows to a climax, the verbal sparring will escalate and it will be interesting to see what other tricks McGregor has up his sleeve to throw his rival off balance.
Poirier levelled the score at 1-1 with his second-round TKO win back in January
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