Conor McGregor has beaten Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 - in a simulation of their fight set to take place on Saturday night.
EA Sports have put together a computer simulated version of this weekend's main event, that predicts McGregor will stop the American in the second round.
The action starts with McGregor landing early with a capoeira kick, which Poirier withstands to score a takedown, similar to the one he got in their rematch earlier in the year.
But McGregor does well to explode off his back and get back to his feet, and lands a head kick before a flurry of punches, also not dissimilar to the flurry seen in their January bout.
Poirier begins to implement the calf kicks that McGregor says 'immobilised' him in the rematch, but opens himself up to a big right hand that wobbles him.
And when McGregor checks a leg kick, Poirier retreats but is found by a McGregor right hand that stuns him and then a left hand that ends the bout, declaring the Irishman the winner of this fight, and the trilogy.
McGregor celebrates with his signature 'billionaire strut', which is a tribute to WWE CEO Vince McMahon and hasn't been seen since before his 2018 bout with Khabib Nurmagomedov.
The result would, if it happens, set up McGregor for yet another shot at the UFC lightweight title, which he won in 2016 against Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205.
He has been in two lightweight title fights, winning his first and losing to Khabib Nurmagomedov in October 2018 at UFC 229 in his last fight for almost a year-and-a-half.
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McGregor would face Charles Oliveira later this year if he beats Poirier, with the lightweight belt being defended for the first time since former champion Khabib retired.
However, if the result ends up going the way of the rematch, then Poirier will get another chance at the undisputed title which has eluded him throughout his career.
He turned down the vacant title fight which ended up being Oliveira's moment against Michael Chandler in May, instead opting to face McGregor for a considerably higher payday.
Poirier was the interim champion in 2019, having beaten Max Holloway, but he lost his unification bout with Khabib a few months later.
And it appeared his road back to the belt was going to be a long one, even after beating contender Dan Hooker, until McGregor offered him a rematch late last year.
The UFC eventually made the matchup, which was their second after fighting in 2014 on the undercard of UFC 178 during the early stages of McGregor's promotional career.
McGregor knocked out the American in that fight, and claims he only offered him the rematch because he 'felt pity' for his former rival.
"It was going to be a charity event, not even under the UFC banner," McGregor explained of the initial plans for the rematch, which was viewed as a tune-up for a boxing fight with Manny Pacquiao.
"It was just because he was a southpaw and I felt a bit of pity for him and whatnot, so I’d help him out.
"And that’s it, it went the way it went and I got a setback in there, but setbacks are a beautiful thing.
"Defeat is the secret ingredient to success, I say, and it’s put me right where I need to be."
