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Gavin Quinn

Owen Roddy backs Conor McGregor to 'get the job done' in Dustin Poirier trilogy fight

Conor McGregor will be 'more than prepared' to see off Dustin Poirier if the pair ever come to blows again in a trilogy fight.

That's according to the UFC star's striking coach, Owen Roddy, after McGregor was knocked out in their UFC 257 showdown in January, meaning that both fighters have scored KO victories over each-other.

McGregor is hoping to face the American again this year, and the SBG Charlestown supremo admitted that Poirier and his team got it right.

"You can't get it right all the time, unfortunately," Roddy told The Straight Talking Podcast.

"We're only human. And you have to give the opposition some credit as well.

"And that's the game. We go in with a strategy, they go in with a strategy.

"And unfortunately, this time we came up a little bit short.

"There's no better man to come back with a rematch and get the job done."

But Roddy claims he'll be studying 'The Diamond' as he draws up new strategies to beat him in the eventual trilogy fight.

He added: "I haven't been watching Poirier since [the fight].

"Well, I've been watching him for a long time prior to the fight and now I'm watching him even more now and coming up with strategies in order to beat what they have.

"I'll be more than prepared for the next one, Conor will be more than prepared and so will the rest of the team.

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