Conor McGregor has dedicated his fight with Donald Cerrone to his mother Margaret who has not met the trip to Las Vegas.
The Notorious is very close to his family and none more so than his mother who has always been in his corner throughout his rise to the top of the UFC.
"Tomorrow night, I'm dedicating this fight to my ma back home," said Conor at Friday's ceremonial weigh-in for UFC 246.
"I love you ma. We all love you."
Margaret and her husband Tony have three children: Conor and two daughters Erin and Aoife.
She has told of how Conor, 31, looked like a fighter for the moment he was born.
"I remember the midwife saying to me this baby is going to be a fighter," she wrote.
"I was delighted you were my first baby , little did I know that you were going to be double world champion."
She continued: "I am extremely proud of you, your achievements as a fighter and as a son a brother and a father."
The McGregor clan celebrated Margaret's 60th birthday party last March at the Versace Mansion in Miami, Florida.
Conor wrote at the time: "Thank you for gifting me this life my mother! I love you with all my soul."
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