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Conor McGregor gives heartfelt advice to Dustin Poirier: ‘Karma is a mirror’

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Conor McGregor gives heartfelt advice to Dustin Poirier: ‘Karma is a mirror’
Ultimate Fighting Championship star Conor
McGregor has chimed in on the struggles former opponent
Dustin
Poirier is facing, but not like most may have expected.

During a Thursday appearance on Smash Cast with
hosts Chael Sonnen
and Ian Parker, McGregor appeared to discuss a litany of subject.
In the show, he discusses topics like how he feels competing back
at welterweight, whether he will ever meet Floyd
Mayweather in the boxing ring again and his former opponents.
Notably, the subject of Poirier came up, a man McGregor faced three
times and ended up losing the trilogy match to in 2021.

Poirier, now retired, has been open with his struggles keeping
himself focused and on task now that he is no longer training to
prepare for mutual unarmed combat. In an
oft-discussed video, Poirier was filmed heavily intoxicated at
the Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta in late June and arrested
for the misdemeanor of public drunkenness.

I hope he comes out right

Sonnen asked McGregor directly about Poirier's incident during the
show. Before responding, the Irishman sharply inhaled and collected
his thoughts.

“Karma is a mirror,†McGregor expressed. “It's not good to see. If
I was to say something to him, I would say: take this with absolute
seriousness. Do not engage with people. ‘Oh,' there's people [that
would say], ‘it was funny, I like him more,' and you see [them]
start laughing about it and maybe you wonder, ‘maybe it wasn't so
bad. Maybe I'll keep going.' And then the next one's worse, and
then you slip deeper and deeper.â€

It would not be McGregor if he did not slip in a barb or two, as he
jabbed Poirier for his post-retirement appearance and
admission that he can now recover properly by taking
performance-enhancing drugs.

“So, I would say, take this with the absolute seriousness,†he
remarked. “Funny enough, I spoke with [UFC broadcaster] Megan
Olivi, they asked me—not on this, it hadn't happened yet. But they
were asking me about Dustin and I'd say, ‘For him to retire and go
on steroids for no reason, I found that stupid. And then also, his
body didn't look any different…alarm belts went off in my [head],
and I thought [he should] take [his transgressions] with absolute
seriousness. Because, you don't want to slip further and further.
He obviously has to take accountability; I've seen something that
came out [where he] blames his father. You have to [take]
accountability [as] a man, that's it.â€

“Notorious†finished, saying, “It's not my business. And for the
sake of his family and children, and his new child born, I hope he
comes right.â€

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Alexander Volkanovski predicts wild finish of 20-0 Movsar Evloev

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Alexander Volkanovski predicts 'wild' finish of 20-0 Movsar Evloev
Alexander
Volkanovski is brimming with confidence ahead of his next title
defense.

Volkanovski (28-4) is scheduled to defend his
Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight title against
Movsar
Evloev (20-0) at
UFC 333 on Oct. 24 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. The Australian
champion believes he can deliver a career-best performance against
the undefeated Russian.

Alexander Volkanovski doubts Movsar Evloev can outgrapple him
for 25 minutes at UFC 333

Evloev has won all 10 of his UFC bouts by decision, but Volkanovski
doubts the challenger can outgrapple him for five rounds. “The
Great†believes Evloev would need to catch him with a decisive
strike to win.

“Trying to outgrapple me for 25 minutes, I can't see it,â€
Volkanovski told MMA Junkie. “I believe that the only chance that
any of these guys have is for them to catch me… If he thinks he can
beat me by decision or he thinks he can outgrapple me, I'm sure
he's gonna try, we'll see. I'm just very confident in my skills and
the fighter I still am… I think I can do it in pretty wild fashion.
I believe I can get a finish. I believe I can do it inside five… A
lot of people are going to go say after this fight, ‘Is that the
best Volk we’ve ever seen?'â€

Volkanovski first won the title against Max
Holloway in 2019 and defended it five times before losing to
Ilia
Topuria in 2024. He reclaimed the vacant championship against
Diego
Lopes last year after Topuria moved up to lightweight, then
defended it in their rematch in January.

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Joaquin Buckley vows to livestream UFC comeback after 3 straight losses

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October 19, 2026

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Joaquin Buckley vows to livestream UFC comeback after 3 straight losses
Joaquin
Buckley remains undeterred after his third consecutive defeat
in the
Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Buckley faced Mike Malott in the Canadian's home country at

UFC Edmonton on Saturday. Malott landed a knee in the second
round and followed with a punch before the referee stopped the
bout. Despite the setback, “New Mansa†remains optimistic about his
future.

Joaquin Buckley plans to document his rebuild after Mike
Malott’s UFC Edmonton knockout

Buckley won six straight fights before his current skid. He now
plans to livestream his efforts to rebuild, inviting fans to follow
the process.

“Right now, we rebuilding and I want y'all to see the process, not
just the results,†Buckley wrote in the caption of his postfight
Instagram post. “The highs, the lows, and everything it takes to
become who God called me to be.â€

In the accompanying video, Buckley said he wants to share his
training and introduce fans to his team.

“I realize that I want to document everything,†Buckley said. “I
want to document the process, I want to document the work, I want
to document the team. This is really just starting back over from
scratch; creating a new foundation and making something happen… I'm
not going to stop; I'm going to keep working. And I'll make sure
that everybody remembers that name.â€

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Joaquin Buckley vows to livestream UFC comeback after 3 straight losses

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October 19, 2026

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Joaquin Buckley vows to livestream UFC comeback after 3 straight losses
Joaquin
Buckley remains undeterred after his third consecutive defeat
in the
Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Buckley faced Mike Malott in the Canadian's home country at

UFC Edmonton on Saturday. Malott landed a knee in the second
round and followed with a punch before the referee stopped the
bout. Despite the setback, “New Mansa†remains optimistic about his
future.

Joaquin Buckley plans to document his rebuild after Mike
Malott’s UFC Edmonton knockout

Buckley won six straight fights before his current skid. He now
plans to livestream his efforts to rebuild, inviting fans to follow
the process.

“Right now, we rebuilding and I want y'all to see the process, not
just the results,†Buckley wrote in the caption of his postfight
Instagram post. “The highs, the lows, and everything it takes to
become who God called me to be.â€

In the accompanying video, Buckley said he wants to share his
training and introduce fans to his team.

“I realize that I want to document everything,†Buckley said. “I
want to document the process, I want to document the work, I want
to document the team. This is really just starting back over from
scratch; creating a new foundation and making something happen… I'm
not going to stop; I'm going to keep working. And I'll make sure
that everybody remembers that name.â€

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