IT’S THE BIGGEST week in the history of Irish MMA as Saturday night sees Dublin’s 02 Arena host the UFC for the second time ever — with five Irishmen competing at the event.
Ahead of tomorrow’s media and fan day at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, fighters have been arriving in the capital today to check-in with the UFC.
And while they were waiting around, a few decided to try out the art of hurling for the first time.
Here’s the man Conor McGregor will face — Diego Brandao:
https://vine.co/v/Mxlpnz9FTAz
Middleweight Trevor Smith, who faces Tor Troeng. Not a bad effort:
https://vine.co/v/MxluAF66jQd
Welterweight Zak Cummings, whose opponent is Gunnar Nelson:
https://vine.co/v/MxLTueZpiWx
Ian McCall’s got decent technique:
https://vine.co/v/MxlEJnzLMYz
Ireland’s Cathal Pendred and Norman Parke show them how it’s done:
https://vine.co/v/MQB1q7OHwEM