Rountree tries to kick to the body but is met by Prachnio’s shin – ouch. The American looks to be tiring a bit but then catches Prachnio and the Pole drops to his knees!

Prachnio quickly stands. but Rountree lands a head kick! The Pole is somehow still standing!

A huge ending to the second round for Rountree.

More low kicks from Prachnio to start the second round. The Pole opts for side kicks but is countered over the top by Rountree. The pattern repeats through the first 90 seconds of this frame. Rountree’s counter left hook is working very nicely and Prachnio is staggered on a few occasions.

Lots of kicks exchanged in the first round. Prachnio targets the legs throughout, while southpaw Rountree favours the body. Rountree jabs to the body, too, before going to the head. A competitive first round.

Khalil Rountree takes on Marcin Prachnio at light heavyweight in the first prelim bout of the card.

The early prelims saw Movsar Evloev get a decision win over Nik Lentz, after Amir Albazi won on points versus Zhalgas Zhumagulov.

The prelim action is getting under way as we speak!

McGregor’s conditioning has been questioned by some members of his opponent’s team, but he made the championship weight of 155lb on Friday morning, with Poirier one pound heavier, which is permitted for non-title bouts.

“I’m in some shape and I am coming to put on a masterpiece, so I’m excited about it,” he said.

“I know his team have been spouting about the conditioning, I have put in a lot of work to get myself correctly to the 155lb frame.

“I got 40 seconds inside the octagon in 2020 which caused major frustration, it’s not enough, I need more. I believe I can get him out there and possibly will hit him early and hurt him, but I hope for a good, long bout.”

Conor McGregor insists he is hungry for more as he ends a 12-month hiatus from the octagon at UFC 257 tonight, when he will take on old rival Dustin Poirier at Fight Island in Abu Dhabi.

“I feel like I’m only starting,” said McGregor at the final pre-fight press conference. “Everyone says ‘You’ve done it all, you’re so rich, what are you doing here?’ Am I not allowed here?

“I want to be here and perform for the fans. I’m a young man, I’ve got many highlights. All the money, all the belts and everything, it comes and goes. You know what lives on? A fighter’s highlights.

“You look at Roy Jones Jr’s highlights, Mike Tyson’s highlights, Muhammad Ali’s highlights, I still look at them today.

“I want my highlight reel to be like a movie. That’s what I’m after, I’m looking to get in and perform and put on amazing highlights that I can sit as an old man with my son and just watch them back and enjoy life.

“I’m just loving my life, please don’t be trying to get rid of me, guys. I love it here, I helped build this. I have plenty of motivation. What does the champ-champ do? He does it twice. I conquered it, let’s conquer it again.”

All eyes are on Abu Dhabi tonight, including some of the greats of US sport it seems.

Giannis should probably stick to basketball though, by the looks of it.

“It’s a tough business,” McGregor said on a potential rematch with Khabib. “Things have gone on in his personal life. I don’t wish him any harm. Like I said, it was in 2018. A lot of time has passed.

“The world knows this fight is not over. This war is not over. The sport needs it to happen; the people need it to happen. I’m not gonna chase it if he doesn’t want it. And that’s it. I’ll keep my calm and move on.

“And that’s what I’m doing. I’m back here in the 155-pound division. I’ll show the world what’s what over time.”