Video: ESPN explores Conor McGregor's deep Irish Roots with 'SC Featured' segment 'Notorious'

It’s fight week again, but this one certainly feels a little different.

The sporting world’s eyes are framed squarely on all-time boxing great and Floyd Mayweather (49-0 boxing) and UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor (21-3 MMA, 9-1 UFC) as they prepare to step into the squared circle on Saturday at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena for what’s expected to prove as the most lucrative prizefight of all-time.

MMA fans are certainly familiar with McGregor by now, having closely watched his rise from dual-division champion on the European scene to the biggest superstar in the sport – and a dual-division UFC title holder. But the general public is still trying to figure out exactly who this brash, bearded Irishman is, and ESPN is the latest mainstream outlet to take a stab.

In the latest edition of the channel’s “SC Featured” video series, ESPN looks at McGregor’s Irish upbringing and what impact that has on the man he is today, not to mention what impact “The Notorious” has had on his homeland. Check out the video above.

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