MMA star Brendan Loughnane admits he had to pinch himself when he began training with Conor McGregor.
But before long, he was on the receiving end of the UFC legend’s famously powerful left hand.
The two linked up in Dubai IN November when McGregor was preparing to make his return to the octagon.
And Loughnane revealed it was a long time coming.
He said: “It was a bit of a pinch me moment.
“It was quite crazy because when I went to commentate in Dublin we’d never met at that point, I went down to the Forge and we met.
“We were talking and I said, ‘It’s nice to finally meet you.’ And he said, ‘We’ve never met?’ He couldn’t believe it either.
“We’d been talking back and forth on Instagram for a while and I said, ‘When you come to Dubai, let’s train.’
“And he did, he …