This is commitment.
Las Vegas at this time of year is very, very hot (36 degrees to be exact) so you have to salute the MMA fans who waited in this massive queue to attend the weigh-in for Conor McGregor's fight with Chad Mendes yesterday.
Hopefully the Irish revellers liberally applied the factor 50 suncream in the desert heat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfsQnvdnzeo
Fair play to the forward thinking fans (we are going to go out on a limb and say they are Irish) that made sure they had adequate refreshments to quench their thirst in the afternoon sun.
Not long to go now until McGregor enters the octagon. Follow all the build-up in our liveblog right here.
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