BOCA RATON, Fla. -- It's 2 p.m. on a Wednesday, and Dustin Poirier is methodically wrapping his hands at an empty boxing gym owned by his longtime coach, Dyah Davis. He is 17 days out from his lightweight trilogy fight against Conor McGregor in the main event of UFC 264, and though his mood seems fine, he's tired.
"I haven't had two consecutive days off in nine weeks," he tells Davis, who seems to sympathize but doesn't offer to shorten the session.
Soon enough, a bell on Davis' phone signals Poirier to get to work.