In recent years we have seen many Dublin v Donegal battles in Croke Park and we may be lining up for another one in the near future.

Conor McGregor has called the Joe Duffy "a journeyman" ahead of the Donegal fighters showdown in Dublin with Dustin Poirier next month. Duffy is the last man to beat McGregor after beating him in Cork in 2010 in 38 seconds.

Speaking last night at a media event in Los Angeles, McGregor said; “He sees my success and my hard work and my drive and my dedication and decides to shave a shamrock in his head and call himself ‘Irish Joe’ and come back. I definitely have my eyes on Joe. We’ll see how it goes but I would love nothing more than to KO him stiff and put him in the ground and send him back to his other sport than he ran to after he lost.”

McGregor also spoke at the event about his loss to Duffy in 2010 calling it a "panic situation".

You learn your craft as you go and you face defeat like a champion – champions, when they face defeat, he puts his head down and he grinds, dedicates his entire life. That’s what champions do. That’s what a three-time world champion does. That’s what I’ve done. When other people face defeat, when journeymen face defeat they blame situations, they face defeat, they go running. That’s what journeymen do. So that’s what he done and what I done.”

Duffy headlines his first UFC event next month when he faces Dustin Poirier in Dublin, while McGregor is to return to the octagon in December to face Jose Aldo in Las Vegas in their UFC Title fight.