A big fight night always brings with it plenty of intrigue

From live blog to reaction, there is no shortage of content to occupy fans (and reporters), writes Alex Pattle

Dustin Poirier (left) celebrates beating Conor McGregor in Abu Dhabi on Saturday (Zuffa LLC/Getty)

Covering Conor McGregor’s UFC 257 main event against Dustin Poirier on Saturday was always going to be a great way to start the year.

The fight would be one of the most exciting of of the year. The drama of McGregor’s knockout defeat brought out the fan in me, but that is something you have to put on the backburner – as difficult as that is – when reporting the action.

There are always plenty of things to be done on a night like this. As well as the live blog, there is a breaking news report on the result needed to be filed and then turned into a longer report.