Nobody should be surprised that the fighter is the centre of attention.

After all, it's a hometown date for one of the most celebrated champions in any sport to come out of Ireland.

So, all week, the cameras will track every step, every move.

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On Saturday night, that will certainly be the case.

Even the arrival at the 3Arena will be documented, as well as the walk through the crowd.

Yes, the rematch of Chantelle Cameron and Conor McGregor should be something special.

What? It's Katie Taylor that's taking on Cameron? Someone tell DAZN.

When the two first clashed in Dublin in May, the broadcaster did their best to make it The Conor McGregor Show.

Promoter Eddie Hearn played his part too.

McGregor's Forged Stout was brought on board as one of the event sponsors and, in the build-up, Hearn went off to meet the Dubliner in his Black Forge pub, cameras in tow.

On the night, the DAZN cameras followed McGregor from his arrival to taking his ringside seat - beside Hearn, of course.

All through the fight, and between rounds, DAZN kept returning to McGregor.

At least he didn't do what he did after a later Anthony Joshua fight that he sponsored, climbing into the ring to push a pint of stout into the boxer's face.

But McGregor's all too visible presence in the 3Arena last May left many unhappy and confused.

Why? Well, Taylor's homecoming was a landmark moment for women's sport in Ireland.

In gyms all over the country, coaches talk of the Katie Effect. Since her Olympic gold in 2012, the number of girls and women taking up boxing has soared.

There are plenty of other females who have no intention of ever lacing gloves but see Taylor as one of the most groundbreaking women in modern Ireland.

At a press conference in the run-up to the first fight, this writer pointed out to Hearn that many here see McGregor as divisive and would be uncomfortable with his connection to the night in the 3 Arena. This was Hearn's response.

"I just take people as I find them and I see a genuine character that really is excited by the event and wants to support Katie so you are not going to see him at press conferences and walking out Katie Taylor. It’s not that kind of association. It’s, ‘if I can help’,'' he said.

"It’s not the Conor McGregor show. He reached out to help in any way and if he is to support the event commercially, fantastic, but it’s obviously the Katie Taylor show.” It's a pity nobody told DAZN. Or McGregor...

There is one primary reason why McGregor should not have anything to do with this Saturday's rematch.

A woman and her mother are currently taking a civil case against him for assault. While that is ongoing, it is wrong, in this writer's opinion, for McGregor not to be attached to an event of this nature.

A spokesperson for McGregor has emphatically denied the accusations made against him in the following statement.

"After an exhaustive investigation conducted by the Gardai which, in addition to interviews of the plaintiff, included: interviewing numerous sources, obtaining witnesses' statements, examining closed circuit footage and the cooperation of Conor McGregor, these allegations were categorically rejected. The plaintiff knows the facts. contradict the assertions in this lawsuit. Mr McGregor will dispute any claims and is confident that justice will prevail."

Other cases of various kinds have been taken by women against McGregor and been dropped.

One Dublin woman dropped her case in February. She'd had a tough start to the year, with her car burned out and windows in her home smashed.

It's been well documented that McGregor's behaviour on social media can be erratic - having online spats with unlikely figures like comedian PJ Gallagher and Ireland soccer legend Paul McGrath.

Last Friday, he took to X to vent his fury at Josf Puska, the murderer of Ashling Murphy, and the Irish government. McGregor declared that 'it is a war', adding gun and bomb emojis.

A day later, a temporary statue of Taylor - similar to the Christ the Redeemer one in Rio - appeared on Bray Head. Forged Stout and Hearn's Matchroom were behind it.

A penny for the thoughts of Taylor, an Evangelical Christian, who is driven and defined by her strong faith.

What is Conor McGregor, that is another question. He is a sportsperson who rarely takes part in any sport.

Last week, it was announced that his comeback to MMA has been put back again - to next summer.

McGregor broke his leg in July, 2021, removing himself from USADA's drug testing programme following his surgery.

He was tested this month for the first time in over two years.

There have been grumblings in the MMA world that McGregor was treated differently to others.

When McGregor appeared in a Dublin court on an assault charge in 2018, it was revealed that he had 18 convictions from the previous decade.

Most were for traffic offences, one was for assault.

Just before Christmas, 2016, McGregor became RTE's Sportsperson of the Year award.

It is unthinkable that he would be in the frame for such a gong in the future.

All the questions that have popped up concerning his character - to use a word that he often uses about himself - have put him beyond the pale for many.

But Hearn and DAZN can't get enough of him. McGregor didn't get involved with Taylor v Cameron to take part, he did so to take over.

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