How is this the actual Conor McGregor vs. Donald Cerrone official poster for UFC 246?

Conor McGregor is set to make his octagon return at UFC 246, where he’ll face Donald Cerrone on Jan. 18 in Las Vegas. Love him or hate him (and there’s been plenty of reason this year for the latter), it’s a big deal.

You’d think the UFC would want to make every effort to hype the return of its biggest star, go all out with the promotional materials. Like the official poster, for example. Really come up with something special.

Don’t mail it in on this one.

And yet, we got just a simple, non-symmetrical split image of both men that, for some strange reason, cuts off part of their faces.

Take a look:

Now, compare this with what my man @BossLogic threw together in just “a little spare time today.” This is a fight poster:

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