With multiple stress fractures Conor McGregor rose to the Octagon last weekend to face his peer Dustin Poirier, which caused the fight to end at the end of the first round in a gruesome injury for the Irishman.
Through a video posted on his social networks, the fighter said: “ There was a debate about getting the thing out because he was sparring without shin guards and kicked his knee a couple of times. ”
According to Conor that generated fractures in his shin, just above the ankle , which also hit hard in each training session.
Aware of all this, McGregor did not give up in his eagerness to fight with Poirier and a few minutes after the event his tibia broke into two pieces.
For that reason this Sunday had surgery to reconstruct his leg and may be out of action for the remainder of the year.
“The leg is better than ever. I got injured going into the fight. People ask me, ‘When did you break your leg? At what point did you break your leg? Ask Dana White, ask the UFC, ask Dr. Davidson, the UFC’s chief physician. They knew he had stress fractures in his leg when he entered that cage “, confessed” The Notorious “.
The McGregor’s fracture even was taken advantage of so that his old rival Floyd Mayweather, who made fun of the Irishman’s perch on his social networks.
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