Former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion Conor McGregor (22-6) is having one of the toughest moments of his career, perhaps the worst, after he fractured at the last UFC 264 show in Las Vegas, Nevada. In that role, McGregor broke his left foot in the final seconds of his third match against the American Dustin Poirier (28-6, 1 NC), in a duel that was to put an end to the trilogy of battles between the two fighters.
But many have wondered, at what point did McGregor actually get injured that caused his left foot to bend and break? Some think it was around the 20th second that McGregor threw a kick that Poirier blocked slightly, while others suspect it was a hit to the elbow, seconds before the fight was over.
Poirier took the victory by technical knockout, and the injury will put “Notorious” out of the Octagon for several months.
McGregor posted a video on Thursday explaining what happened. According to a video posted by the Irishman on his social media, the UFC superstar entered the fight with “multiple stress fractures” and the UFC knew it.
“I got injured going into the fight,” McGregor said via Instagram. “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. [Jeff] Davidson, the UFC chief physician. They knew he had stress fractures to his leg when he entered that cage. They debated about suspending the fight. “
Moments later he posted on Twitter several photos in which he appears to have problems with his left foot and accused his critics that “they would not last even 13 seconds in his world.”
