The Irishman snapped his tibia towards the end of his trilogy bout with Poirier on Saturday night, but coach John Kavanagh says he was already hurt in trainingConor McGregor picked up an injury in training camp that could have led to his gruesome leg break against Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 this weekend. The Irishman lost the trilogy when he snapped his tibia on Saturday night, and had to undergo surgery yesterday. “A little bit of that ankle injury had been aggravated during camp,” Kavanagh said during an Instagram Live interview to promote his 'Wimp2Warrior' series. “I thought he looked really, really good in there and I wasn’t concerned at all. "I was actually really, really happy - at the 4:30 mark or even the 4:45 mark, everything is gravy.

Source: Daily Mirror July 12, 2021 09:02 UTC