{"id":390194,"date":"2021-07-15T10:35:26","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T17:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=390194"},"modified":"2021-07-15T10:35:26","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T17:35:26","slug":"conor-mcgregor-says-he-was-injured-before-dustin-poirier-trilogy-at-ufc-264-i-had-stress-fractures-in-my-leg-going-into-that-cage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/conor-mcgregor-says-he-was-injured-before-dustin-poirier-trilogy-at-ufc-264-i-had-stress-fractures-in-my-leg-going-into-that-cage\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor says he was injured before Dustin Poirier trilogy at UFC 264: “I had stress fractures in my leg going into that cage”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Conor McGregor says he was injured before the Dustin Poirier fight at UFC 264, as he “had stress fractures in my leg going into that cage.”<\/p>\n

McGregor broke his leg at the end of the first round, losing via TKO (doctor stoppage) against Poirier in the rival’s trilogy contest. Taking to his social media<\/a> days following the leg break, the Irishman opened up about the injury, confirming what his coach John Kavanagh said in that he was injured heading into the contest with stress fractures in his leg<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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