KEY POINTS

  • Conor McGregor broke his leg towards the end of the first round
  • He underwent three hours of surgery to repair the broken tibia
  • Dana White confirms that Dustin Poirier will be fighting for the 155-pound title

After suffering a brutal leg injury in the main event of UFC 264 against Dustin Poirier over the weekend, Conor McGregor recently tweeted about the surgery that was done to repair the fracture.

The Irish UFC superstar noted that he was “feeling tremendous” after the operation and that he’d be walking on crutches for the next six weeks before undergoing rehab.

The injury occurred as the first round was about to end.

McGregor threw a punch that barely missed Poirier and as he was stepping back, his left leg gave out on him, with a clean break to his tibia.

His leg was quickly attended to by medical personnel on the scene and the fight was ruled as a TKO in favor of Poirier.

Prior to the fight, McGregor was in an interview with The MMA Hour’s Ariel Helwani and claimed that Poirier was “going out on a stretcher” when asked about his prediction.

Ironically, it was him that was carried out of the event on a stretcher.

According to MMAFighting.com, Dr. Neal ElAttrache and Dr. Milton Little were the ones who headed the three-hour procedure to repair the broken tibia.

Dr. ElAttrache was also the doctor who was responsible for repairing the torn ACL injury that “The Notorious” suffered in 2013 after a solid victory over Max Holloway.

TMZ reports that an intramedullary rod was inserted in the tibia that was attached to the fibula with screws and plates to help stabilize the leg.

After the procedure, McGregor was right back to his antagonistic ways as he called out Poirier’s “illegitimate win” and saying that “The Diamond” has “done nothing in there (the Octagon)”.

Watch the full update from McGregor here:

With the fight being ruled an injury TKO, UFC president Dana White has confirmed that Poirier will be fighting for the 155-pound title, but a rematch with McGregor might still be in the books.

“It sucks. It’s brutal. It’s not the way you want to see fights end. Dustin Poirier will fight for the title and when Conor is healed and ready to go, you do the rematch, I guess. I don’t know," White said to MMAFighting’s Steven Marrocco.

Many would assume that Poirier is done with McGregor’s antics, but the latter is more than ready for a fourth fight with the Irish icon.

His doctors are confident that he will make a full recovery and that a return to the Octagon is "highly anticipated".

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