Ten seconds before the end of the first round, McGregor broke his leg. According to the coach, this happened because he hit the opponent in the elbow.
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Star wrestler Conor McGregor in his last match he suffered probably the most terrible injuries of his career so far. Ten seconds before the end of the first round of the expected battle with the American Dustin Poirier, the famous Ir broke his leg, the fight was ended to his detriment and from the cage he had to travel straight to the hospital for surgery.
At first, however, it was not entirely clear when and how exactly the terrifying fracture occurred, but McGregor’s coach John Kavanagh shed light on the issue. That UFC reporter Laura Sanko testified, which the coach of the Irish star revealed that the injury occurred after Conor tried a so-called teep kick, but his foot hit the opponent’s elbow.
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“He kicked a leg-kick, took a break and then kicked a teep kick, which is a technique we definitely wanted to include in the fight.” explains Kavanagh. According to him, Conor tried to hit Poirier with his hind (left) leg to the liver area, which is said to work better when the position of the opponent ‘s elbows when the other fighter is standing in the traditional position as a right – handed man (with his left foot in front and his right hand at the back).
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At the fateful moment, however, Poirier stood in the inverted guard just like Conor, his right elbow was more protruding, so there was a higher risk of Conor hitting him. And that’s exactly what happened. Kavanagh also adds that the teep kick should be performed horizontally, but Conor’s kick is more reminiscent of the karate technique, as if trying to stab Dustin’s leg in the abdomen from below. The interplay of these circumstances ultimately led to a fracture.
“If you let it go, we’ll see exactly where it happened.” adds Kavanagh. Slow-motion footage of the fateful moment was also shared on social networks by well-known commentator Joe Rogan. It is good to see everything Kavanagh described in an interview with Laura Sanko. After the aforementioned teep kick, McGregor stepped on his leg, but when he transferred the weight to it again after another combination of punches, it did not last and broke.
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