Conor McGregor has said he was injured prior to his defeat to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 and had “multiple stress fractures” in his shin bone before breaking his leg in Saturday’s main event in Las Vegas. “I was injured going into the fight,” McGregor said in a video posted to Instagram.Jul 16, 2021
In the McGregor vs. Poirier fight at UFC 257 earlier this year, McGregor made a disclosed $5 million, despite losing. In the same fight, Poirier made $1 million. This doesn’t include revenue from McGregor’s share of pay-per-view earnings.Jul 12, 2021
Dustin Poirier Record: 28-6-0 (1 NC) W/L Fighter Time loss Dustin Poirier Cub Swanson 5:00 win Dustin Poirier Jonathan Brookins 4:15 loss Dustin Poirier Chan Sung Jung 1:07 win Dustin Poirier Max Holloway 3:23
Poirier followed up with punches on the ground as time expired in the round. With McGregor clearly hurt, referee Herb Dean called the lightweight bout. The official result was Poirier by TKO (doctor’s stoppage) at 5:00 of the first round.Jul 11, 2021
Conor McGregor Dustin Poirier defeated Conor McGregor via injury TKO after McGregor broke his ankle to end it. Poirier has now beat McGregor two out of the last three times.Jul 11, 2021
