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If Conor McGregor really entered the cage at UFC 264 with pre-existing stress fractures in his left leg, the Nevada Athletic Commission was unaware.
“If we ever knowingly had information about a fighter who was unfit to fight, we wouldn’t let him compete,” NAC executive director Bob Bennett told the Review-Journal on Friday. “It would go to a doctor and a doctor would make that decision as an expert.”
McGregor lost his main event fight to Dustin Poirier on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena to a doctor’s stop after a horrific fractured shin bone in the dying seconds of the first round.
He was operated on Sunday in Los Angeles and was released from the hospital on Wednesday, the day he turned 33. McGregor posted a video on Instagram on Thursday in which he tried to refute any claims that Poirier caused the injury.
“I was injured before the fight,” McGregor said. “People ask me, ‘When did the leg break? When did the leg break? Ask Dana White. Ask the UFC. Ask Dr. [Jeff] Davidson, the UFC chief medical officer. They knew I had stress fractures in my leg when I entered that cage. There was talk of removing it.
White declined to comment through a UFC spokesperson on Friday. Davidson was not available.
Bennett couldn’t comment on any specific fighter, but said normal procedures were followed for the 24 fighters who competed on the map.
This would include McGregor, like all fighters, filling out a pre-fight medical questionnaire on any existing injuries or medical issues and being examined by a commission-approved physician.
McGregor doubled down on his claims, posting a series of photos purportedly from this training camp that showed his left leg and ankle in various stages of treatment, from a glued ankle to a full wrap of the lower left leg.
He also teased a four-part Netflix documentary about his training camp that would presumably detail the injuries he sustained during that time, though it’s unclear whether he was joking or not.
McGregor said during his social media video that he needed a repair to his left leg and the clean rupture gave him a reason to stop postponing treatment for the appendix.
“I would never have committed to going under the knife unless something like this happened,” he said. “So something like that happened and I get exactly what I needed, and what I needed was a titanium shin. Now I have a knee to ankle titanium shank, and the doctor says it’s unbreakable.
His video was filmed as he rode an electric cart on the sidewalk. McGregor said he would need six weeks on crutches before he could begin his rehabilitation.
The loss dropped him to 1-2 in three fights with Poirier, a rivalry according to McGregor that did not run its course.
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