![]() “I think what he was trying to do was, he was trying to spar during camp with no shin and instep pads. “He had gotten a stress fracture in his shin and got it scanned and there’s even photographs of the scans and he was putting pads on it. “Conor apparently went into that fight with a cracked shin already,” Rogan said via Low Kick MMA. Rogan said there was a chance that McGregor was so “hell-bent on destroying” Poirier, that he decided on the strategy, which could have led to McGregor sustaining stress fractures and ultimately, the leg snap at UFC 264. According to Rogan, he was told that the Irishman trained without the use of shin pads, a piece of vital protective equipment. Rogan recently spoke about McGregor’s injury during his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience. Rogan Said He Was Told That McGregor Trained for UFC 264 Without Shin & Instep Pads ![]() The latest UFC news straight to your inbox! Subscribe to the Heavy on UFC newsletter here! Here is my explanation of what I found… This MRI image He released includes area Conor fractured but doesn’t show stress fracture to tibia,… See the photos below:Ĭonor releases MRI- I ZOOMED IN… NO LEG STRESS FRACTURE!□ I ZOOMED IN to Conor's released ankle MRI picture, after he claimed he had stress fractures of the leg that may have led to his horrible leg fractures in UFC 264. The former two-division UFC champion shared several photos on social media of what appears to be him minding a lower left leg injury ahead of UFC 264, and after. Notorious also said that he had an ankle injury going into the fight as well, which has also been confirmed by McGregor’s head coach John Kavanagh. In the days after the gruesome snap, McGregor took to social media to claim that he had stress fractures in his lower leg leading into the contest with “The Diamond.” That was the reason why he broke his left tibia and fibula, according to McGregor. The fight was called off in between the first and second rounds by the ringside doctor, earning Poirier the win by TKO. McGregor took on Dustin Poirier in a trilogy bout during the main event in Las Vegas and at the end of the opening frame, “Notorious” suffered a broken leg. There was “clearly something wrong” with Conor McGregor’s leg going into UFC 264 on July 10, 2021, according to UFC color commentator Joe Rogan. McGregor will face Donald Cerrone at UFC 246 on January 18 in Las Vegas. Weidman’s injury is one of the most horrifically ironic things to happen inside the cage in UFC history, as Silva was on the receiving end of the same injury against Weidman at UFC 168 in 2013.Conor McGregor is interviewed by UFC's Joe Rogan during a ceremonial weigh-in for UFC 246 at Park Theater at Park MGM on Januin Las Vegas, Nevada. My fibula was broken, as well, but I guess when they put the tibia back together and my leg was straight, the fibula kind of matched back up to where it was broken, and they feel that could heal on its own as long as I’m not putting weight on it and stuff.” So they go through the knee, and they take the rod and they drill it through the tibia to make it straight and hard. They put a titanium rod through the tibia. “They said between six and 12 months I’ll be good to go. And then as far as actual training, I don’t know,” Weidman said. I think it’s gonna be eight weeks until I could walk without crutches and stuff and drive and all that. “It’s pretty brutal, but I’m gonna get through this. I just pictured Anderson Silva.'Īlthough he didn’t directly address his fighting future, Weidman, who turns 37 in June, gave a timeline for his recovery and described what his procedure consisted of. Uriah Hall: Chris Weidman's leg break 'was so weird. ![]() I’m hopeful that’s the thing that’s gonna come out of it that’s good. “Honestly, as soon as it happened and I hit the floor, seeing what happened to my leg and the pain started hitting me, I was just trying to put my mind on something positive and coming out of this. “Trying to find the blessing in disguise and silver lining,” Weidman said. Weidman underwent surgery Sunday morning and after his wife, Marivi Weidman, provided a positive update, Weidman took to Instagram to thank everyone for the well wishes, including former foe Anderson Silva, who sent him a heartfelt message. Upon planting his foot after the kick, Weidman’s foot folded, which sent him to the canvas writhing in pain. Just seconds into his fight with Uriah Hall on Saturday, Weidman (15-6 MMA, 11-6 UFC) snapped his right leg after throwing a kick that was checked by Hall. Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman has provided an update after his gruesome leg break at UFC 261.
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