Conor McGregor recently underwent a surgery that went for three and half hours after he sustained a leg injury at UFC 264. gave new updates on his condition.
He recently claimed that his leg was injured going into the fight against Dustin Poirier. He said that he had stress fractures in his leg as UFC’s doctor and Dana White knew all about it. Dustin Poirier ‘Threatening’ Nate Diaz Message Leaks
Doctors disproves the claims made by Conor McGregor
Doctors David Abbassi and Rajpal Brar had their say about the claims made by The Notorious One.
Dr. Raj, a doctor of physical therapy and sports scientist, questioned why McGregor continued to use that possible injured leg for kicking, knowing fully well of its risk of further damage.
Then there’s the possibility of the UFC getting in trouble for malpractice by allowing McGregor to compete.
He said:
“If you’re Conor and Conor’s camp and coach, and you have a concern about that leg, why would you continue to focus on using that leg for calf kicks or teeps if you think there’s a higher risk of it breaking? Especially with a fighter like Conor who’s relatively new to those kicks, you know that precision is gonna be down which increases risk.
And further, his leg is not yet adapted to those types of kicks.
Taking those factors into account, and this idea that the UFC and their head of sports medicine would essentially commit malpractice by clearing Conor McGregor for this fight, I find it quite hard to believe his comments from today.”
Whilez Dr. David Abbassi, an orthopedic sports surgeon and MMA ringside physician, also chimed in. He said:
“Fair enough. I think it’s possible that he definitely had something going on in terms of a stress reaction or a stress fracture. I would definitely be interested in seeing what imaging studies his doctors got, including potential MRI studies.
For somebody who had leg stress fractures, though, going into that fight, he sure was kicking a lot. Not something we would typically see…
Stress reactions or stress fractures can be extremely painful. And they don’t usually have the movement that Conor McGregor had at that time.”
McGregor is set to be out for several months and will not be returning anytime soon.
