CONOR McGREGOR has reacted after undergoing surgery on his broken leg and is still taking cheap shots at Dustin Poirier online.
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- Sandra Brobbey
ROGAN WRONG
Conor McGregor's coach John Kavanagh has slammed UFC for allowing Joe Rogan to interview the fighter moments after his shocking leg break.
The pair conversed in the Octagon with McGregor Dustin Poirier and his wife after the America fighter beat him via a TKO.
During an Instagram Live Q&A Kavanagh said: “I have my opinions on that.
“Like his foot is literally hanging down. It’s a clean fracture of the fibula and tibia. It went straight through.
“His foot is hanging down. You can only imagine the rush of hormones and the pain, it was on fire.
"And then someone sits down and sticks a microphone under your face like ‘how are you feeling right now?
"Let’s say I was pretty miffed at that idea of shoving a microphone in someone’s face at that stage. Let’s gather ourselves. Anyways look, what’s happened has happened.”
- Sandra Brobbey
KHABIB COMEBACK
Dana White is hoping to lure Khabib Nurmagomedev out of retirement and into a dream clash with Georges St-Pierre.
But the Russian UFC icon is insisting he has no intention of returning to the Octagon.
Nurmagomedev is undefeated at 29-0 with his last clash taking place in October 2020 when he beat Justin Gaethje before retiring.
And the MMA hero reckons Conor McGregor's career is done and dusted following his loss to Dustin Poirier.
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CONOR CAREER FEAR
Khabib Nurmagomedov reckons Conor McGregor needs to call time on his Octagon career and claims the Notorious is "finished" as a fighter.
The Dagestan-born former UFC champion, who retired in 2020, defeated McGregor in an unforgettable title bout in October 2018.
And the mixed martial artist, who was the UFC's was longest-reigning lightweight champion, reckons the industry should back away from encouraging McGregor.
Nurmagomedov, 32, told ESPN: "All the time we hear that money and fame change people. No.
"When money and fame come, these two things show who you are. And what has [McGregor] done?
"He punched an old guy [in a bar in 2019]. You guys can watch everything he did and understand, it's just like Dustin said, 'This guy is a bag of s***.
"I saw a lot of tweets try to support him. How are you gonna support this guy? When kids, young generation watch him, watch this sport?
"If the MMA community is going to support these bad people, this sport is going to go in a bad way."
McGregor suffered a brutal leg injury during his UFC 264 loss to Dustin Poirier
- Sandra Brobbey
LOW BLOW
Conor McGregor is showing no signs of easing off with his jibes at Dustin Poirier.
MMA Junkie claims the Notorious, who lost on a TKO at UFC 264tweeted and deleted screenshots of Poirier, 32, and his wife Jolie.
These include a picture from Mateusz Gamrot's Instagram page of Poirier holding his ankle and a photo of the American martial artist smiling with his daughter Parker.
MMA Junkie captured the screen grabs of the social media posts shared days after McGregor endured a brutal leg break at UFC 264.
In two deleted posts McGregor reportedly refers to himself as "a nasty dude" and "a dangerous man".
The former two-weight champion, 32,is recovering from an operation on the injury.
And it is thought UFC president Dana White is already mulling over a fourth fight between the rivals.
- Marc Mayo
GOOD MORNING UFC FANS
Conor McGregor was ‘well on track' to 'getting a finish' against Dustin Poirier before his horror injury, coach John Kavanagh said.
He explained: “It was going fantastic. I thought he looked really, really good in there.
"I wasn’t concerned at all. I was actually really, really happy. At the 4:30 mark or even the 4:45 mark, everything is gravy.
"I thought energy looked good, technique looked good.
"A few adjustments in between rounds, and I thought round two we were well on track to getting a finish there, or keep the rhythm going for the rest of the fight.”
Kavanagh also believes McGregor is finally ‘peaking’ aged 33.
He added: “He truly loves this and it’s hard to imagine him not wanting to come back, not wanting to do this again.
"Because we really just got this fantastic rhythm.
"He’s turning 33, which to me is a peaking time where strength meets conditioning and mental and physical and spiritual maturity, everything’s coming together.
"I think we have a couple of years of this ahead of us.”
Finally, Poirier has been branded a 'dirtbag' by former team-mate Colby Covington for his post-fight celebrations.
Covington said: "I thought it showed the 'charitable nice guy', the true character of Poirier last night.
"He's out there strutting in Conor's face. Obviously, it was a fluke. Conor breaks his leg, it was a fluke decision ending.
"It wasn't a knockout, it wasn't a clear-cut decision, it wasn't a submission.
"And the guy's out there strutting in front of the guy's face at his downfall when that guy made his career and did everything for Dustin to give him this big fight.”
- Anthony Chapman
GOR BLIMEY
Conor McGregor wanted to do charity wheelchair boxing match after his horror leg injury, his head coach revealed.
John Kavanagh explained: "Conor had volunteered to be the co-main event where he was gonna box, there's a guy called Al Foran who is an impressionist.
"You might have seen him do some of Conor's impressions. So Conor's gonna fight Conor in the co-main event."
"So Conor was going to fight Conor in the co-main event, which I thought was quite funny, he was accepting his first ever co-main slot.
"He's been main-event for a couple years now. But anyway in the heat of all this he just turned and went, 'You know, I'm gonna do the wheelchair boxing fight now'.
"Because, he's off his feet for a while. He made a joke about that."
- Anthony Chapman
RETURN OF THE MAC
Conor McGregor is entering 'peaking time' ahead of his 33rd birthday with his coach ruling out retirement.
John Kavanagh said: “He truly loves this and it’s hard to imagine him not wanting to come back, not wanting to do this again.
"Because we really just got this fantastic rhythm.
"He’s turning 33, which to me is a peaking time where strength meets conditioning and mental and physical and spiritual maturity, everything’s coming together.
"I think we have a couple of years of this ahead of us.”
- Anthony Chapman
LOOKING GOOD
Conor McGregor was ‘well on track' to 'getting a finish' against Dustin Poirier before his horror injury, coach John Kavanagh said.
He explained: “It was going fantastic. I thought he looked really, really good in there.
"I wasn’t concerned at all. I was actually really, really happy. At the 4:30 mark or even the 4:45 mark, everything is gravy.
"I thought energy looked good, technique looked good.
"A few adjustments in between rounds, and I thought round two we were well on track to getting a finish there, or keep the rhythm going for the rest of the fight.”
- Anthony Chapman
‘IT’S SAD’
Logan Paul said 'RIP Conor McGregor’s career' and claimed the UFC legend's star power has now plummeted 'into the ground'.
Paul tweeted: “Damn. crazy to see a star with such a meteoric rise literally plummet into the ground just a few years later.
"It’s sad tbh. RIP Conor McGregor’s career."
- Anthony Chapman
CROSSROADS
Conor McGregor is on the hunt for his next opponent after losing to Daniel Poirier.
But who could the Irishman fight next in UFC?
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- Anthony Chapman
CON ARTIST
Conor McGregor mocked Floyd Mayweather for winning only $35,000 after his loss at UFC 264.
Mayweather, who beat the Irishman in 2017, revealed he bet $50,000 on McGregor to lose in his trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier.
It meant Mayweather collected $85,000 in return, making a $35,000 profit at the expense of his ex-opponent.
But McGregor reacted by tweeting '35k' with two laughing emojis.
- Anthony Chapman
MORE COVINGTON ON POIRIER
"I thought it was funny. It showed his true colours. He's got his little prop, his wife Jolie, out there. Obviously, she's a prop.
"He only uses her for a prop because he knows he's a piece-of-s**t person.
"He wants to act like he's a nice guy, a family man, a father and a good husband. I just thought it showed his true character last night.
"He's a dirtbag and so is the whole camp that he resides out of.”
- Alex Terrell
YES HE CAN
Canelo Alvarez’s coach offered to help train Conor McGregor following the UFC star’s ‘surprising’ display against Floyd Mayweather.
McGregor lost his ring debut in 2017 against Mayweather in ten rounds, but raised eyebrows after a fast start.
He is yet to make a return to boxing after talks to face Manny Pacquiao collapsed following his loss to Dustin Poirier in January.
He told Little Giant Boxing, translated from Spanish: “Here we can support him. We can help to better his boxing and defence.
“Honestly, when he fought Mayweather he surprised me. He has a good counter. He has good footwork, waist movement and agility.
“Therefore, I think he would do good in boxing. Give it your best, keep working hard, don’t quit.”
- Anthony Chapman
‘TRUE COLOURS’
Dustin Poirier has been branded a 'dirtbag' by former team-mate Colby Covington for his post-fight celebrations after beating Conor McGregor.
Covington said: "I thought it showed the 'charitable nice guy', the true character of Poirier last night.
"He's out there strutting in Conor's face. Obviously, it was a fluke. Conor breaks his leg, it was a fluke decision ending.
"It wasn't a knockout, it wasn't a clear-cut decision, it wasn't a submission.
"And the guy's out there strutting in front of the guy's face at his downfall when that guy made his career and did everything for Dustin to give him this big fight.”
- Sandra Brobbey
CON THANKS RON
Conor McGregor took to Twitter to thank Ronda Rousey for her supportive tweet following his loss to Dustin Poirier.
The WWE star and record-breaking former MMA champ says the world of UFC is lucky to have the Irishman.
And The Notorious quote tweeted Rousey showing his appreciation of her post.
Rousey, 34,has a record of 12-2-0, with nine wins via submission and three through TKO.
The California-born Judo specialist announced her pregnancy with her partner Travis Browne in May.
- Sandra Brobbey
MALIGNAGGI MOCKERY
Paulie Malignaggi could not resist having a brutal dig at Conor McGregor followingThe Notorious's UFC 246 loss to Dustin Poirier.
And the retired two-weight boxing champ took to Instagram to mock his former sparring partner.
Following Poirier's first-round TKO victory Malignaggi mocked up a picture of a bruised and battered-looking McGregor being propped up Khabib Nurmagomedov and The Diamond.
Above the trio is a banner that reads 'Weekend at Conor's'.
And in a caption alongside his Instagram post, Malignaggi wrote: "Love a good old school movie, goodnight everyone.”
- Sandra Brobbey
SHAMROCK BLAST
Ken Shamrock has been hitting back at fans taking potshots at Conor McGregor on social media following his UFC 264 loss and grim leg break.
The UFC Hall of Famer,57,has been standing up for the former double-champion on Twitter after some fight fans appeared to celebrate the Irishman's injury.
In reply to one fan, Shamrock tweeted: “No one is asking anything from you.
“But to talk about a fighter who has done what Conor has done is very disrespectful.
Just because he is what he is doesn’t give you the right to be the same. Just be happy for Dustin. Leave Conor out of it.”
- Sandra Brobbey
TRASH TALK
New unseen footage of Conor McGregor aiming post-fight threats at Dustin Poirier and his wife Jolie has reportedly come to light.
Give Me Sport says the Irishman can be seen making gun signs with his hand to his head, as he says: “In your sleep, you’re getting it, in your sleep you’re dead, you and your Mrs, it ain’t over.”
McGregor is currently recovering from surgery on a broken tibia.
The Notorious, 32, broke his leg after stumbling in the Octagon seconds before the end of the first round of his UFC 264 clash with Poirier.
And Poirier was awarded a TKO win with McGregor unable to continue.
- Sandra Brobbey
ROUSING SUPPORT
Ronda Rousey took to Twitter to hail Conor McGregor following his loss to Dustin Poirier and injury at UFC 264.
And the former UFC and WWE champ was amazed to see McGregor talking of plans to get back to full fitness after surgery on a broken tibia.
- James Orr
DOUBLE TEAM
Jake Paul teamed up with Dustin Poirier to troll Conor McGregor after the UFC star broke his leg during his defeat to the Diamond.
Paul says he is sending Poirier the 100K diamond chain of 'sleepy' McGregor, and has asked if he can make an alteration.
- James Orr
'ILLEGIMITATE'
The Notorious called Dustin Poirier's first-round win 'illegitimate' as he revealed he had undergone surgery.
Dustin, you can celebrate that illegitimate win all you want but you’ve done nothing in there
- James Orr
SURGERY 'EXCELLENT'
McGregor says the surgery which he underwent on Sunday went 'excellent' and he's now set for six weeks with a crutch.
He tweeted: "Just out of the surgery room guys! Surgery went excellent! Feeling tremendous! 6 weeks on crutch and we build back! Let’s go! God bless."
- supal
JUST IN
Conor McGregor has issued an injury update after undergoing surgery, and says he's 'feeling tremendous'.
He said: "I want to thank all the fans around the world for your messages of support. I hope you enjoyed the show.
"I want to thank all the fans in attendance at the arena, the place was absolutely electric.
"It was a hell of a first round, it would've been nice to get into the second round then see what's what.
"But that's the nature of the business, a clean break on the tibia and it wasn't meant to be."
McGregor added: "Dustin, you can celebrate that illegitimate win all you want but you've done nothing in there.
"That second round would've shown all. Onwards and upwards we go. We dust ourselves off, we build ourselves back, and we come back better than ever."
- supal
DOCTOR’S ORDERS
Conor McGregor demanded his second loss to Dustin Poirier be ruled a doctor stoppage and not a referee-ended fight.
The Notorious suffered a second consecutive loss to the American in the main event of UFC 264 in Las Vegas.
The Irishman, 32, broke his ankle seconds before the end of the first round.
McGregor’s inability to continue prompted the doctor to call a halt to proceedings, meaning Poirier was awarded a TKO victory.
And the UFC’s first simultaneous two-weight world champion demanded it not be ruled a ref-induced stoppage.
He shouted: “Doctor stoppage, doctor stoppage. Tell them doctor stoppage.”
- supal
‘YOU NEED ME’
Conor McGregor is a man who knows his worth.
Notorious lost to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 in spectacular fashion, when he broke his leg during their conquest.
But the Irish MMA star, 32, is adamant that he’s not finished in the UFC after suffering consecutive defeats to Poirier.
McGregor took to Instagram to share an image of himself being stretchered out of the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
He captioned the photo: “You need people like me.”
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