Conor McGregor completely a successful 3.5-hour surgery on his broken leg Sunday following a gruesome loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264.
McGregor’s (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) trilogy fight with Poirier (28-6 MMA, 20-5 UFC) was cut short when the former two-division champ broke his left lower tibia off a missed punch toward the end of the first round of the lightweight bout, which took place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
“The Notorious” was unable to continue into the second frame, and Poirier was declared the winner by TKO. McGregor was taken out of the octagon a stretcher in the aftermath of the fight, and was transported to Los Angeles for surgery at Cedars-Sinai hospital.
McGregor was under the knife for more than three hours, Dr. Ellatrache and Milton Little performed the operation, which saw a intramedullary rod inserted in his tibia, as well as a small plate and screws to repair the fibula, a first reported by TMZ.
After the surgery, McGregor posted a statement on social media with a six-week timeline for his recovery (via Twitter):
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 🙏
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) July 12, 2021
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
McGregor is expected to remain in hospital until Tuesday or Wednesday. He comes out of UFC 264 on the first two-fight losing skid of his career, and is 1-3 in his past four bouts overall since he returned to MMA from a multi-year hiatus in October 2018.
