Watch Conor McGregor dislocate toe before resetting it in graphic Netflix documentary scene
UFC fans curious about if Conor McGregor was injured heading into his fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov finally have an answer.
‘Notorious’ suffered a fourth-round submission defeat to his biggest rival in October 2018 before claiming he was compromised and demanding a rematch.
“You must understand my foot was a balloon when I walked into that fight,” McGregor said during an interview with ESPN in 2019.
“I’ve got all this footage backed up from that entire camp. I broke my foot three weeks out from that fight. My foot was a balloon.”
He added: “My toes came out of the socket and a guy had to come into the cage and break them back into place, the thing ballooned out and I hobbled in there and walked him down and did not give two s***s.
"That was with a bad camp. That was with a half-committed camp.”
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Although McGregor claimed to have footage documenting his UFC 229 injury, he never released it and some people thought he was just making up an excuse for losing.
However, five years later, a four-part series following his life has been released on Netflix and shows the moment he injured his foot.
The 34-year-old was taken to the floor by a sparring partner before the session came to a halt as McGregor alerted his team to a potential issue.
“My toes are f***ed,” McGregor says before getting up and hobbling away while angrily shouting expletives as his team speculates about a potential dislocation.
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"This is bad, isn’t it? Why’s it like that? I’ve taken a lot more than that,” he adds after sitting on a set of stairs and taking off his training gear to get a better look at the damage.
A member of McGregor’s team decides his little toe is dislocated and tries to put it back into place but the UFC star screams in pain before bailing from the scene.
After the Irishman settles on a couch his team once again implores him to reset it as soon as possible but he is hesitant after a painful failed first attempt.
“You tried to do it and you couldn't do it,” McGregor said through gritted teeth.
The 34-year-old eventually allows them to try again and after a moment of pain it pops back into place and McGregor’s entire demeanour changes as he says, ‘That was light work!’
He continued: “It feels ok. It’s a couple of toes. I’ve f***ed up my ligament nine days before on my knee before fights. It’s a couple of toes. I’ll still smack the man.”
McGregor linked up with the UFC doctors when he touched down in Las Vegas two weeks before his fight with Nurmagomedov and was advised to wear shoes during his training sessions.
A week later, he hooked up with the UFC doctor again and appeared to be feeling much better about his foot injury after getting treatment on it.
McGregor said: “It feels way better! It feels like it’s gone.”
However, the injury reared its ugly head on fight night, and ‘Mystic Mac’ used it to demand a rematch after falling short against Nurmagomedov.
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