In the last few seconds of the first round of the UFC 264 trilogy on Saturday night, McGregor suffered what White called a “left lower tibia fracture.”
The 32-year-old player will undergo surgery on Sunday, followed by a long suspension, which is likely to raise questions about his long-term future in the sport.
However, McGregor insisted that the competition was “not over yet” because he started a long talk about Boylell in a somewhat unusual interview with Joe Logan because he put his injured leg on protection. On the stent, he was lifted out of the octagon on a stretcher and went to the hospital.
Poirier shocked McGregor in the second round suspension of UFC 257 in Abu Dhabi in January, and McGregor scored in 106 seconds for the first time in the UFC 178 featherweight competition in September 2014. victory.
Although there is a lot of uncertainty around McGregor now, White believes that he will be fair in the next fourth game against Povarre.
At the same time, “Diamonds” will next compete for the UFC lightweight title currently won by the Brazilian team. Charles OliveiraIn May, he defeated Michael Chandler at UFC 262 and won the belt that had been vacant since McGregor’s rival, Habib Nurmagomedov, retired in October.
“The battle is not over. You can’t end the battle in this way,” White said at a post-match press conference in Las Vegas on Saturday.
“We will see how the whole thing develops. I mean, who knows how long Connor has been out? Poirier will do his thing before Connor is ready.
“It’s bad, it’s cruel, it’s not the way you want to see the battle over.
“Dustin Poirier will fight for the championship, and when Connor is healed and ready to go, I guess you will have a rematch.”
