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Conor McGregor sounded off after a leg injury ended his comeback fight 69 seconds after it started.“My head gasket is gone,’’ McGregor wrote on X after the fight. “Destroyed. I had no injury / injuries going into the fight. I was throwing kicks, planted and jumping, all throughout camp as well as backstage before the fight. This came out of nowhere. I am beyond dark here. I can only describe it as hell.’’McGregor, who was fighting for the first time in five years, appeared to injury himself while landing after opening the fight with a leaping kick.He fell three times before clutching his knee in pain and the referee stopped the fight at 1:09.Paramount+, the UFC’s streaming partner, later in the broadcast showed video that raised questions of a possible preexisting injury. When McGregor took his sneakers off, he stumbled.The moment took place before the pre-fight "pat down" designed to ensure safety and fair play.“So hard to know if there was any sort of preexisting injury,’’ said Jon Anik, the UFC’s longtime play-by-play announcer, during the livestream.Anik also said, “We’re not going to sort of lean into the speculation right now,’’ said Anik, during the livestream. “But for us to contextualize it and at least bring you that video.’’During the post-fight press conference, UFC CEO Dana White McGregor said he knew nothing of a preexisting injury.“The day of the press conference (Thursday), he came running out of the back and ran right to (Max Holloway) and stopped abruptly and squared off with him,’’ White said. “They were pushing foreheads. You know, the doctors check them out before they fight and he looked damn good at the press conference and he looked fine at the weigh-ins (Friday).’’Ex-UFC fighter Dustin Poirier arrested at Atlanta airport. See bodycamRetired UFC fighter Dustin Poirier was arrested at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Airport after being removed from a Delta flight.
