Is Conor McGregor OK? Dustin Poirier bout sees UFC fighter end up in hospital

Is Conor McGregor OK? Dustin Poirier bout sees UFC fighter end up in hospital
Conor McGregor is carried out of the arena on a stretcher after injuring his ankle in the first round of his lightweight bout against Dustin Poirier during UFC 264 (Stacy Revere/ Getty Images)

The main fight between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 saw a shocking ending, with McGregor suffering what seemed to be a broken leg after rolling over his ankle in the first round.

The fight was the third in the trilogy and now UFC boss Dana White has confirmed that McGregor and Poirier will fight again for the fourth time. McGregor, meanwhile, has been taken to the hospital after the fight, and it has been confirmed that he had a surgery on Sunday, July 11. It was later reported that McGregor underwent a successful 3.5-hour surgery in Los Angeles, where doctors implanted a rod in his tibia and his fibula was fixed with plates and screws.

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