Twitter has been reeling over Conor McGregor vs. Dustin Poirier’s UFC 264 fight from Saturday, July 10 which ended early after the former sustained a leg injury.
The Irish fighter became the butt of jokes on Twitter once again after his recent fight against Dustin.
The UFC 264 fight was the third one in the trilogy of the fights between the two. It ended prematurely when Conor had to be rushed to the hospital after sustaining a gruesome leg injury.
The incident led to The Notorious MMA fighter losing for the second time in a row against Dustin.
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After Saturday’s fight concluded many including Jake and Logan Paul took to Twitter to mock the 32-year-old Irish MMA star.
The fight was held in the unofficial fight capital of the world, Las Vegas and ended in round 1 after the Irish fighter broke his leg back on itself.
Following the injury, the fight was immediately stopped.
However, like his leg, Conor’s spirit wasn’t shattered. Calling out Dustin the fighter said sitting inside the ring after his injury, ‘I was boxing the bleedin’ head off him. Usual s*** diving to close the distance. This is not over. Your wife is in my DMs. I landed on my wonky leg like Anderson Silva that one time.’
The jury declared Dustin as the winner.
Aside from the ‘Conor McGregor vs. Dustin Poirier fight’, there were 12 other fights in UFC 264. Seven of them were finished by either knockout or a submission, making this PPV event, one of the most entertaining events in 2021 so far.
The Fight of the Night honour was awarded to the fight between Sean O’Malley and Kris Moutinho, which the former won.
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Twitter was quick to crack jokes on the whole fight ending in the first round incident.