CONOR McGREGOR was forced out of UFC 303 after suffering a toe injury - but it was not his first rodeo. McGregor was due to make his return on June 29 after three years out to face Michael Chandler. But for the first time in his UFC career, the Irishman withdrew having broken his toe just weeks out from the bout.
McGregor, 35, released pictures of his severely swollen foot last week and insisted he would not fight while injured. The former two-weight UFC champion had developed a reputation of fighting through injury during his career. He infamously claimed his foot had swollen to the size of a "balloon" by the time he faced arch rival Khabib Nurmagomedov in 2018.
And behind-the-scenes footage in his Netflix docuseries revealed the exact moment he suffered that toe injury. He astonishingly had his doctor dislocate the injured toe before painfully resetting it. McGregor went on to lose by fourth-round submission to Nurmagomedov and later said his performance was hampered due to injury.
He has not fought since July 2021 when he broke his leg against Dustin Poirier. CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERS McGregor spoke out for the first time about his injury after attending Bellator Dublin to explain his decision to withdraw. He said: “I’m still here rocking away.
“I had a little lapse in concentration, so I had to reschedule the belt, so I’m a little upset about that. "But it’s keeping me dialled in. It’s keeping me focused.
The job is not done. "So that’s not.
