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Before the trilogy fight, McGregor vowed to finish Poirier. “I’m going to kill this guy. He came out with a stretcher.”
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The trilogy ended in disarray after McGregor broke his ankle on a wrong foot after firing a shot at Poirier. McGregor broke his left ankle just before the end of the first round.
The doctor had no choice but to end the fight, meaning Poirier was declared victorious by TKO. Finally, McGregor, who was actually stretched out of the octagon with his left ankle wrapped in a brace.
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Poirier also attacked the former two-class champion for the pre-fight and post-fight battles. “There’s no prohibition against trash talk, is there? But murder is something you don’t like and there’s no turning back from it,” said Poirier.
“This guy told me he was going to kill me and all sorts of things and said he was going to kill me and I was going to leave here in a coffin.”
“You don’t talk to people like that. I wish this man a safe return to his beautiful family.”
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