Conor McGregor undergoes surgery on broken leg after UFC 264 loss, details recovery timeline

Conor McGregor completely a successful 3-hour surgery on his broken leg Sunday following a gruesome loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264.

McGregor’s (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) trilogy fight with Poirier (28-6 MMA, 20-5 UFC) was cut short when the former two-division champ broke his left lower tibia and fibula off a missed punch toward the end of the first round of the lightweight bout, which took place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

“The Notorious” was unable to continue into the second frame, and Poirier was declared the winner by TKO. McGregor was taken out of the octagon a stretcher in the aftermath of the fight, and was transported to Los Angeles for surgery at Cedars-Sinai hospital.

McGregor was under the knife for more than three hours, Dr. El Attrache and Dr. Milton Little performed the operation, which saw a intramedullary rod inserted in his tibia, as well as a small plate and screws to repair the fibula, a first reported by TMZ.

After the surgery, McGregor posted a statement on social media with a six-week timeline for his recovery (via Twitter):

Just out of the surgery room guys! Surgery went excellent! Feeling tremendous! 6 weeks on crutch and we build back! Let’s go! God bless

— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) July 12, 2021

Just out of the surgery room guys! Surgery went excellent! Feeling tremendous! 6 weeks on crutch and we build back! Let’s go! God bless

Additionally, McGregor’s manager Audie Attar of Paradigm Sports released a statement on his client (via Twitter):

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— Audie A. Attar (@AudieAttar) July 12, 2021

Conor is in recover after 3 hours of surgery.
The surgery was successful repairing fractures of his tibia and fibula.
His physicians included Dr. Neal El Attrache from Kerlan-Jobbe. Conor’s long time orthopedist,
and traume surgeon Dr. Milton Little from Cedars-Sinai.

Both doctors are confident
that with time he will make a full recovery.

We anticipate his return to the octagon.

McGregor is expected to remain in hospital until Tuesday or Wednesday. He comes out of UFC 264 on the first two-fight losing skid of his career, and is 1-3 in his past four bouts overall since he returned to MMA from a multi-year hiatus in October 2018.