For the third time since live crowds came back to UFC events, fans were greeted with the sight of a fighter with a broken limb.
This time, it was Conor McGregor, the most famous and bankable UFC fighter in the promotion’s history. But as shocking and tragically familiar as the sight of McGregor’s limb folding against the canvas was at UFC 264, his coach questioned whether it came entirely out of the blue.
In a video chat with UFC broadcaster Laura Sanko, Kavanagh said McGregor sustained an injury to his left ankle in training camp for his trilogy with Dustin Poirier and said a scan he underwent before the fight may have indicated damage to the limb that could have been exacerbated by a blocked kick just before the fateful sequence.