Conor McGregor SNAPS ankle in horror injury as he suffers defeat to Poirier at UFC 264 (VIDEO)

Conor McGregor suffered a gruesome ankle injury as his trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier was stopped after the first round at UFC 264 in Las Vegas.

McGregor’s left ankle appeared to snap as he took a step backwards after throwing a punch, with the fight being called off by doctors at the end of the round as the Irishman was down in agony.

The contest was awarded to Poirier as a TKO doctor stoppage as the American claimed outright bragging rights over his Irish rival with two wins from three in their trilogy.  

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Connor McGregor Broke His Ankle During UFC 264 Match😭😭😭
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— Lil Book (@muslimbooker) July 11, 2021

An injury to Conor McGregor's leg forced a Doctor's Stoppage in the #UFC264 main event.

Dustin Poirier won via TKO. pic.twitter.com/jsZVltGniI

— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) July 11, 2021

Poirier had enjoyed the better of the opening round, dominating McGregor on the ground and catching him with several clean shots.

The Irishman had started with a barrage of low kicks before the action went to the mat, as Poirier later claimed that the damage he had done when checking McGregor's kicks had led to his ankle snapping later in the round.

“He fractured it in one of the checks at the beginning of the fight… It was probably cracked and on the twist of the punch [it broke],” Poirier said.

The pair’s third fight had been preceded by some toxic trash talk from McGregor in which he had threatened to “murder” his rival and also suggested Poirier's wife had tried to make contact with him.

“Murder stuff, there’s no coming back from that,” Poirier said.

"You don’t talk like that. I hope this guy gets back to his beautiful family…

“This guy’s a dirtbag man. Anybody booing, you can kiss my whole a**hole,” Poirier added to the disappointed gull house at the T-Mobile Arena.

“Karma’s not a b*tch, she’s a mirror.”

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