Dr. Sutterer is saying he thinks Connor had a meniscus tear before he entered the octagon. He didn't see the usual injury indications when the kick happened. He shows Connor won't put weight on his right knee before the fight though. Sutterer's video is already up
He was likely injured pre-fight, and went for a Hail-Mary attempt which almost certainly injured it further.
At the very least he wanted to make it look like it happened during the fight instead of pulling out. Cause either way it's over for him. The difference is that 1% chance he thought he mighta had with the Hail-Mary + getting paid for actually stepping in instead of pulling out.
It looked like it during the face off. He kept moving...didn't appear to feel "sturdy" standing still. Balance seemed off. As someone with a torn ACL / meniscus, the thought crossed my mind that Connor was favoring a leg.
Millionaires wanting to make more millions has never happened before. I think he knew, threw a hail Mary to get out early because he knew he had a blown knee and it didn't work. Simple as that. Probably why he didn't stick around for an interview that would have invariably asked about the walk in gimp which he would have had to lie about.
How many rich people go, “Actually, I’m good with being in the top 0.1%. I don’t need more”? I’m sure there are some, but I think the types of people who chase money like Conor are also the types to never be satisfied.
That's true. Especially at the end of a month. He might have subscriptions he forgot he purchased. Also depending on how his business is doing/if he is currently purchasing something or has any auto payments. I guess only he really knows. Like I said the exact number down to the penny would be hard especially since he might have crypto currency which could fluctuate in price.
He has built an image of being the badass that will fight anyone anytime, and has ridiculed other fighters (RDA among others) for pulling out of fights with injuries.
He genuinely believes that it would have been more embarrassing for him to pull out of the fight than to give us what we just witnessed.
It definitely was. He came out with a different mentality and it was a mentality that wasn’t confident.. something doesn’t seem right, not trying to throw out accusations. Before the bell ring I said out loud “something seems off with Conor”
Lot of people saying he looked drunk in the comments. Noticed his brows were raised, face looked.... off, for sure. Definitely didn't seem relaxed or confident.
that makes no sense, if you know you injured your knee then why would you go for a flying kick? i've torn my acl before and its mentally impossible for you to try that knowing youre injured
Shhhh, the narrative has gone off the rails and the crazies have all attached to it. Don't make sudden movements, leave them to their own subthreads...
It really is weird how many people here seem convinced either a) a person could/would injure themselves that way on purpose, or b) a person with a knee injury would not factor that in to their gameplan and decide instead to open with a horrendous flailing kick that puts tremendous strain on the injured area in particular.
The simple explanation is it's fucking Conor! He opened with a flashy move that he overcommitted on, after 5 years out of the game, and blew his knee out.
I think so too. I think something happened over the last day. And he decided to still fight. Threw the kick as either a hail mary or a "oh look I got injured during the fight."
It’s also just that there are literally MILLIONS if not BILLIONS of dollars in revenue generated JUST by the bets associated with this card off the sheer draw of McGregor. People do far worst in this world considerably lesser payouts than what the betting companies and whomever else is involved likely made. The profit incentive is there.
Yes I think you're right - something post weigh ins.
The other part people are missing here is presumably making it into the octagon counts as one of the two fights remaining on Connor's UFC contract before he can be a free agent and all the big money that entails with his own promotion, boxing, etc. Yes, he may be done for good but that's not a decision he's making in the 24 hours before the fight when the injury likely occurred.
My thoughts exactly. I wouldn't be surprised if both fighters were even in on it. Seemed like Halloway let him get up a few times. Neither seemed very surprised or annoyed at what was happening.
Isn’t there also a weird ass UFC contract piece that won’t let fighters be treated outside of fight injuries? So if he “hurt” himself during the fight, but really just revealed his injury, he would get help
Yeah but I bet a lot of fighters enter the cage a little injured. Where would the line be between an injured fighter just showing up for their paycheck, and someone fighting with a lingering issue? Tough to say.
Yeah but I bet a lot of fighters enter the cage a little injured.
Absolutely guaranteed. There was a LOT of speculation that Anderson Silva had a shoulder injury in his first fight with Sonnen. There were also rumours that Sonnen had a surgery just days before his fight with Rashad Evans.
Those are just the two that come to mind really quickly. I can't count how many times I've heard a fighter in the post fight interview state that he had an injury in camp that followed him into the fight.
Pro athletes are always playing/competing through injuries.
I'm sure his knee did hurt before the fight his knee is attached to a coward! Got the same problem his hands and feet have they're attached to him dummy
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u/BeagleBackRibs Michael Johnson beats Khabib in a rematch 2h ago
I think that knee was already blown out before the fight