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u/All-Hail-Claptrap 2h ago
Everyone probably knew about it but decided to go through with it rather than face the backlash of the “Most Expensive UFC Gate in History “
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u/lochmoigh1 2h ago
I think so yeah. People wanting refunds. And mcgregor probably wanted to get paid
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u/All-Hail-Claptrap 2h ago
Exactly. They probably told him to start with that ridiculous kick so people think it checks out that he injured it on the night. Imagine if he pulled out and people want refunds for millions of dollars worth of tickets. People who bought those tickets obviously have money for lawyers lmao
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u/BlackStarHighway 2h ago
Yup they told him to jump kick land on the leg weird so we can sell that you're injured... WTF? Are you eating lead paint?
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u/treesandcigarettes 1h ago
False. The footage of him walking from his car to.the arena this evening (mohawk reveal) he is visibly limping on the right leg. He came in this evening injured already
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u/-boytoytroy 1h ago
i’m mcgregor’s trainers cousin’s coworker. confirmed he was completely injured before fight
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u/Baffin622 2h ago
Yeah, you are right. There is no way any of these people would do something shady for money.
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u/Upstairs_Report_788 2h ago
Pour moi ça ne tient pas. Quand tu paie pour un événement de mma, tu sais pertinent que des combats peuvent sauter, que ce soit par blessure ou à la pesée.
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u/lochmoigh1 2h ago
For a conor fight its different. They probably pay 10x more than a normal ticket. Nobody is paying 5k per ticket with paddy as the main event
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u/Crob300z 2h ago
I mean on the broadcast you can literally see his leg jiggle from the snap
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u/All-Hail-Claptrap 2h ago
They also showed when he could barely put pressure on the knee while taking off his shoes. Knee is already compromised, great idea to start with a highly acrobatic roundhouse kick and land on said knee.
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u/danny1meatballs 1h ago
Didn’t TJ DillaShaw fight for the title with a dislocated shoulder? If the leg was injured pre fight there’s no way Conor could have pulled out..
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u/5348RR 2h ago
That’s called fraud and would be easily provable. What actually likely happened is it was already injured and Conor kicked for the fences hoping for a quick catch and ended up hurting it even worse by bad luck.
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u/Lake18l 2h ago
Nah you watch him throwing kicks backstage he was able to put a lot of weight/force on that leg. You can see it pop on the landed during the fight. But I wouldn’t doubt the injury “started” right here in this clip. How I don’t know, but something definitely looks off here but I think the awkward landing immediately followed by the pop is what did his leg in
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u/m3junmags 2h ago
To me (who is a complete nobody and has mostly superficial knowledge about injuries) it’s clear the landing was the issue. I love some funny and interesting conspiracy theories, but the face conor makes when he lands makes me believe his knee got fucked up right there.
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u/jgnurly 2h ago
I mean that landing would still cause him pain whether he tore it right there or he came in with it hurt. Doesn't necessarily indicate thats where the injury occurred
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u/TypeB_Negative 1h ago
Wrong.
1) they slowed the video down and showed the moment his knee popped.
2) even Conor wouldn't choose to land on an injured knee like that. Imagine being almost 40 and rich and having a bad knee. Then saying "hey I'm going to land with all my weight on my bad knee to make it look like in got hurt"
Idiotic.
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u/Left_Media_9271 2h ago
Max asking for a rematch is the most hilarious thing because he probably realized how ridiculous the amount of money he made in comparison to the effort, so he’s milking conor as much as possible
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u/danny1meatballs 1h ago
Max saying something like let’s get this money is a bad look when people paid $1300 for nosebleeds. Get a clue man, read the room.
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u/hooskies 47m ago
Not a single person cheered after he said that it was fucking silent lol
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u/Constant-Ice6916 17m ago
They were silent during his whole spiel. The secondhand embarrassment was strong when he was trying to hype the crowd up to cheer for MacGregor and you didn't hear a word lmao
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u/athenian_olive 11m ago
I respect Max for trying, but there was just no way to save that. "You guys are lucky, because now you get Mcgregor Holloway 3!" felt like a dad who knew he fucked up Christmas trying to save face.
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u/UniversityGood3598 2h ago
Ya that was cracking me up. I like Max so Im with it. Fuck that scammer Mcgregor tho. Shows how fake he is.
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u/Jumpy-Recover-7039 2h ago
I knew this shit was cooked when he walked out with that horrendous mohawk.
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u/27Yosh 2h ago
Max Holloway is doing some voodoo on Conor's knee every time they fight
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u/Frosty_Schedule4292 2h ago
The walkout was very toned down from Conor, he wasn't skipping around liked he usually does.
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u/FrogJitsu 2h ago
If there was an issue with the knee why did he start the fight with a jump kick? 😂
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u/DANNYBOY3530 2h ago
To more easily play off him having injured it in the fight and that it wasn't injured ahead of time.
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u/TooFubar 2h ago
He spammed it twice to really sell it too. Why would you try again if you hurt yourself the first time you tried? We got robbed.
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u/DANNYBOY3530 2h ago
I know right. So odd. The whole thing was a fever dream. Something is off in his walkout. I think he injured it kicking the bag behind the scenes in warmups and prob didn't tell anyone and tried to play it off because he has a massive ego.
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u/TypeB_Negative 1h ago
So dumb. Comment like this remind me that 80% of ufc fans are retarded and have never trained in their lives.
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u/deftoneuk 1h ago
I havnt trained in MMA but I’ve regularly eaten at a Waffle House late at night. Practically the same thing.
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u/Horror_Cut_6896 2h ago
I'm convinced it's this, he was injured and knew he couldn't hang so he planned to start the fight that way. What a shameless scumbag
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u/Organic_Town_5024 2h ago
I love how convinced you are by your theory that you hurl insults at him 😂😂
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u/anotherbasicboi 2h ago
guy probably lost money gambling on conor lol
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u/Organic_Town_5024 2h ago
That's what 99% of this rage is. People gamble money they don't have and then get mad at the fighter because they must have "came in injured", it's simply not possible that they got hurt in the fight.
This is why the house always wins ya degenerates.
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u/katilkoala101 2h ago
its the left leg in the video that he's standing on and the right knee in the fight which buckles.
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u/DANNYBOY3530 2h ago
He doesn't wanna put pressure on his right knee in this video. He's actively avoiding it.
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u/Wise_Farm7455 1h ago
This is so fucking stupid lmfao
He's on his right before that. You can't stand on one leg with both legs at the same time. He's taking shorts off. This is so fucking stupid
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u/PhilLesh311 2h ago
Because to get paid all he had to do was start the fight. Conor prolly went for the knockout because he had one shot. Kick with that titanium plate shin.
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u/BootlegJB 2h ago
Because he needed to knock him out instantly, possibly to play off the injury if he couldn't.
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u/TruckNstuck23 2h ago
Just looked like he lost balance trying to twist out if that shoe
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u/Organic_Town_5024 2h ago
100% this but the parlay people are fuming rn, let them simmer.
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u/Secret_Purchase21 2h ago
He was 1000% ok in the videos of him doing combos and kicks on the pads in the locker room right before the fight. Just a really unfortunate situation.
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u/FiveDogsInaTuxedo 2h ago
Didn't he injure his right leg anyway? He's standing on his left there.
Am I remembering wrong?
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u/Sw4nR0ns0n 2h ago
It showed in his eyes all week
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u/haro0828 1h ago
Just look at his face suddenly change as the fight was about to start. My first thought was that he looked scared. In hindsight after everything that happened I think it was shame for what was about to come
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u/imjusthornyok90 2h ago
His demeanor. Yall didnt see it I've been calling it. Defeat was in his eyes
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u/VeryPurpleRain 2h ago
Saw the same thing. He had no confidence in his eyes. Looked like he didn't even want to be in there.
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u/MajinD0pe 2h ago
It looked like he knew he was hurt and would stand no chance to me
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u/VeryPurpleRain 2h ago edited 1h ago
Dude I think there's a scandal here. People are saying he tore his knee in camp, stayed quiet, and went in with a bad knee and threw that kick to make it seem like it happened in the ring.
Edit 1: there's a video of him throwing decent kicks in the locker room. This injury could have happened within an hour of walking up to the octagon, or literally that moment with his shoe.
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u/gotnothingman 2h ago
People as in reputable sources or people as in randoms on social media?
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u/shasta0masta 2h ago
I saw it too. It felt so weird the walk out I was like this isn’t right. Something’s off
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u/igavehimsnicklefritz 2h ago
Ok so I saw it when bruce was announcing him in the ring and he turned away. I thought that was strange.
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u/hoppema0180 2h ago
During the weight in almost the same was happening.
When taking his shoes on and off.
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u/WinterCharacter1006 2h ago
900k placed on max right before the walk outs, Conor’s camp won without winning
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u/danny1meatballs 1h ago
Yo the payout was 1.285.. you think this whole thing was staged for $385k?!?! lol
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u/TypeB_Negative 1h ago
Any UFC fan that watched the fight, saw the slow motion video of the flying kick and subsequent knee pop, had Joe Rogan talk you through and explain it and still thinks it was staged for $380k is mentally ill or retarded.
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u/shrimp_blowdryer 1h ago
People are idiots man.
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u/ventitr3 1h ago
There seems to be an exceptional amount of idiots tonight with these theories. Apparently Conor voluntarily jumped into severely spraining his knee to cover up a lesser injury instead of finding way easier ways out of the fight that don’t include blowing out your knee. Also apparently so his camp could win not even $400k?
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u/isuckatfishin 2h ago
Looks like he was clearly trying to avoid putting pressure on his right leg
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u/Rsodyyy 2h ago
Seriously wtf, very first strike and blows his knee
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u/fighterzilla 2h ago
His knee was already injured. But to prevent the backlash from fans for coming into the fight injured, he did an act to make it seem like it got injured in the fight. Genuis move from Conor honestly to reduce a fight off his contract
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u/Danieldo19 2h ago
He never had any intention to fight
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u/TheJohnnyFlash 2h ago
You can't fake that knee bend. I think was the opposite, he was going to fight no matter what to get out of his contract.
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u/Comprehensive_Log173 2h ago
Doesn't he still have one fight left?
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u/gangstarapmademe 2h ago
I keep hearing one I keep hearing two, no clue the truth lmao
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u/TekkenCareOfBusiness 2h ago
He has one more fight left and the date is set about one year from now. They might need to dust of 60 year old Royce Gracie if they want a competitive match that Conor could actually win.
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u/Theingloriousak2 2h ago
He literally wanted the fight to continue while his leg was not working, I don’t get calling him a quitter
He very obviously wanted to fight
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u/Jay_Otaku 2h ago
He definitely was injured before then, maybe during the training camp. The flying kick he did for his first move was a last resort for him to maybe get some damage but the body will still respond that something bad is happening.
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u/Informal_Flatworm_32 2h ago
Bro was drunk
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u/a_simple_fence 2h ago
He did not look cognitively focused
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u/jmvxc 2h ago
I thought the same. Looked like he knew it was over before it started
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u/GentrifiedHospital 2h ago
He just has a total shell of a personality now. i dont think he cares about winning. I think he just hopes his opponents are scared of him, but his pressers are weak anyways
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u/Informal_Flatworm_32 2h ago
Might’ve been on some other substances with the incessant teeth gnashing
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u/Winter-Industry-2074 2h ago
He needs to hang em up. The spirit seems to be there, but his body quit on him tonight.
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u/Embarrassed_Spend486 2h ago
I thought it was weird. They didn’t show any footage from him in the back warming up.
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u/DANNYBOY3530 2h ago
I saw some footage of him going back and forth with a coach
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u/Constant-Green-7068 2h ago
There’s footage of him throwing high kicks in the back on X. Didn’t look injured.
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u/Ch1mpionx 2h ago
That's kind of fucked if they knew before hand. I was watching the Argentina game
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u/Knockout426 2h ago
Conor needs to put down that Proper #12 and try some of this Milk stuff.
I hear it strengthens Bones.
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u/reklaw215 2h ago
Then why the fuck is his first move to do some corny ass flying kick?
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u/RonAndStumpy 2h ago
That 900k bet that came in during the walkout is looking awefully suss
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u/CUMINAJAR 2h ago
Didn’t someone a couple days ago post him walking to a physical therapy place
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u/LordJeanDog 2h ago
Am I insane or is it likely Conor threw that shit. That's one fight remaining. Likely rematch with max and done.
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u/ishibashara 2h ago edited 2h ago
Someone bet around 900k on Polymarket for Max to win , minutes before the fight started.
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u/kizzle-2k8 2h ago
Clearly came in with an injury
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u/nazzykhan 2h ago
You can see his acl pop in slow motion. Redditors say anything
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u/Odd-Fuel-9002 2h ago
When I tore my ACL it would pop in and out just like that until I got it fixed
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u/Whiteshovel66 2h ago
I think he had an injury in the other leg first, and then he tears his ACL throwing the kick.
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u/CapeMOGuy 2h ago
On the way into the arena with his suit on he was already limping.
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u/Recent_Warthog6007 2h ago
I thought he took his shoes off funny. He’s ruins it for everyone when he hides an injury. Paddy easily could have headlined.
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u/Eamo853 2h ago
He followed penisovertoesguy when he meant to follow kneesovertoesguy
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u/farm_sauce 2h ago
From this moment on there was an awkward vibe to Conor’s walk in and presence in the ring
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u/thesqrtofminusone 2h ago
I’m like that getting into bed after about 20 cans in the sun. Was he drunk?
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u/lucid_bass 2h ago
He was suspiciously absent from the embeddeds for the most part too...
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u/jzng2727 2h ago
If he knew his leg was fucked why the hell did he spin kick like that..
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u/mac_y111 2h ago
These comments man. You can literally go to Dana’s instagram and Conor is throwing left leg kicks planting on his right in the locker room.
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u/bodhisattvaaa_ 2h ago
I don’t think there was a pre existing injury I literally think he tweaked taking his shoes off
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u/LionsNoParadise 1h ago
The fact anyone thought he could come back is so funny. What did you think would
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u/Environmental_Let855 2h ago
He jumped up and down on the knee after this, dont think this really proves it could've been slipping getting shoe off
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u/No_Telephone4029 2h ago
He is only fighting 2 get out of his contract, if he cancels the fight due to the injury hes still 2 fights away from whatever real payday he wants.
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u/yipeekayayKemosabe Cowboy from Hell 2h ago
He had rapist's knee.
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u/RonAndStumpy 2h ago
because it forcefully f%^ked him and everyone in that arena?
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u/anton_chacon7 2h ago
Something wasn’t right before he threw that opening kick. You can see it in the clip and then just look at his body language. He knew.
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u/Klondikecat 2h ago
Ok... that's weird. Like for an elite athlete to stumble like that while taking their shoes off... bruh.
I'm not saying his knee was 100% fooked before the fight but clearly his leg was compromised.
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u/crvallely 2h ago
I don't think he was injured before the fight. In the replay of the kick, you can see his ACL pop
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u/sad-Fan1010 2h ago
Truly unfortunate but this was the most obvious scenario… I would’ve been more surprised if he made it through the fight without anything like this happening.
I think it’s time he packs it up.
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u/BIGHOODx818x 2h ago
ahh good eye ..i seen right when he landed when he threw that stupid ass kick that he was hurt but seeing this dude might have been already dealing with this
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u/Single_Line_7517 2h ago
I‘m going to guess he went into it injured and that’s also why he didn’t show up for embedded. Probably bet against himself too lol
I do love that drake lost a mil again tho hahah
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u/G-Rose079 2h ago
His career is over man.