After all the hype surrounding the trilogy fight between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier, it ended in the most unusual fashion with McGregor breaking his ankle late in the first round and doctors ruled he couldn’t continue.
The pace in the first round picked up early after McGregor hit a couple of leg kicks and the two traded a lot of big punches in the early going. McGregor took advantage by locking in a guillotine choke but Poirier was able to escape moments later and asserted his dominance on the ground, raining blows down on his opponent.
The two did eventually get back on their feet and exchanged punches and when McGregor took a step back, his ankle twisted underneath him and crumbled to the mat and Poirier landed several blows before the end of the first round. The ringside physician then called the fight off after looking at the injury and called the contest in favor of the Lafayette, Louisiana native.
With the victory, Poirier is now poised to wrap up a very busy 2021 with a lightweight championship match against Charles Olivera
UFC 264 Results
- Dustin Poirier def. Conor McGregor via first-round TKO (injury)
- Gilbert Burns def. Stephen Thompson via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Tai Tuivasa def. Greg Hardy via first-round knockout (punch)
- Irene Aldana def. Yana Kunitskaya via first-round TKO (punches)
- Sean O’Malley def. Kris Moutinho via third-round TKO (punches)
- Max Griffin def. Carlos Condit via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
- Michel Pereira def. Niko Price via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Ilia Topuria def. Ryan Hall via first-round knockout (punches)
- Dricus Du Plessis def. Trevin Giles via second-round knockout (punch)
- Jennifer Maia def. Jessica Eye via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
- Brad Tavares def. Omari Akhmedov via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Zhalgas Zhumagulov def. Jerome Rivera via first-round submission (standing guillotine choke)