‘You don’t need a pinky toe for a fight, chicken’: Islam Makhachev, pros react to Conor McGregor’s injury

After weeks of hypothesis, Conor McGregor put an finish to the thriller of what precisely triggered his withdrawal from UFC 303.

In a social media submit on Friday, McGregor revealed that he broke his toe “clear” forward of his scheduled important occasion matchup with Michael Chandler for the June 29 Worldwide Combat Week pay-per-view card. “The Infamous” claimed he would simply want a couple of extra weeks to heal up, after which he could be able to go — towards Chandler, or any person else.

McGregor, the UFC’s first ever simultaneous two-division world champion, hasn’t competed since struggling a horrific leg damage in a TKO loss to Dustin Poirier in the primary occasion of UFC 264 in July 2021. The 35-year-old has misplaced two straight — each to Poirier — and three of 4, getting stopped in all three of his losses. McGregor is now on the lookout for his first win since stopping Donald Cerrone in 40 seconds at UFC 246 in January 2021.

After all, something involving McGregor results in responses from fellow UFC fighters — together with Islam Makhachev. See how the UFC light-weight champion, and different professionals reacted beneath.