Dustin Poirier particulars savage calf-kick technique which left Conor McGregor on crutches after UFC 257 defeat (VIDEO)

Dustin Poirier’s victory over Conor McGregor at UFC 257 might have led to an explosive flurry of punches however the brutal calf kicks dished out by the American helped pave the best way for his knockout success.

Poirier completed McGregor with a barrage of massive photographs halfway via the second spherical on the Etihad Enviornment on Battle Island in Abu Dhabi, however the Irishman would later say he had first been disabled by the excruciating harm finished by kicks to his decrease proper leg.

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“That calf kick. I’ve by no means skilled that, and it’s a superb one,” McGregor stated after arriving at his post-fight press duties hobbling and with the help of a crutch.

“My leg is totally useless. Though I felt like I used to be checking them, they had been simply sinking into the muscle on the entrance of the leg and it was badly compromised.

“It’s like an American soccer in my swimsuit for the time being… The leg was compromised and I didn’t regulate. And that’s it. Honest play to Dustin and I’m very completely happy for him.”

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All respect between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier after #UFC257.

You may see the harm these leg kicks did 😳 pic.twitter.com/6m9SJeCpkg

— UFC on BT Sport (@btsportufc) January 24, 2021

Talking to ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, Poirier and coach Mike Brown detailed the pondering behind the calf kicks which helped the light-weight star avenge the defeat he suffered at McGregor’s palms of their first combat again in 2014.

“[Dustin] kicks arduous as f*ck,” Brown joked earlier than the 32-year-old Poirier laid out the technique in additional depth.

“I kick arduous and Conor has a large stance, so we thought it could be arduous to test,” the fighter stated. 

“I began kicking via his test, as a result of he wasn’t checking accurately, it was nonetheless the muscle a part of his calf, he wasn’t turning his shin all the best way outward, so it wasn’t shin to shin.”

Coach @mikebrownmma had a superbly easy reply for why he thought calf kicks could be a key for @DustinPoirier in opposition to Conor McGregor at #UFC257 😅

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“Even when he checked, he was getting the unhealthy a part of the kick.

“And I do know from expertise, I’ve been crippled with these kicks from Jim Miller, I’ve been harm with these a couple of occasions, the swelling in your calf has nowhere to go, it’s not like in your thigh the place it may well unfold out, you get compartment syndrome and the swelling will get caught in pockets, and it’s so painful.”

Following a KO, Conor McGregor left the locker room on a single crutch after #UFC257

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McGregor definitely felt the results lengthy after the bout, later sharing an image of himself together with his injured leg elevated as he relaxed on a yacht.

The Irish former two-weight champion has issued a name for a trilogy with Poirier, though with light-weight king Khabib Nurmagomedov anticipated to vacate his title, UFC boss Dana White has advised he would look to e book ‘The Diamond’ in a scrap for gold with new arrival Michael Chandler.

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Making his UFC debut, three-time former Bellator champion Chandler scored a spectacular win of his personal within the co-main occasion on Battle Island, ending the normally resilient Dan Hooker inside the primary spherical.  

Whoever Poirier faces subsequent, they will’t say they haven’t been forewarned concerning the devastating calf kicks in his formidable arsenal.  

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