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Plastic deformation refers to the temporary deformation of a bone as it bends without breaking, which can be seen in the moments preceding the final fracture in the last few kicks until that moment.

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In the moments leading up to the foot giving way, we see plastic deformation of McGregor’s mid-shin after repeated kicks to Poirier in the same place. The fight then goes on for another round, in which McGregor continues to kick Poirier’s shin in the same fashion. Again, we cannot be completely sure, as watching the fight slowed down contact appears to be between McGregor’s foot and Poirier’s thigh, not mid-shin. Post-fight Poirier mentioned repeatedly in interviews how he felt a crack at that stage, we might wager this to be the direct traumatic component to the injury. At this stage in the fight (in the first round), we see Poirier acknowledge the strike, with a telling point. Watching the fight, we see how McGregor kicks Poirier’s knee and mid-thigh with the distal portion of his lower leg.

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When watching the McGregor leg break in slow motion, we can see how there is both a direct traumatic and indirect torsional component to the fracture’s aetiology. The tibia and fibular are closely bound together by an interosseous membrane, essentially sandwiching the two together in a manner that means a displaced fracture of one bone tends to yield fracture of the other. The reason for both bones commonly being fractured together lies on the anatomy of both bones. Diagram 3.0 – Tibial (Shinbone) shaft fractures, taken from AAOSĭiagram 6.0 – Interosseous membrane diagram taken from On the left an unreduced fracture can be seen, with a post-operative X-ray on the right showing a well reduced distal tibia and fibula (not pictures of McGregor’s own injuries). Diagram 2.0 – McGregor post Octagon, taken from the Toronto Sunīelow we can see similar fractures to those sustained to the distal tibia and fibula of the left leg of McGregor. Immediately following the fight, ringside physicians stabilised the fracture via rigid splinting as McGregor was rushed to the Hospital. Diagram 1.0 – Conor McGregor’s ‘ankle break’ taken from MMA Mania Following this picture, McGregor crumbled to the floor, for the fight to be called off and deemed a TKO (Technical Knockout on the grounds of injury) in favour of Poirier. The picture below is the one many of us are most familiar with, the look of honour on his face and ours, as he realises there is no stable foot underneath his left leg. His recent injury in his trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 has been covered widely, but rarely with a focus on the mechanics of the injury itself. In the world of MMA, few fighters are as famous as the notorious one, Conor McGregor. Watching football, boxing and MMA helps me relax at medical school, socialise with friends, and give me an excuse to sit and do nothing for hours on the weekend. Sports are my passion first and foremost. Hopefully, this blog will serve as a useful starting point to others interested in Orthopaedic and Trauma surgery. I love sports, trauma and the science behind it. I’ve wanted to start work on this blog for a while. My name’s Alex, I’m a third-year Medical Student at the University of Leeds with a real Interest in (you guessed it) Orthopaedics.

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