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"The kicks accumulated, for sure. I knew when I saw he had Thiago Alves in his corner. I thought, 'These' ... I knew what was coming. "I knew he was going to try the low kicks. He's also experienced taking those low kicks himself, before. So that's my first time to experience it. One of them sunk in early and Thiago said, 'That was a good one'. "And I was in my head, thinking, 'You bastard, that was a good one'. And then it started accumulating up."The kicks left McGregor stunted for movement and it was no surprise to hear him tell Poirier, after the fight had been stopped, that his leg was "dead". After proceedings wrapped, McGregor was seen leaving the arena on crutches. https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/1353240324123086848 Back to the mat for McGregor to work on how to defend such kicks or turn defence into attack. As his coach, John Kavanagh says, 'Win or learn'. As for Poirier, Alves & Co. it was time to celebrate: https://www.instagram.com/p/CKayaDJpTl8/ Looking forward to the rematch already.
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