At the UFC 229 press conference last week, Conor McGregor put on quite a show. Besides taking shots at opponent Khabib Nurmagomedov, he went off on his dad, his manager, and pretty much everyone else. But one thing was quite noticeable while he was doing that - an apparent injury on the outside of his finger.
As a guest on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show on ESPN, McGregor explained the nature of the injury, which he acquired in a sparring session:
“Only the strong survive around this game. I was fighting a 90 kilo fighter, Ion Pascu, he’s a great solid fighter.