Disaster at UFC 264 – Conor McGregor vs Dustin Poirier 3: Khabib, Jon Jones, Jake Paul, Manny Pacquiao, and other UFC stars’ Twitter reaction to Conor hurting his own ankle

UFC 264 has come to an end and it sure did end up being uneventful. The Notorious Conor McGregor took on The Diamond Dustin Poirier in the main event in T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. With a packed arena hoping to see a stunner of a fight, everything went down the drain.

UFC 264 main event results ended up being in favor of Dustin Poirier as he won via TKO due to injuries. As a fantastic first round came to an end with some beautiful and vicious exchanges between the two lightweights, Conor McGregor snapped his own ankle as he stepped back after missing a huge left hand. Referee Herb Dean had to stop the fight as the Irishman broke his ankle and was in terrible condition. Despite Conor resisting to accept defeat, the officials decided to award Poirier the victory. The whole MMA world erupted on Twitter after seeing this event and the UFC stars are just as shellshocked as any other person watching this fight.

UFC stars react to Conor’s broken ankle at UFC 264

"That's a stoppage!" #UFC264 pic.twitter.com/tvpVYN91Ev

— UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) July 11, 2021

One of the first stars to react to this disaster was Conor’s formal rival and enemy, Khabib Nurmagomedov. The former lightweight champion wrote, “Good always defeats evil. Very happy for Dustin Poirier. I hope you will get the belt end of the year.” The Dagestani not only despises Conor but also wished the opponent who beat him.

Good always defeats evil.
Very happy for @DustinPoirier I hope you will get the belt end of the year

— khabib nurmagomedov (@TeamKhabib) July 11, 2021

Conor’s potential boxing opponent, Manny Pacquiao also congratulated Poirier on winning the trilogy. And also showed love to Conor.

Congrats to @DustinPoirier on winning the trilogy. Tough injury for @TheNotoriousMMA but he’ll be back. #UFC264

— Manny Pacquiao (@MannyPacquiao) July 11, 2021

Another superstar who is not new to tweeting during a UFC event is Jon Jones. He was surely not going to miss this opportunity.

https://twitter.com/JonnyBones/status/1414080615326961666?s=20

Man, I wonder if he will ever fight again after this.. heal up champ, this is terrible

— BONY (@JonnyBones) July 11, 2021

YouTuber turned boxer Jake Paul was also one of the celebrities who had things to let off after McGregor went down. The Irishman has always been one of Jake Paul’s targets to fight and Paul used this opportunity to taunt him.

SLEEPY MCGREGOR !!

— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) July 11, 2021

My new offer for Conor Mcgregor is $23 dollars

— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) July 11, 2021

Even the former Bellator champion Ben Askren tweeted out against Conor for his comments after the fight.

Conor sounds like such a douche right now.

— Funky (@Benaskren) July 11, 2021

Julian Marquez, Tatiana Suarez, Ariel Helwani, Daniel Cormier were other stars who reacted.

Crazy to think that at the end of the weigh in Conor said he would be taken out on a stretcher. And now Conor gets taken out on a stretcher. Man this game we play is so crazy!!!! Hats off to the Diamond of Lafayette!! @DustinPoirier

— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) July 11, 2021

That was nasty

— Julian marquez (@JMarquezMMA) July 11, 2021

His leg is in half and all he cares about is that it’s a doctors stoppage. I’m going to feint! #UFC264

— Tatiana Suarez (@tatianaufc) July 11, 2021

McGregor’s ankle snapped. Oh no!

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) July 11, 2021

Also read: UFC 264 (main event): Dustin Poirier beats Conor McGregor as ‘The Irishman’ breaks his leg; Doctor Stoppage win for ‘The Diamond’