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21st August 2016
09:29am BST

"My shin. I kicked his knee about 40 times and it's hurting me. That's it just my shin, everything else is good. My ankle was actually a bit banged up coming into the fight. We were practicing leg kicks in camp so it was a little bit swollen coming in but it's the shin." "I kicked his knee clean, I think it was in the first round and then I just kept kicking so I'm feeling it now, but other than that I am perfect."It was clear from the get-go that part of McGregor's plan was to utilise leg kicks to target the heavy lead leg of Diaz, but he admitted that his opponent was way more equipped to deal with this tactic this time around. Diaz managed to check a few kicks throughout the fight which took McGregor by surprise.
"I tell you what, fuck leg kicks. My leg is in bits after them. I don't really throw leg kicks. I've thrown maybe three my whole career. Usually if I'm fighting orthodox people and people in the featherweight division about 5'8", 5'7" even, an orthodox it's a little bit more risky." "This time you have to hit the legs on him so we practiced leg kicks and I'll tell you what, he's got pretty good at checking them. He's able to handle the leg kicks now. He's a lot more seasoned with them. But I just kept kicking."MMA Fighting's Ariel Helwani also reported that McGregor's post-fight trip to the hospital went about as good as could be expected as he was cleared of all serious injuries... which includes broken feet, by the way. https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/767264826141712385 Massive Mayo v Tipperary preview plus a big interview with Eamon McGee in the latest GAA Hour.Subscribe here on iTunes.
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