Joe Rogan Experience #2548 - Brian Simpson · Aired Sep 1, 2026
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Conor McGregor broke his leg in the lead-up to his scheduled fight with Michael Chandler.
The finding
What the evidence shows
McGregor did not break his leg before the Chandler fight. He broke a toe in a sparring accident 16 days before UFC 303 and had to pull out. The leg break people remember happened years earlier, in his 2021 loss to Dustin Poirier, and had nothing to do with the Chandler matchup.
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Quick answer
Is it true that Conor McGregor broke his leg in the lead-up to his scheduled fight with Michael Chandler?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. McGregor did not break his leg before the Chandler fight. He broke a toe in a sparring accident 16 days before UFC 303 and had to pull out. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2548 - Brian Simpson, aired Sep 1, 2026, at 2:19:39. The supporting source is espn.com, linked below.
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