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Anthony Smith Finally Responds to Conor McGregor After Getting Bombarded on Twitter: “I Tried, You Know”

Published 11/29/2022, 7:16 AM EST

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Light heavyweight fighter Anthony Smith reacts to the message by Conor McGregor regarding his leg break comments. On the Michael Bisping Podcast, Anthony Smith and Michael Bisping listen and react to McGregor’s response. Anthony Smith hinted that Mystic Mac’s leg break perhaps healed too quickly. The Notorious did not take this news lightly and launched feisty tweets at Anthony to shut him down.

The Irish superstar was furious at these accusations and called Anthony Smith a ‘rat’. McGregor broke his leg in his last fight against Dustin Poirier at UFC 264. Although Poirier believed it was one of the leg kicks which resulted in the break, it wasn’t the case.

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As per The Notorious, he suffered multiple leg injuries over the year inducing stress fractures, which subsequently led to his leg break. It remains to be seen though how strong would his leg be after such a serious injury and how much can McGregor depend on it. 

Conor McGregor tears down Anthony Smith in a Twitter rant

The Irish superstar tweeted his response to Anthony Smith. He talked about the reports which suggest that Anthony Smith also injured his leg. He asked Anthony, “What was the extent of your injury?” Claiming that it was miscalculations on his camp’s part portraying that he broke his leg.

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He dived deeper while explaining how his leg broke, explaining the years of injuries he has sustained along with the stress fractures which he put a strap on kept going on. Furthermore, he urges Smith to do the same after which he will realize what McGregor went through. In addition, he also claimed that he is a ‘Big bad machine’ and god decided it.

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Anthony Smith responded by saying, “Well, I mean it seemed like he calmed down a little bit from the tweets once he put the voice note out. But I just mean I just said it was a medial malleolus break. Um and it’s not, I mean he compared it to his, it’s a totally different part of the leg but. I never said that mine was worse or his was worse. There’s no way I could, I mean, I tried, you know, it’s good walk.

Clarifying that the leg break McGregor suffered is quite possibly different than what Smith went through.

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Will the Mystic Mac be able to clear the USADA tests?

The Mystic Mac has claimed that he will be back in the USADA testing pool by February 2023. Once he will be back in the pool, he will be tested and once he is cleared, he can appear in the octagon.

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If he fails the test he can be suspended or worse. The Notorious must come out clean during his test to embark upon his journey.

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Himakshu Keval Vyas

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Himakshu Vyas is a Combat Sports author at Essentiallysports. He is passionate about sports, with soccer and MMA being the sports he is most involved in. Aside from that, he follows the global soccer scene.
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