CONOR McGREGOR’S own words have come back to bite him EIGHT YEARS later after pulling out of UFC 303.
McGregor was forced to withdraw from a fight for the first time in his UFC career having broken his toe just weeks before facing Michael Chandler.
During his meteoric rise, McGregor was renowned for never pulling out and fighting through injury.
In 2016, he infamously hit out at Dos Anjos for withdrawing from their scheduled title bout with a broken foot.
McGregor said at the time: “I looked at the picture that dos Anjos put up and it’s a bruise
“I heard ice works wonders. What do you want me to say? Did you see it? It’s a bruise. Ice. Ibuprofen.
“If I jumped under an X-ray [with that], the doctor would slap me and say, ‘What are you doing kid? Get out of here, stop …