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Longevity University: Health, Peptides & Optimzation · July 21 · 40 min

#02 Conor McGregor’s Injury: Diagnosis, Recovery, and How Peptides Could Help

Two weeks after their last conference, Dr. Rehan and Milan are back in Las Vegas for Milan's birthday and a UFC card that ended in one of the most talked-about injuries of the year: Conor McGregor's leg buckling on his very first strike. In this episode, Dr. Rehan gives his thoughts on why he's leaning toward a full-thickness ACL tear over a meniscus injury, and what a realistic recovery timeline looks like for a fighter coming back from five years out. After that, Dr. Rehan gives the exact protocol he would put McGregor on if he does in fact need ACL surgery. From there the guys get into Paddy Pimblett's clinical finish, that fighter's brutal weight cuts, Max Holloway's night, and why "movement practice" athletes like McGregor seem to age better than everyone else. 01:35 Vegas, Milan's birthday & watching McGregor go down 02:41 The diagnosis: why it looks like a full ACL tear 07:14 Realistic recovery timeline & what surgery can't skip 09:26 Where peptides actually help before and after surgery 11:16 The full protocol Dr. Rehan would run for McGregor 13:57 Sponsor: XYRx (code LU10) 14:39 BPC-157 and TB-500 explained 17:17 The drug-testing pool problem 18:48 ACL vs. meniscus & why surgery is unavoidable 22:49 Paddy Pimblett's finish, his camp & those weight cuts 29:48 Max Holloway, the Vegas weekend & Conor's comeback odds Every week, Physician Dr. Rehan Muttalib and XYRx founder Milan Costich on the real science of male longevity: peptides, GLP-1s, training, and recovery. Longevity University YouTube: youtube.com/@LongevityUniversity Instagram: instagram.com/longevityunversity_ TikTok: tiktok.com/@longevityuniversity X: x.com/longevityupod Dr. Rehan Instagram: instagram.com/askDr.Rehan TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@askdrrehan X: x.com/askdrrehan Milan Instagram: instagram.com/milancostich TikTok: tiktok.com/@milancostich X: x.com/MilanCostich_ Support our sponsor (and the Milan and Dr. Rehan's company) XYRx.co XYRx YouTube: youtube.com/@XYRxHealth Instagram: instagram.com/xyrxhealth TikTok: tiktok.com/@xyrxhealth X: x.com/xyrxhealth

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Two weeks after their last conference, Dr. Rehan and Milan are back in Las Vegas for Milan's birthday and a UFC card that ended in one of the most talked-about injuries of the year: Conor McGregor's leg buckling on his very first strike.


In this episode, Dr. Rehan gives his thoughts on why he's leaning toward a full-thickness ACL tear over a meniscus injury, and what a realistic recovery timeline looks like for a fighter coming back from five years out. After that, Dr. Rehan gives the exact protocol he would put McGregor on if he does in fact need ACL surgery.

From there the guys get into Paddy Pimblett's clinical finish, that fighter's brutal weight cuts, Max Holloway's night, and why "movement practice" athletes like McGregor seem to age better than everyone else.


01:35 Vegas, Milan's birthday & watching McGregor go down

02:41 The diagnosis: why it looks like a full ACL tear

07:14 Realistic recovery timeline & what surgery can't skip

09:26 Where peptides actually help before and after surgery

11:16 The full protocol Dr. Rehan would run for McGregor

13:57 Sponsor: XYRx (code LU10)

14:39 BPC-157 and TB-500 explained

17:17 The drug-testing pool problem

18:48 ACL vs. meniscus & why surgery is unavoidable

22:49 Paddy Pimblett's finish, his camp & those weight cuts

29:48 Max Holloway, the Vegas weekend & Conor's comeback odds


Every week, Physician Dr. Rehan Muttalib and XYRx founder Milan Costich on the real science of male longevity: peptides, GLP-1s, training, and recovery.


Longevity University

YouTube: youtube.com/@LongevityUniversity

Instagram: instagram.com/longevityunversity_

TikTok: tiktok.com/@longevityuniversity

X: x.com/longevityupod


Dr. Rehan

Instagram: instagram.com/askDr.Rehan

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@askdrrehan

X: x.com/askdrrehan


Milan

Instagram: instagram.com/milancostich

TikTok: tiktok.com/@milancostich

X: x.com/MilanCostich_


Support our sponsor (and the Milan and Dr. Rehan's company) XYRx.co


XYRx

YouTube: youtube.com/@XYRxHealth

Instagram: instagram.com/xyrxhealth

TikTok: tiktok.com/@xyrxhealth

X: x.com/xyrxhealth