"Taking Growth Hormone Will Do That" - Tony Ferguson On Conor McGregor's Size Gains And Broken Leg

About this video

This is largely a reaction video to a Twitter feud in which Tony Ferguson accused Conor McGregor of using growth hormone, linking it to McGregor’s larger off-season build and the broken leg he suffered in a fight McGregor says he entered with pre-existing stress fractures. Derek walks through the deleted tweets and past doping accusations, then disputes the core premise: he argues growth hormone would, if anything, support bone remodeling and fracture-risk reduction rather than make bones fragile, citing its roles in bone formation and resorption. He also discusses why growth hormone is difficult to detect in sport. A lengthy sponsored segment about a probiotic product interrupts the discussion.

Key takeaways

• Derek argues a fighter looking bigger off-season is weak evidence of growth hormone use on its own
• He claims growth hormone’s bone effects point toward reinforcement and recovery, not fragility
• Social-media doping accusations should be separated from what the physiology actually predicts
• He notes growth hormone testing has a short detection window, so clean tests are not conclusive either
• Pre-existing stress fractures, he suggests, explain the injury without needing a drug explanation

Episode details: published October 25, 2021 · 163.2K views · 39:18 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The concepts described are Derek’s (More Plates More Dates), presented for education — not medical advice. Consult a qualified professional before changing your own health practices. Disclosure: Derek co-founded Marek Health and Gorilla Mind, businesses that sell into the topics he teaches; Self Growth Videos reproduces none of his codes.

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