Conor McGregor will bear surgical procedure after his return battle towards Max Holloway at UFC 329 ended prematurely resulting from a knee damage, however he hopes to battle once more.
The former two-weight world champion suffered the damage within the opening moments of his battle with Holloway on Sunday in Las Vegas when he landed awkwardly after making an attempt a bounce kick.
McGregor tried to battle on for a number of seconds however appeared in direction of the referee to sign he couldn’t proceed.
“All issues work out for my good! All issues are potential for me as a result of I’m a believer!” McGregor wrote on Instagram. “Surgical procedure. Prehab. Return to martial arts follow. Go once more. Closing battle of the contract. Please God!”
Talking after the battle, UFC president Dana White mentioned: “5 years off on this sport is tough.
“We’re assuming a blown ACL. That is what I assumed after I noticed it and that is what the docs suppose too.”
Requested if there might have been an current damage, White mentioned there have been no indicators of it finally Friday’s ceremonial weigh-in. White added that, with the thousands and thousands of social-media views of McGregor dashing Holloway on the weigh-in, somebody would have observed if anybody was injured.
On Sunday, McGregor’s supervisor, John Kavanagh, mentioned his consumer didn’t have a earlier knee damage.
“That opening bounce change kick was drilled each day for months, a number of instances in warm-up. By no means a difficulty,” Kavanagh wrote on Fb.
“Knee went when he [threw] the very first kick. Does not get any worse than this.”
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McGregor serenaded the gang with a canopy of ‘Wonderwall’ earlier than dealing with off with Max Holloway
Following the battle, McGregor additionally mentioned he had no earlier damage. “I used to be throwing kicks, planted and leaping, all all through camp in addition to backstage earlier than the battle,” McGregor mentioned on X.
“I had no damage/accidents going into the battle.”
Accidents and points away from the game have derailed the 37-year-old Irishman’s profession.
After breaking his leg towards Dustin Poirier 5 years in the past, McGregor was slated to satisfy Michael Chandler in June 2024 however that was cancelled after McGregor suffered a damaged toe in coaching.
Later that yr a jury in an Irish civil courtroom discovered him liable for the assault of Nikita Hand, who had accused McGregor of rape, in 2018.
In October 2025, he accepted an 18-month ban for “whereabouts failures” after he missed three makes an attempt by Fight Sports activities Anti-Doping to gather organic samples from him in 2024. The ban was backdated and expired in March.
