Conor McGregor will endure surgical procedure after his return battle in opposition to Max Holloway at UFC 329 ended prematurely attributable to a knee harm, however he hopes to battle once more.
The former two-weight world champion suffered the harm within the opening moments of his battle with Holloway on Sunday in Las Vegas when he landed awkwardly after trying a leap kick.
McGregor tried to battle on for a couple of seconds however seemed in the direction of the referee to sign he couldn’t proceed.
“All things work out for my good! All things are possible for me because I am a believer!” McGregor wrote on Instagram. “Surgery. Prehab. Return to martial arts practice. Go again. Final fight 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’s what I assumed when I saw it and that’s what the doctors think too.”
Requested if there could have been an current harm, White mentioned there have been no indicators of it ultimately Friday’s ceremonial weigh-in. White added that, with the tens of millions 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 harm.
“That opening jump switch kick was drilled daily for months, multiple times in warm-up. Never an issue,” Kavanagh wrote on Fb.
“Knee went when he [threw] the very first kick. Doesn’t get any worse than this.”
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McGregor serenaded the group with a canopy of ‘Wonderwall’ earlier than going through off with Max Holloway
Following the battle, McGregor additionally mentioned he had no earlier harm. “I was throwing kicks, planted and jumping, all throughout camp as well as backstage before the fight,” McGregor mentioned on X.
“I had no injury/injuries going into the fight.”
Accidents and points away from the game have derailed the 37-year-old Irishman’s profession.
After breaking his leg in opposition to 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.
