Conor McGregor reacts to disastrous UFC return: 'My head gasket is gone'

All of the hype and pageantry of an impending Conor McGregor instrumentality to the UFC Octagon connected Saturday nighttime blew up successful fume wrong seconds.

McGregor stepped into the cage against Max Holloway astatine UFC 329. He came crossed the mat with a flying near roundhouse footwear and landed awkwardly connected his close knee. He tried different footwear and slipped to the ground. He tried to powerfulness done it but astir 2 minutes into the fight, helium grabbed astatine his close limb again and referee Mike Beltran called the fight.

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Conor McGregor reacts aft losing to Max Holloway successful a welterweight combat astatine UFC 329 connected Saturday, July 11, 2026, successful Las Vegas. (John Locher/AP)

"My caput gasket is gone," helium wrote connected societal media. "Destroyed. I had nary wounded / injuries going into the fight. I was throwing kicks, planted and jumping, each passim campy arsenic good arsenic backstage earlier the fight. This came retired of nowhere.

"I americium beyond acheronian here. I tin lone picture it arsenic hell."

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UFC president Dana White said determination were nary signs of a pre-existing wounded going into the weigh-ins connected Friday.

Conor McGregor reacts aft losing to Max Holloway successful a welterweight combat astatine UFC 329 Saturday successful Las Vegas. (John Locher/AP)

"Five years disconnected successful this athletics is rough," White said. "We’re assuming a blown ACL. That’s what I assumed erstwhile I saw it, and that’s what the doctors think, too."

Holloway said helium kept telling Beltran to halt the combat due to the fact that McGregor was injured but the Irishman kept saying, "Fight!"

"During the fight, you could spot his demeanor change," Holloway said. "When I saw him hurt, I said, ‘Call this, he’s hurt.' I conscionable anticipation for a speedy recovery."

Conor McGregor kicks Max Holloway successful a welterweight combat astatine UFC 329 connected Saturday successful Las Vegas. (John Locher/AP)

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McGregor was participating successful his archetypal bout since July 2021 erstwhile helium mislaid to Dustin Poirier owed to a devastating limb injury. He’s lone won 1 combat since 2020.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.