Why Conor McGregor calls his exact knee injury 'quite shocking' after finding out results

Conor McGregor has yet revealed what precisely happened to his close genu during a precise abbreviated instrumentality to the UFC octagon connected July 11 successful Las Vegas.

McGregor, who mislaid by method knockout to Max Holloway successful UFC 329, called it "quite shocking" to larn what helium injured during UFC 329.

"Update: it was acl and meniscus," McGregor posted connected X.

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Conor McGregor of Ireland prepares to look Max Holloway successful a welterweight combat during UFC 329 astatine T-Mobile Arena successful Las Vegas, Nev., connected July 11, 2026. (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)

"It is the aforesaid wounded arsenic the archetypal Holloway fight, lone this clip the other leg. Quite shocking."

McGregor antecedently fought Holloway 13 years agone earlier helium gained worldwide stardom for his mixed martial arts. It’s a full coincidence this happened present implicit a decennary later, but McGregor is trying to support a affirmative mindset erstwhile again.

"With today’s regenerative medicine advancements and improved grooming methods it is good wrong my realm to instrumentality by adjacent summer," McGregor continued, confidently. "I americium walking without a crutch. I done limb hold instrumentality enactment the different time to nary issue. So I tin locomotion without aid, and activate my quad nether resistance. All precise positive. I americium maximum subject and person maintained it afloat since the bout.

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"I wonderment was I saved from thing worse here. I judge so. I would person attended the aft enactment arsenic ‘the man’ and who knows then. I judge I was saved. Thank you God! On we go, nary bittersweet stories. Thank you for the enactment and good wishes everyone, your wellness is your wealth."

It wasn’t overmuch of a bout, arsenic McGregor attempted a jumping roundhouse footwear connected Holloway. As McGregor landed connected the canvas, helium instantly grabbed astatine his close genu and deed the deck.

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

Holloway took vantage of the situation, trying to get McGregor portion helium was down. But contempt evading immoderate superior punches from Holloway, McGregor intelligibly wasn’t right.

Referee Mike Beltran yet called the combat conscionable seconds into the archetypal round, giving Holloway the triumph and ending the UFC 329 co-main lawsuit successful lackluster fashion.

After the match, McGregor was understandably upset.

"My caput gasket is gone. Destroyed," helium wrote connected X astatine the time. "I had nary injury/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."

Conor McGregor of Ireland reacts aft an wounded stoppage successful a welterweight combat during UFC 329 astatine T-Mobile Arena successful Las Vegas, Nev., connected July 11, 2026. (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)

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McGregor’s campy adjacent showed pre-fight footage from the locker room, wherever the two-division champion was seen rehearsing his jumping roundhouse kicks. He was landing perfectly fine.

McGregor’s UFC vocation grounds is present 22-7 aft this TKO finish, but it seems similar the 38-year-old is inactive acceptable to retrieve and get backmost successful the octagon. He doesn’t privation to extremity his warring vocation successful that fashion.

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