McGregor, who lost by technical knockout to Max Holloway in UFC 329, called it “quite shocking” to learn what he injured during UFC 329.

“Update: it was acl and meniscus,” McGregor posted on X.

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“It is the same injury as the first Holloway fight, only this time the opposite leg. Quite shocking.”

McGregor previously fought Holloway 13 years ago before he gained worldwide stardom for his mixed martial arts. It’s a total coincidence this happened now over a decade later, but McGregor is trying to keep a positive mindset once again.

“With today’s regenerative medicine advancements and improved training methods it is well within my realm to return by next summer,” McGregor continued, confidently. “I am walking without a crutch. I done leg extension machine work the other day to no issue. So I can walk without aid, and activate my quad under resistance. All very positive. I am maximum discipline and have maintained it fully since the bout.

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“I wonder was I saved from something worse here. I believe so. I would have attended the after party as ‘the man’ and who knows then. I believe I was saved. Thank you God! On we go, no sad stories. Thank you for the support and well wishes everyone, your health is your wealth.”

It wasn’t much of a bout, as McGregor attempted a jumping roundhouse kick on Holloway. As McGregor landed on the canvas, he immediately grabbed at his right knee and hit the deck.

Holloway took advantage of the situation, trying to get McGregor while he was down. But despite evading some serious punches from Holloway, McGregor clearly wasn’t right.

Referee Mike Beltran eventually called the fight just seconds into the first round, giving Holloway the victory and ending the UFC 329 co-main event in lackluster fashion.

After the match, McGregor was understandably upset.

“My head gasket is gone. Destroyed,” he wrote on X at the time. “I had no injury/injuries going into the fight. I was throwing kicks, planted and jumping, all throughout camp as well as backstage before the fight. This came out of nowhere. I am beyond dark here. I can only describe it as hell.”

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

McGregor’s UFC career record is now 22-7 after this TKO finish, but it seems like the 38-year-old is still ready to recover and get back in the octagon. He doesn’t want to end his fighting career in that fashion.

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McGregor opened his Saturday fight against Max Holloway aggressively, attempting a running kick before throwing a head kick moments later. However, he slipped both times because it was apparent he had suffered a knee injury.

He tried to power through it, but nearly two minutes into the fight, he grabbed at his right leg again, and referee Mike Beltran called the fight after just 69 seconds.

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In his first post on Instagram since the bout, McGregor vowed to return from the injury.

“We’ll be back,” McGregor said after showing off his new energy drink.

Prior to that, McGregor showed off the “Mac” drink, enjoying it alongside his wife. McGregor then shared his faith.

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“In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. We’ll be back. Let’s go.”

McGregor made an emotional post the day after the fight, saying his “head gasket is gone.”

“Destroyed. I had no injury / injuries going into the fight. I was throwing kicks, planted and jumping, all throughout camp as well as backstage before the fight. This came out of nowhere. I am beyond dark here. I can only describe it as hell,” he said on X.

UFC president Dana White said he assumed McGregor suffered a “blown ACL.”

McGregor was participating in his first bout since July 2021 when he lost to Dustin Poirier due to a devastating leg injury. He’s only won one fight since 2020.

Fox News’ Ryan Gaydos, Chantz Martin, and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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McGregor stepped into the cage against Max Holloway at UFC 329. He came across the mat with a flying left roundhouse kick and landed awkwardly on his right knee. He tried another kick and slipped to the ground. He tried to power through it but nearly two minutes into the fight, he grabbed at his right leg again and referee Mike Beltran called the fight.

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“My head gasket is gone,” he wrote on social media. “Destroyed. I had no injury / injuries going into the fight. I was throwing kicks, planted and jumping, all throughout camp as well as backstage before the fight. This came out of nowhere.

“I am beyond dark here. I can only describe it as hell.”

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UFC president Dana White said there were no signs of a pre-existing injury going into the weigh-ins on Friday.

“Five years off in this sport is rough,” White said. “We’re assuming a blown ACL. That’s what I assumed when I saw it, and that’s what the doctors think, too.”

Holloway said he kept telling Beltran to stop the fight because McGregor was injured but the Irishman kept saying, “Fight!”

“During the fight, you could see his demeanor change,” Holloway said. “When I saw him hurt, I said, ‘Call this, he’s hurt.’ I just hope for a speedy recovery.”

McGregor was participating in his first bout since July 2021 when he lost to Dustin Poirier due to a devastating leg injury. He’s only won one fight since 2020.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

McGregor opened aggressively, attempting a running kick before throwing a head kick moments later. He appeared to slip on both tries. Holloway quickly capitalized after the second, taking top position and landing a right hand before McGregor was able to work his way back to his feet.

Moments later, McGregor hit the canvas again after trying to throw a kick with his right leg, which appeared to buckle underneath him.

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The official inside the Octagon waved off the fight moments later, giving Holloway a TKO victory.

During the broadcast, UFC CEO Dana White pointed to a first-round replay that appeared to show the moment McGregor suffered the injury. The apparent injury was not to the same leg McGregor broke during his 2021 fight against Dustin Poirier, which led to a lengthy absence from the Octagon.

The loss extended McGregor’s long winless drought, with his last UFC victory coming by first-round TKO against Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone in January 2020.

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McGregor earned a unanimous decision over Holloway in a featherweight clash in 2013, when neither was an MMA megastar. In the blink of an eye, McGregor’s star rose.

On Wednesday, he admitted he got caught up in his own stardom after winning UFC belts in two weight classes and becoming one of the biggest names in combat sports.

“I launched an Irish whiskey,” McGregor said. “I didn’t drink heavily, if at all, at that time of my life. I was an athlete at the top of my game. Next thing you know, thousands upon thousands of bottles (are) in my garage.

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“‘Sell this, Conor.’ OK, I’d leave my property with two bottles under my arm, and that was it. I was caught. And I wasn’t used to it. And that’s it. God gave me these lessons. That’s it. I was trapped and caught, and it is what it is.”

Easier said than done, perhaps, as the controversial former champion has been embroiled in multiple controversies and legal issues over the past several years.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

While the spotlight belongs to McGregor, the biggest box office star in combat sports, UFC 329’s main card at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas is loaded with intriguing betting opportunities from top to bottom.

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Before we dive into this wild main card, a quick disclaimer: I am not a mixed martial arts betting sharp. I just love fight night and want to have action on the fights. Let’s risk some beer money together. Here are my favorite best bets for Saturday’s blockbuster card in Sin City.

These odds are courtesy of DraftKings as of Saturday, July 11, at 1:30 p.m. ET and are subject to change.

I’d wait closer to fight time before making a bet, which is about 11:15 p.m. ET Sunday, because Conor (22-6) will most likely get bet down once more UFC and McGregor fans get to Las Vegas, giving us a better number for Holloway (27-9).

Combat sports are different than team sports because the public likes to bet on underdogs in combat sports instead of favorites, like in team sports, so the sportsbooks need the favorites in UFC and boxing. For instance, even though he is undefeated, the sportsbooks always had more liability on Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s opponent in their fights.

Also, this line is sketchy considering Conor beat Holloway by unanimous decision in their only other meeting back in 2013, and Holloway has lost two of his last three fights entering UFC 329. Yet, McGregor hasn’t fought in five years, and Holloway has been in the octagon eight times over that span, including five title bouts.

Holloway’s lone win over his last three bouts is over Dustin Poirier, who beat Conor by TKO in his last two fights entering this event. Finally, Holloway averages more significant strikes landed per minute in his UFC matches and absorbs fewer significant strikes.

Pimblett (23-4) ranks sixth in this division, making him underrated. Plus, Paddy The Baddy’s loss to Justin Gaethje by unanimous decision for the interim lightweight title at UFC 324 has aged well. Gaethje went on to upset Ilia Topuria, who is one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the sport, at UFC Freedom 250 to unify the Lightweight Championship.

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Obviously, every fight takes a life of its own. But not even Topuria could go the distance with Gaethje, and Paddy The Baddy did. At least, that’s one way to look at it. His loss to Gaethje snapped a nine-fight win streak, including all seven of Pimblett’s career appearances in the octagon.

Meanwhile, Saint Denis (17-3) is on a four-fight winning streak, but he has three career losses in the octagon and has never fought for a title in the UFC. BSD’s opponent two fights back, Beneil Dariush at UFC 322, failed to make weight, and they fought at a catchweight.

Granted, Saint Denis won by knockout in the first round, but Dariush missing weight proves he wasn’t as locked in as Pimblett will be Saturday. With that in mind, Paddy The Baddy at plus-money is good value. He’s been in wars and has gone the distance in three of his last five fights, while BSD has never gone the distance in the octagon, so Pimblett should have the edge late in the third round.

This is a rematch of a 2019 fight that Sandhagen (18-6) won by first-round submission. Bautista (17-3) comes in with better form, having won nine of his last 10 fights, including his most recent, a first-round rear-naked choke over Vinicius Oliveira in February.

Sandhagen has lost two of his last three bouts, but those were to Merab Dvalishvili and Umar Nurmagomedov, the first- and second-ranked fighters in that division. Nurmagomedov also beat Bautista at UFC 321 in November 2025. Sandhagen is more experienced in major bouts.

He has two bantamweight championship fights and two title eliminator matches for that belt, while Bautista has never fought for a title. Four of Sandhagen’s five losses in the octagon have been either against former bantamweight champions or the current champion, Petr Yan.

Sandhagen has an edge in striking and has never been knocked out, and Bautista hasn’t knocked anyone out since UFC 259 in 2021. Hence, if this goes the distance, give me Sandhagen’s big-fight experience at this reasonable price.

Royval (17-9) has a history of exciting fights. Twenty of Royval’s 26 career matches have ended by either knockout or submission. Four of his last seven bouts have been either “Fight” or “Performance of the Night”. In fact, Royval’s loss to Joshua Van for the flyweight strap at UFC 317 in December won “Fight of the Year”.

Kavanagh (10-1) is a former five-time K-1 kickboxing champion, and Royval has nine submission wins. So, I’m envisioning Royval trying to get this to the mat, leaving himself vulnerable, and Kavanagh, the -218 betting favorite, taking advantage of that with his precision striking.

I’m going to “fade the market,” which has bet Green from an underdog on the opener to a slight favorite at the time of writing. Green (35-17-1 and one no contest) is a veteran whom the UFC fans are more familiar with, and he has more than twice as many career fights as McKinney (18-8).

Maybe that line movement is sharp, but again, MMA and boxing fans love to bet the underdog. The market’s logic is that Green’s experience will help him overcome McKinney’s early-round barrage.

None of McKinney’s 26 career matches have gone the distance, and his last seven fights have ended in the first round. Nevertheless, McKinney’s striking stats are slightly better, and he has nine wins by submission in his career.

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