{"id":4287,"date":"2026-07-12T09:07:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T09:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4287"},"modified":"2026-07-12T09:07:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T09:07:01","slug":"conor-mcgregor-speaks-out-after-crushing-ufc-329-injury-in-loss-against-max-holloway-destroyed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4287","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor speaks out after crushing UFC 329 injury in loss against Max Holloway: &#8216;Destroyed&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Conor McGregor wrote that he\u2019s \u201cbeyond dark here\u201d and that he can \u201conly describe it as hell\u201d in a somber X post following his brutal knee injury at UFC 329 on Saturday night at T-Moblie Arena in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4285\">The UFC legend of Conor McGregor is officially dead<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On his first official attempt at a kick in his first UFC fight since 2021, McGregor slipped and appeared to injure his right leg, and his fight against Max Holloway ended after just 69 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy head gasket is gone,\u201d McGregor wrote on social media early Sunday morning. \u201cDestroyed. 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McGregor\u2019s post occurred just over an hour after he bolted from T-Mobile Arena barefoot \u2014 and after declining a request from Paramount Plus for an interview \u2014 following his loss.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4283\">Trump praises \u2018American Patriot\u2019 Sen. Lindsey Graham after longtime politician dies at 71<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dana White, the president and CEO of UFC, said they\u2019re assuming that McGregor, 37 blew out his ACL, and McGregor\u2019s post confirmed reporting from The Post\u2019s Erich Richter that the injury didn\u2019t occur before the fight \u2014 despite what speculation on social media, and a viral clip, suggested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there was a preexisting injury somebody would have noticed,\u201d White told reporters, according to The Athletic.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor, whose bout \u2014 and return \u2014 served as the main event Saturday night, took five years before returning to the ring this time, and it\u2019s unclear when, after this injury, his next fight might be.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4281\">Conor McGregor was fully healthy for UFC 329 before ugly injury<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conor McGregor wrote that he\u2019s \u201cbeyond dark here\u201d and that he can \u201conly describe it as hell\u201d in a somber X post following his brutal knee injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mma"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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