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Conor McGregor\u2019s leg buckled just seconds into his UFC 329 bout against Max Holloway on Saturday in Las Vegas as he suffered a suspected torn ACL after landing awkwardly on his jump kick to open the fight. and <\/p>\n

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While theories ran rampant afterward about whether McGregor was already injured before the fight began, McGregor denied that was the case. <\/p>\n

\u201cI was so sharp and so ready for this fight I cannot believe what has happened. The talk of me being off while walking in to the fight is nonsense,\u201d McGregor wrote on X early Sunday morning. \u201cI was calm, ready, and confident. I am in shock what has taken place. The devil is literally staring at me right in front of my face here. I am not engaging. I will be at church tomorrow. I will overcome this. I will not be deterred. I will return.\u201d<\/p>\n

One theory emerged on social media based off a clip from the broadcast that McGregor was compromised before he stepped into the octagon.<\/p>\n

A clip of McGregor before the loss \u2014 which officially took 69 seconds, ending with him getting booed and then bolting from T-Mobile Arena \u2014 showed him hopping one and cautiously putting his right foot down after removing his right shoe with his left foot. However, it appears he just lost his balance.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re assuming blown ACL,\u201d UFC boss Dana White told reporters afterward. \u201cI\u2019m no doctor, but that\u2019s what I figured when I saw it and doctors think the same thing too.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In footage posted to social media by White before the fight, McGregor delivered several kicks with his left foot from the locker room and didn\u2019t appear injured during warmups.<\/p>\n

White told reporters afterward that \u201csomebody would\u2019ve noticed\u201d a pre-existing injury from videos and clips shared on social media from press conferences and appearances leading up to the fight.<\/p>\n

That didn\u2019t stop the viral theory from spreading, though.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, I was expecting at least a one-round war,\u201d White said after the fight. \u201cYou know, who knew what Conor was capable of as far as cardio or whatever else after a five-year layoff? Well, there you go.\u201d<\/p>\n

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