UFC 329: Max Holloway wins after McGregor suffers injury early in the fight

Conor was injured when trying a high kick in the first move of the duel. In addition to not hitting the Hawaiian, he also slipped and took a series of blows from Max, who had not yet noticed the injury.

After the Irishman showed difficulty staying on his feet, Holloway alerted the octagon judge, who decided to stop the fight; this happened just over a minute into the action. The prediction was up to five rounds. With that, the Hawaiian won by technical knockout.

“He wanted to keep the fight, but this happens. I’m going to sit down with the UFC and see what happens, let’s have another rematch for the fans. I trained a lot to fight this guy. You guys are lucky, because we’re going to have a McGregor x Holloway 3”declared the former BMF champion.

In the first meeting between the two, in 2013, Conor had also injured his knee, but managed to continue the fight and won by unanimous decision from the judges.

McGregor’s injury could be old

After the fight ended, McGregor left the T-Mobile Arena limping. A video also showed that he had already made a mistake before even climbing into the octagon, tripping when taking off his sneakers.

The image raised doubts about the Irishman arriving injured to face Holloway; The way he started the fight, jumping for a high kick, also raised eyebrows. There is no further information on the severity of McGregor’s injury.