Conor McGregor releases statement announcing surgery, UFC future
Conor McGregor has announced plans for surgery following a leg injury sustained during his UFC 329 loss to Max Holloway. Despite recent career setbacks and personal controversies, McGregor intends to return to the octagon for the final fight of his UFC contract.
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McGregor remains a high-profile figure in combat sports, and his career trajectory significantly impacts the UFC's commercial interests.
Conor McGregor’s UFC 329 comeback was a disaster, but the former two-division champion doesn’t sound discouraged.
In the wake of Saturday’s main event loss to Max Holloway, McGregor has remained active on social media, providing the public with updates on his status. McGregor, fighting for the first time since 2021, suffered a leg injury that ended his rematch with Holloway just 69 seconds into the fight, and afterwards he released a statement lamenting the situation and denying that the result had anything to do with a pre-existing injury.
McGregor released another statement Monday via Instagram in which he wrote the next move for him is to undergo surgery—the exact nature of the injury remains unspecified—and then fulfill the final fight of his UFC contract.
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