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Conor McGregor says he plans to conflict again successful UFC contempt nan truth that his return to title lasted conscionable 69 seconds earlier he suffered a limb injury, which he says will require surgery.
“Surgery. Prehab. Return to martial arts practice. Go again,” McGregor wrote connected Instagram connected Monday. “Final conflict of nan contract. Praise God!”
McGregor was attempting a comeback conflict connected Saturday successful Las Vegas but suffered an evident knee wounded seconds successful his first information of a nonaccomplishment to Max Holloway. McGregor did not disclose the nonstop quality of his wounded aliases supply a timeline for his imaginable return.
McGregor, who turns 38 Tuesday, said successful a societal media station aft nan conflict that he was patient entering nan bout.
“My caput gasket is gone. Destroyed,” he wrote. “I had nary wounded / injuries going into nan fight. I was throwing kicks, planted and jumping, each passim campy arsenic good arsenic backstage earlier nan fight. This came retired of nowhere. I am beyond acheronian here. I tin only picture it arsenic hell.”
Even pinch 1 conflict remaining connected his UFC contract, nan Irishman’s early pinch nan statement is unclear.
UFC appears to beryllium connected committee with McGregor attempting different return and liking successful his conflict Saturday was considerable. CEO Dana White said he’s mulling complete ideas for scheduling McGregor’s adjacent fight and had “five ideas” for his opponent if he had beaten Holloway.
McGregor recovered from a torn ACL successful 2013, which he injured successful his first bout pinch Holloway, and collapsed his limb successful a nonaccomplishment to Dustin Poirier successful 2021.
McGregor was besides embroiled successful aggregate lawsuits during his clip distant from nan octagon, and became aligned pinch hard-right figures during an aborted run for nan Irish presidency. His past UFC triumph was a 40-second triumph against nan American Donald Cerrone successful January 2020.
