Conor McGregor does want his loss to Max Holloway to stand.
This past weekend, in the main event of UFC 329, McGregor made his long-awaited return to the octagon after a five-year layoff; it was a total disaster.
McGregor immediately injured his knee when he threw a jumping switch kick and landed awkwardly, ending any hope of a competitive fight. McGregor tried to fight through it, but after his knee gave out on him a couple of times, the bout was stopped, resulting in a TKO win for Max Holloway in just over a minute of action.
Now, McGregor has another loss on his record and is likely looking at another prolonged layoff as he recovers from the yet-to-be-determined knee injury. But he hopes at least one of those things might be fixable.
On Wednesday, McGregor posted to his social media, revealing that his medical test results should be back soon, and also calling for his loss to be rendered a no-contest.
It’s extremely unlikely that McGregor could get this result overturned. Fans asked for something similar last year when Alexandre Pantoja lost to the UFC flyweight title to Joshua Van after injuring his arm in the opening moments of the fight, and that was similarly shut down.
Instead, McGregor will have to wait until he can return to the cage and potentially get his revenge in a trilogy fight with Holloway sometime down the line.
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Lucas Fernando (13-3) vs. Rafael Tobias (14-2); UFC 330, Aug. 15.
Michael Page (25-3) vs. Nursulton Ruziboev (37-9-2); UFC Paris, Sep. 5.
Losene Keita (16-2) vs. Muhammad Naimov (13-4); UFC Paris, Sep. 5.
Mario Pinto (12-0) vs. Ryan Spann (24-11); UFC Paris, Sep. 5.
Oumar Sy (12-2) vs. Modestas Bukauskas (20-7); UFC Paris, Sep. 5.
Luis Felipe Dias (17-5) vs. Mattheiu Duclos (10-3); UFC Paris, Sep. 5.
Nora Cornolle (9-4) vs. Klaudia Sygula (8-2); UFC Paris, Sep. 5.
MVP post-UFC matchups
Yet again the UFC has committed promotional malpractice with Page. Fortunately, this is his last fight on contract. So what are some good matchups for him post UFC?
The day Vegas returns bets for something like that happening is the day pigs fly. Even if there is, honestly, a part of me that agrees with McGregor. That was essentially a fight that never happened, but that’s not how the game works. Gotta take it on the chin and move on.
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