An affectional Conor McGregor admitted helium was having trouble processing his nonaccomplishment to Max Holloway successful the main lawsuit of UFC 329 astatine T-Mobile Arena connected Saturday night.
“I americium beyond acheronian here,” helium posted connected societal media. “ I tin lone picture it arsenic hell.”
McGregor appeared to endure a close genu wounded successful the opening moments of his comeback bout erstwhile helium landed awkwardly aft sprinting crossed the cage and attempting a flying near kick.
He tried to continue, but slipped to the mat respective times earlier the referee yet stepped successful to grant Holloway a TKO triumph owed to wounded conscionable 69 seconds into the bout.
It happened conscionable much than 5 years aft McGregor’s past competitory bout, which was besides a TKO nonaccomplishment owed to wounded erstwhile helium suffered a breached limb against Dustin Poirier.
“My caput gasket is gone,” McGregor wrote. “Destroyed. I had nary wounded / injuries going into the fight. I was throwing kicks, planted and jumping, each passim campy arsenic good arsenic backstage earlier the fight. This came retired of nowhere.”
Holloway said helium would similar a rematch erstwhile McGregor is healthy, but UFC president Dana White said it was excessively soon to marque immoderate decisions connected aboriginal fights.
He said McGregor is awaiting testing, but the preliminary diagnosis from aesculapian unit was a torn ACL.
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