LAS VEGAS – UFC 329 was at the peak of its build with an electric atmosphere until a miscalculated bound sucked the energy right out of the room.
Conor McGregor suffered an injury just seconds into his main event Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, leading to the fight being waved off 1:09 into Round 1.
UFC CEO Dana White, like many others, was wildly disappointed with the bout's ending. He said he hadn't spoken to McGregor yet about the injury, but revealed what doctors suspect he is dealing with.
"Listen, everybody who knows anything about the fight business, and it's been a big topic of discussion up to this fight: five years off in this sport is rough," White told MMA Junkie and other reporters at a post-fight news conference Saturday. "Like you said, great card. Unbelievable, the Paddy Pimblett thing right before, you just feel it all in the air. 'Here we go.' I was expecting at least a one-round war or who knew what Conor was capable of as far as cardio or whatever else after a five-year layoff. Well, there you go. We're ***** uming blown ACL. I'm no doctor, but that's what I figured when I saw it. Doctors think the same thing, too."
The unusualness of the situation and McGregor's unexpected fall to the canvas led many viewers on first watch to try to pinpoint when the injury occurred. The most reasonable explanation was that he suffered it when leaping up for a flying kick right out of the gate, but the broadcast also speculated it may have come in the on-deck circle as McGregor prepped for greasing.
Conor McGregor suffered an injury just seconds into his main event Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, leading to the fight being waved off 1:09 into Round 1.
UFC CEO Dana White, like many others, was wildly disappointed with the bout's ending. He said he hadn't spoken to McGregor yet about the injury, but revealed what doctors suspect he is dealing with.
"Listen, everybody who knows anything about the fight business, and it's been a big topic of discussion up to this fight: five years off in this sport is rough," White told MMA Junkie and other reporters at a post-fight news conference Saturday. "Like you said, great card. Unbelievable, the Paddy Pimblett thing right before, you just feel it all in the air. 'Here we go.' I was expecting at least a one-round war or who knew what Conor was capable of as far as cardio or whatever else after a five-year layoff. Well, there you go. We're ***** uming blown ACL. I'm no doctor, but that's what I figured when I saw it. Doctors think the same thing, too."
The unusualness of the situation and McGregor's unexpected fall to the canvas led many viewers on first watch to try to pinpoint when the injury occurred. The most reasonable explanation was that he suffered it when leaping up for a flying kick right out of the gate, but the broadcast also speculated it may have come in the on-deck circle as McGregor prepped for greasing.
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