LAS VEGAS – Conor McGregor spent the build-up to UFC 329 insisting that he was the old version of his Notorious self, but the misfortune we all witnessed in the Octagon at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday only bore one truth.
The Mac isn’t back. The Mac is done. And frankly, the entire thing should have never been allowed to happen.
On his first attempted strike of the fight, McGregor appeared to injure himself on a flying knee attempt and took a bad step moments later, leaving referee Herb Dean no choice but to call the fight and leave the highest-paying crowd in UFC history in a state of sobered disbelief. Max Holloway attempted to raise the mood afterward by suggesting a third fight between himself and McGregor, but the cavernous silence in the arena following felt overwhelmingly like the response of a crowd who has fallen for this shtick for the last time.
“I was expecting at least a one-round war,” Dana White said. “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 it’s a blown ACL. I’m no doctor, but that's what I figured when I saw it, and doctors think the same thing too.”
When asked if a trilogy could potentially be in the works, White was predictably non-committal, which is typical of his post-fight media appearances. However, at the very least, his tone didn’t sound like a man who was too enthralled at the possibility of running this disaster back again.
The Mac isn’t back. The Mac is done. And frankly, the entire thing should have never been allowed to happen.
On his first attempted strike of the fight, McGregor appeared to injure himself on a flying knee attempt and took a bad step moments later, leaving referee Herb Dean no choice but to call the fight and leave the highest-paying crowd in UFC history in a state of sobered disbelief. Max Holloway attempted to raise the mood afterward by suggesting a third fight between himself and McGregor, but the cavernous silence in the arena following felt overwhelmingly like the response of a crowd who has fallen for this shtick for the last time.
“I was expecting at least a one-round war,” Dana White said. “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 it’s a blown ACL. I’m no doctor, but that's what I figured when I saw it, and doctors think the same thing too.”
When asked if a trilogy could potentially be in the works, White was predictably non-committal, which is typical of his post-fight media appearances. However, at the very least, his tone didn’t sound like a man who was too enthralled at the possibility of running this disaster back again.
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