Conor McGregor injures leg AGAIN as referee stops UFC 329 fight with Max Holloway, leaving MMA star’s career on rocks

CONOR MCGREGOR suffered a crushing injury in the first round of his eagerly anticipated return to the UFC. ‘The Notorious’ made his cage comeback early this morning in the main event of UFC 329 in Las Vegas in a rematch with his former featherweight foe. The fight was the Irishman‘s first since being found civilly liable for assaulting Nikita Hand at a Dublin Hotel in December 2018, which he vehemently denied doing. It was also his first breaking his left leg in his trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier in July 2021. But he left the arena this morning the same way he did that fateful night five years ago after a mere one minute and nine seconds of action due to a knee injury. Fans in the arena booed the stoppage, until they discovered he’d crocked himself just seconds into the bout. READ MORE UFC NEWS McGregor, 37, came out like a bat out of hell, throwing multiple kicks, the first of which was a fateful flying one, before slipping. Holloway immediately pounced on the fallen former champ, throwing numerous blows before allowing him back up to his feet. The crowd were elated at that decision as they wanted to see ‘Mystic Mac’ trade heavy leather. But what they saw was him slip again after a wild attempt of a straight left. Most read in Sport WORLD CUP 2026 FREE BETS AND SIGN UP OFFERS Holloway repeated the previous raining down of punches before once again letting his man up. The ‘Champ Champ’ eventually returned to his feet but was clearly compromised, so much so that Holloway pointed it out to the referee. And the referee, after seeing how compromised McGregor was, decided to call a halt to the contest. Replays showed that McGregor jarred his right knee upon landing on the canvas after throwing his wild first strike. Defeat to Holloway was McGregor’s THIRD on the bounce and has extended his winless run to SIX YEARS. And his fighting future now looks bleak after such a lacklustre display.