{"id":39259,"date":"2026-07-13T04:29:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T04:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Conor-McGregor-knee-injury-Coach-explains-what-happened-at-UFC-329-201872"},"modified":"2026-07-13T04:29:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T04:29:53","slug":"conor-mcgregor-knee-injury-coach-explains-what-happened-at-ufc-329","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/conor-mcgregor-knee-injury-coach-explains-what-happened-at-ufc-329\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor knee injury: Coach explains what happened at UFC 329"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <center><!--PICTURE R--><\/p>\n<div class=\"pointer\">\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/conor-mcgregor-knee-injury-coach-explains-what-happened-at-ufc-329.jpg\" width=\"640\" class=\"Picture\"\/><\/center>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\n<b>Conor McGregor\u2019s coach has weighed-in on the outcome at UFC 329.<br \/>\n| \ud83d\udcf7: Getty\/UFC<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!--\/PICTURE R--><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Conor-McGregor-29688\">Conor<br \/>\nMcGregor<\/a>\u2019s coach, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/John-Kavanagh-3944\">John<br \/>\nKavanagh<\/a>, has squashed rumors of a pre-existing injury going<br \/>\ninto the <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> star\u2019s Octagon return at<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-329-McGregor-vs-Holloway-2-111889\"><br \/>\nUFC 329<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor rematched <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Max-Holloway-38671\">Max<br \/>\nHolloway<\/a> in the main event of UFC 329, but injured his knee in<br \/>\nthe opening sequence. After he struggled to stay upright, the<br \/>\nreferee stopped the bout, leading to an anticlimactic conclusion to<br \/>\nthe fight card.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>John Kavanagh details McGregor\u2019s injury after comeback fight<br \/>\nends early<\/h2>\n<p>Kavanagh took to Facebook to discuss McGregor\u2019s injury following<br \/>\nthe defeat to Holloway at UFC 329. The former two-division<br \/>\nchampion\u2019s longtime coach shed light on the post-fight mood and<br \/>\nreiterated McGregor\u2019s claim that he wasn\u2019t injured going into the<br \/>\nbout.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDevastated,\u201d the <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/stats\/fightfinder?association=SBG%20Ireland\"><br \/>\nSBG Ireland<\/a> head coach wrote in a Facebook post (via <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.in\/mma\/story\/_\/id\/49345063\/mcgregor-coach-says-knee-never-issue-ahead-ufc-329\">ESPN<\/a>). \u201cThat opening jump switch kick was<br \/>\ndrilled daily for months, multiple times in warmup. Never an issue.<br \/>\nKnee went when he [threw] the very first kick. Doesn&#8217;t get any<br \/>\nworse than this. Looking forward to seeing my family in a few<br \/>\ndays.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McGregor is yet to reveal the extent of his injury. UFC CEO<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/search\/gallery-fighter?q=dana+white\"><br \/>\nDana White<\/a> shared that he suspects a torn ACL and was also<br \/>\nquick to shut down claims of a pre-existing injury at the<br \/>\npost-fight presser.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conor McGregor\u2019s coach has weighed-in on the outcome at UFC 329. | \ud83d\udcf7: Getty\/UFC Conor McGregor\u2019s coach, John Kavanagh, has squashed rumors of a pre-existing injury going into the Ultimate Fighting Championship star\u2019s Octagon return at UFC 329. McGregor rematched Max Holloway in the main event of UFC 329, but injured his knee in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39260,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}