{"id":39316,"date":"2026-07-16T03:59:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T03:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/McGregor-vs-Holloway-fallout-continues-as-no-contest-demand-emerges-201923"},"modified":"2026-07-16T03:59:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T03:59:39","slug":"mcgregor-vs-holloway-fallout-continues-as-no-contest-demand-emerges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/mcgregor-vs-holloway-fallout-continues-as-no-contest-demand-emerges\/","title":{"rendered":"McGregor vs. Holloway fallout continues as no contest demand emerges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mcgregor-vs-holloway-fallout-continues-as-no-contest-demand-emerges.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> star <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Conor-McGregor-29688\">Conor<br \/>\nMcGregor<\/a> doesn\u2019t want the latest update to his professional<br \/>\nrecord to be marked as a loss.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor (22-7) returned after a five-year hiatus in a welterweight<br \/>\nbooking against <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Max-Holloway-38671\">Max<br \/>\nHolloway<\/a> at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-329-McGregor-vs-Holloway-2-111889\"><br \/>\nUFC 329<\/a> in Las Vegas. His highly anticipated return ended<br \/>\nanticlimactically as he injured his knee on the first kick he<br \/>\nthrew. \u201cNotorious\u201d was barely able to plant both feet firmly after<br \/>\nthe injury, leading to a stoppage loss just 69 seconds into the<br \/>\nfirst round.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Conor McGregor reflects on UFC 329 loss<\/h2>\n<p>McGregor now wants his defeat to Holloway to be overturned to a no<br \/>\ncontest. The former UFC double champ also revealed that he\u2019ll soon<br \/>\nhave the results of the scan of his injury. Notably, McGregor wants<br \/>\nall bets on the fight to be returned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA few notes 1. I will have the results of the scan on my leg<br \/>\ntomorrow. 2. The fight should be a no contest and all bets<br \/>\nreturned,\u201d McGregor wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s growing discourse regarding whether McGregor entered the<br \/>\nbout with a pre-existing injury. He momentarily stumbled and winced<br \/>\nwhile removing his shoes before stepping into the Octagon,<br \/>\nprompting many to speculate that the Irishman knew his right leg<br \/>\nwas compromised. However, his coach, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/John-Kavanagh-3944\">John<br \/>\nKavanagh<\/a> and UFC CEO <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/search\/gallery-fighter?q=dana+white\">Dana<br \/>\nWhite<\/a> have both reiterated that there was no injury going into<br \/>\nthe fight.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Da1f5kjtyDU\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" readability=\"-0.24137931034483\"><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ultimate Fighting Championship star Conor McGregor doesn\u2019t want the latest update to his professional record to be marked as a loss. McGregor (22-7) returned after a five-year hiatus in a welterweight booking against Max Holloway at UFC 329 in Las Vegas. His highly anticipated return ended anticlimactically as he injured his knee on the first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39317,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39316","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\/39316","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=39316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}