{"id":39344,"date":"2026-07-17T03:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T03:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Israel-Adesanya-suggests-Conor-McGregor-had-injury-before-UFC-329-201943"},"modified":"2026-07-17T03:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T03:29:12","slug":"israel-adesanya-suggests-conor-mcgregor-had-injury-before-ufc-329","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/israel-adesanya-suggests-conor-mcgregor-had-injury-before-ufc-329\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Adesanya suggests Conor McGregor had injury before UFC 329"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Israel
\nAdesanya<\/a> believes Conor
\nMcGregor<\/a> might\u2019ve entered his last bout in the
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> injured.<\/p>\n

McGregor’s comeback ended after just 69 seconds when he appeared to
\nsuffer a knee injury early in the opening round, resulting in a
\nloss to Max
\nHolloway<\/a> in their rematch at
\nUFC 329<\/a>. There\u2019s growing discourse surrounding whether the
\nIrishman was carrying an injury into the bout, as he did in his
\ntrilogy fight against Dustin
\nPoirier<\/a>, which also ended in anticlimactic fashion.<\/p>\n

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The former UFC middleweight champion pointed to footage from the
\npre-fight inspection, saying McGregor appeared reluctant to put
\nweight on his right leg before stepping into the Octagon.<\/p>\n

Israel Adesanya discusses Conor McGregor\u2019s right leg concerns
\nbefore UFC 329 loss to Max Holloway<\/h2>\n

Speaking on his “Precision with Mighty & Izzy” podcast alongside
\nformer UFC star Demetrious
\nJohnson<\/a>, Adesanya emphasized that McGregor was clearly dealing
\nwith some leg-related issue.<\/p>\n

“I have eyes,” Adesanya said. “When they did the replay and he took
\nthe Crocs off, he didn’t put weight on that right leg. He didn’t. I
\nknow he was throwing it (practicing kicks) in the locker room… I
\nhave eyes. When Conor took off the Crocs, as much as he said
\nafterwards, ‘I wasn’t hurt before the fight,’ I saw he didn’t put
\nweight on the right leg. And that tells me something.”<\/p>\n

McGregor has consistently denied entering the fight with a
\npre-existing injury, as has his coach John
\nKavanagh<\/a> and UFC CEO Dana
\nWhite<\/a>.<\/p>\n