Moments after Conor McGregor did his trademark strut around the octagon before facing Max Holloway at UFC 329, he was hobbling out of the T-Mobile Arena.

Moments after Conor McGregor did his trademark strut around the octagon before facing Max Holloway at UFC 329, he was hobbling out of the T-Mobile Arena. McGregor was fighting for the first time since 2021 but lasted just 69 seconds having sustained a knee injury. The Irishman appeared to pick up the injury in the opening seconds as his knee buckled when landing after failing to connect with a kick. It was McGregor's third successive defeat and leaves him with just one win since 2016. The severity of the knee injury was not clear in the immediate aftermath, but UFC broadcaster Megan Olivi said McGregor refused the offer of crutches. Britain's first UFC champion Michael Bisping, who was working as a pundit for Paramount+ said: "If it's a real surgery, if he's blown his ACL and will have to take a year or 18 months out, that's it. McGregor is the biggest star in the history of mixed martial arts and was integral in building the sport's popularity. But many have questioned whether he still has a place in the spotlight after a series of controversies, including losing a civil jury appeal against a finding at the High Court in Dublin that he had sexually assaulted a woman, and missed drugs tests.