UFC star Conor McGregor is thanking God for a successful ACL surgery.
In his July 11 fight at UFC 329, McGregor faced off against Max Holloway, a rematch of their bout in 2013.
McGregor put in hours upon hours of training for this fight, and in one kick within the first seconds of the fight, he suffered what appeared to be a blown-out knee, according to Fox News Digital.
Holloway was declared the winner by TKO just 69 seconds into the first round. Notably, McGregor’s injury was the opposite leg from the one he badly broke in a previous fight, a first-round TKO loss to Dustin Poirier in their 2021 trilogy bout.
The day after the fight, McGregor shared on X, “Destroyed. I had no injury/injuries going into the fight. I was throwing kicks, planted and jumping, all throughout camp as well as backstage before the fight. This came out of nowhere. I am beyond dark here. I can only describe it as hell.”
My head gasket is gone. Destroyed. I had no injury / injuries going into the fight. I was throwing kicks, planted and jumping, all throughout camp as well as backstage before the fight. This came out of nowhere. I am beyond dark here. I can only describe it as hell.
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) July 12, 2026
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Shortly after, the fighter confirmed on social media: he tore both his ACL and his meniscus in his right knee.
But McGregor looked at the situation positively, wondering if God used the injury to protect him from something much worse.
“I am maximum discipline and have maintained it fully since the bout. I wonder was I saved from something worse here. I believe so. I would have attended the after party as “the man” and who knows then. I believe I was saved,” McGregor wrote. “Thank you, God!”
Last week, he underwent surgery to repair his torn ACL, which was a “success.”
“What’s up, folks? The Mac is back, baby. My knee is repaired, surgery was a success, and I’m on the road to recovery. That should tell you all you need to know about my mindset. Straight into surgery, knee repaired, and on the road. Let’s go,” he said in a video.
He pointed to former fighters Dominick Cruz and Georges St. Pierre and NFL stars Tom Brady and Adrian Peterson as his “motivation…especially the fighting boys,” as they have all suffered from ACL tears.
McGregor didn’t forget to share how grateful he is to God for the journey.
“My mindset is unstoppable, unbreakable. Thank you, God. Thank you so much God. We’ll be back… In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. We’ll be back. Let’s go,” he concluded.
With his ACL surgery now behind him, McGregor appears determined to turn a devastating UFC 329 setback into the next chapter of his comeback story.
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