#UFC329 is the hashtag for UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 2, the July 11, 2026 pay-per-view at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada that was built around Conor McGregor’s first UFC bout in nearly five years and ended, in 69 seconds, with Max Holloway winning by first-round TKO after McGregor collapsed on an apparent leg injury from his opening jumping kick. The main event was the most watched moment of McGregor’s post-2021 comeback attempt and the second consecutive McGregor UFC fight to end in a serious leg injury.
Quick Facts
- Event: UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 2
- Date: Saturday, July 11, 2026
- Venue: T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nevada
- Main event result: Max Holloway def. Conor McGregor by TKO (referee stoppage due to injury), Round 1, 1:09
- Weight class: Welterweight (165 lb catchweight bout, per UFC billing)
- McGregor’s previous UFC bout: UFC 264, July 10, 2021 — TKO loss to Dustin Poirier via broken leg
- Series: McGregor and Holloway 1–1 (McGregor won by unanimous decision, UFC Fight Night 26, August 17, 2013)
What Happened
The opening seconds of the main event followed a familiar McGregor pattern: he came out first, drew Holloway with movement, and launched an early jumping kick. He appeared to land awkwardly on his right leg, dropped to the canvas, and immediately grimaced. McGregor rose, tried to reset, then went to the ground a second time on the same leg without a strike being thrown; referee Herb Dean stopped the fight at 1:09. Holloway — who had entered the cage as a two-weight-class veteran and the reigning BMF titleholder — celebrated a technical knockout without ever landing a clean shot.
Post-fight, McGregor was carried out of the octagon and taken to hospital. UFC president Dana White told reporters that doctors suspected a torn ACL in the right knee, with a scan scheduled to confirm — a different leg from the left tibia and fibula McGregor had broken at UFC 264 in July 2021, but the second UFC main event in a row for him to end in a serious leg injury inside the first round. Holloway used his post-fight interview to call out lightweight champion Islam Makhachev and BMF challengers Justin Gaethje and Michael Chandler.
Reactions
Reaction was immediate and split. Some fans and analysts saw the outcome as a tragedy for combat sports — the most valuable draw in UFC history reduced to a minute of visible pain — while others viewed it as the definitive end of McGregor’s competitive career, five years into a comeback that had produced more press conferences than fights. On social media, the 69-second running time made the fight a meme within minutes: card-purchase price divided by fight duration became a running Twitter joke, and clips of the collapsed jumping kick were the most-shared MMA video of the year within 24 hours.
Legacy
UFC 329 is likely to be remembered as the second act of the leg-injury story that first defined UFC 264, and as a decisive milestone in the Max Holloway resurgence: the Hawaiian, once a featherweight who had beaten McGregor’s stablemate at featherweight, now holds a signature win over McGregor at welterweight in a headline main event. Whether McGregor fights again is expected to depend on the extent of the injury; on the night of the loss, oddsmakers pulled his name from future UFC main-event markets pending medical updates.
Sources
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianmazique/2026/07/12/ufc-329-mcgregor-holloway-2-results-bonus-winners-and-highlights/
- https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/49308315/ufc-329-live-results-analysis-conor-mcgregor-vs-max-holloway-2
- https://www.ufc.com/news/ufc-329-mcgregor-vs-holloway-2-results
- https://www.ufc.com/news/ufc-329-mcgregor-vs-holloway-2-scorecards
- https://sports.yahoo.com/mma/live/ufc-329-live-results-conor-mcgregor-vs-max-holloway-2-updates-round-by-round-scoring-highlights-060000798.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_329