{"id":808322,"date":"2026-07-17T17:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T17:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/808322\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T17:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T17:52:10","slug":"conor-mcgregor-awaiting-surgery-for-ufc-329-injury-suggests-victory-would-have-resurrected-drug-cycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/808322\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor \u2018awaiting surgery\u2019 for UFC 329 injury, suggests victory would have resurrected drug \u2018cycle\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Conor McGregor is tweeting again, which is always a fun ride, and interacting with fans who are demanding answers for his feeble UFC 329 performance<\/a> against Max Holloway last weekend in Las Vegas. \u201cNotorious\u201d blew out his knee to open the fight, bringing an end to the \u201cSin City\u201d headliner in just 69 seconds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have not and will not take any mind altering substances,\u201d McGregor told a fan when asked if he was on drugs. \u201cI feel if the fight had of went any different, favorably or otherwise, even if the fight got to take place at least, I may have cracked the seal on this and ended back in the cycle.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt went the way it went and I am awaiting my surgery and planning my recovery so zero mind altering substances have entered my body whatsoever,\u201d McGregor added. \u201cMore time under extreme discipline is required and that is it. I find extreme discipline most enjoyable anyway so happy days.\u201d<\/p>\n

A timeline for his Octagon return has yet to be determined but McGregor, who turned 38 just a few days back, named Holloway as the final opponent on his current UFC contract, no doubt breaking the hearts of Michael Chandler<\/a> and patient MMA fans waiting for this overdue rematch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For much more on McGregor\u2019s UFC 329 injury click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor is tweeting again, which is always a fun ride, and interacting with fans who are demanding…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":808323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,33601,638,82,241021,702],"class_list":["post-808322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-329","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=808322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/808323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=808322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=808322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=808322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}