Conor
McGregor wants a third fight with Max
Holloway, saying their injury-shortened rematch remains a
source of frustration.
Holloway earned a first-round technical knockout victory in the
UFC 329 main event in July after McGregor suffered a knee
injury. Speaking at the BKFC Glasgow post-fight press conference,
the former two-division UFC champion accused Holloway of refusing
to engage and calling for the referee to stop the fight.
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Conor McGregor disputes the UFC 329 injury stoppage and calls
for a third fight with Max Holloway
“It has to be Holloway,” McGregor said. “Just do the fu**ing thing
again. Just do the thing again. The guy didn’t engage once. He’s
the one that called for the stoppage of the fight. He said, ‘Ref,
ref!’ He’s the one stopping the fight.”
McGregor claimed he could have continued despite the injury.
“Imagine I’d have just said, ‘Yes, yay,’ and jumped the fence. I
won. He doesn’t want to fu**ing fight,” McGregor said. “I’d have
done him on the one leg. He wasn’t coming near me.”
“The Notorious” said the ending continues to bother him and
reiterated his desire to face Holloway again.
“So shocking and so heartbreaking to me, and I’m still Fing dealing
with it,” McGregor said. “But it has to be Holloway. Come on, just
Fing dust it off. Redo it.”
Conor McGregor went off on Max Holloway
& says final UFC fight has to be the trilogy “It has to be
Holloway, just do the f*****g thing again. He didn’t engage once.
He called for the stoppage. I’d have done him on one f*****g leg.
It’s heartbreaking & I’m still dealing with it”
https://t.co/hAdXha3dIM— FULL SEND MMA (@full_send_mma)
November 8, 2026