{"id":6481,"date":"2026-07-15T07:30:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T02:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=6481"},"modified":"2026-07-15T07:30:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T02:30:25","slug":"is-conor-mcgregor-retiring-ufc-star-makes-big-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=6481","title":{"rendered":"Is Conor McGregor Retiring? UFC Star Makes Big Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">UFC superstar <strong>Conor McGregor<\/strong> is revealing the next steps in his mixed martial arts career following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/sports\/news\/conor-mcgregor-loses-comeback-fight-in-69-seconds-at-ufc-329-massive-bummer\/\">his shocking 69-second loss to <strong>Max Holloway<\/strong><\/a> at UFC 329 on Saturday, July 11.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cSurgery. Prehab. Return to martial arts practice. Go again. Final fight of the contract. Please God!\u201d McGregor, 38, shared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DauxQulCsWh\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via Instagram<\/a> on Monday, July 13.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">McGregor\u2019s comeback dreams hanging on his fight against Holloway, 34, were cut short when McGregor suffered a leg injury just over a minute into the bout.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cMy faith is unconditional and I am thankful I get to prove it!\u201d McGregor wrote. \u201cMy lifestyle changes are permanent and not just until. 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McGregor ultimately lost the match just [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He added, \u201cI am a child of God. I am a friend of God. God makes a way for me where there seems to be no way. I am not a victim of my circumstances, I overcome them. God is at work in me to will and to work his good pleasure! My youth is being renewed like the eagles! In Jesus I am thoroughly loved, cherished, adored. I walk in divine health. I live under supernatural protection. All things work out for my good! All things are possible for me because I am a believer!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">McGregor has one fight remaining on his UFC contract, though there is no timetable for his return. Holloway has suggested he may be McGregor\u2019s final fight opponent, which would bring an end to their trilogy. McGregor previously defeated Holloway via decision in 2013.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Hours after the loss at UFC 329, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/sports\/news\/ufcs-conor-mcgregor-addresses-losing-comeback-fight\/\">McGregor broke his silence<\/a> on social media.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI was so sharp and so ready for this fight I cannot believe what has happened,\u201d he wrote via X. \u201cThe talk of me being off while walking in to the fight is nonsense. I was calm, ready, and confident. I am in shock what has taken place. The devil is literally staring at me right in front of my face here. I am not engaging. I will be at church tomorrow.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">UFC president <strong>Dana White<\/strong> expressed disappointment in the highly-anticipated fight, telling reporters, \u201cI was expecting at least a one-round war.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWho knew what Conor was capable of as far as cardio, whatever else, after a five-year layoff, and there you go,\u201d White said of McGregor, who last fought at UFC 264 against <strong>Dustin Poirier<\/strong> in July 2021, when he suffered a broken leg during the first round. \u201cWe\u2019re assuming a blown ACL. I\u2019m no doctor, but that\u2019s what I figured when I saw it, and doctors think the same thing too.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">McGregor did not specify the exact injury he suffered against Holloway on Saturday, but in revealing he plans on having surgery, UFC fans can rest assured it will be a long time before they see him in the octagon again.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC superstar Conor McGregor is revealing the next steps in his mixed martial arts career following his shocking 69-second loss to Max Holloway at UFC 329 on Saturday, July 11.\u00a0 \u201cSurgery. Prehab. 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Please God!\u201d McGregor, 38, shared via Instagram on Monday, July 13.\u00a0&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2285711263.jpg-conor-mcgregor-july-2026.jpg?crop=0px%2C23px%2C2000px%2C1051px&resize=1200%2C630&quality=86&strip=all","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-gossip"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}