Dana White comes back on stage to defend Conor McGregor after leaving UFC 329 post-fight presser

Dana White has denied that Conor McGregor went into his UFC 329 fight compromised.

This past Saturday, Conor McGregor‘s highly anticipated return to motion ended disastrously when he injured his knee in the primary round of his UFC 329 fundamental event with Max Holloway.

Immediately after the fight, the Irishman left the Octagon and subsequently limped his way out of the sector without even changing out of his fight shorts.

As of now, it’s unclear the extent of the 37-year-old’s injury, but Dana White attempted to supply an early prognosis, saying that they’re assuming he blew out his ACL.

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‘Notorious’ suffered a serious knee injury moments into his comeback fight against Max Holloway.

Dana White walks back into press conference to defend McGregor

Following the disaster, ‘The Notorious’ is facing claims that he walked into his first fight in five years already compromised, with the published team and fellow fighters picking out moments within the lead up where he looked uncomfortable.

Despite that, the UFC social accounts had been sharing footage of McGregor warming up backstage, and he was throwing the precise kick that led to his injury.

Within the post-fight press conference, one reporter brought up that he noticed how McGregor struggled to place his shoes on on the ceremonial weigh-ins on Friday night, wondering if that would’ve indicated an injury.

And after talking concerning the motion within the post-fight press conference, Dana White got up off his seat to exit the sector after a disastrous night.

Nonetheless, he ended up returning on stage just moments later, attempting to defend McGregor against claims that he went into his fight injured.

“So, we were talking concerning the guy over here asking about there being a pre-injury, just on my accounts, the face-off (on the ceremonial weigh-ins) is at 80 million views, right, so if there was a pre-existing injury, someone would’ve noticed it,” White said.

“(They’d’ve noticed if) he was limping, he put his shoes on, he ran right at him. I don’t think there was, but anything is feasible but he sure didn’t seem like it. 80 million just on my accounts, that number has got to be massive (worldwide), and nobody noticed anything,” he continued.

With the pair now 1-1 of their rivalry, Holloway is willing to attend for the 37-year-old to return for a trilogy, and McGregor himself has claimed that he’ll return.