{"id":358424,"date":"2026-06-30T01:53:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=358424"},"modified":"2026-06-30T01:53:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:23:16","slug":"conor-mcgregors-comeback-card-loses-one-other-fighter-as-a-result-of-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/30\/conor-mcgregors-comeback-card-loses-one-other-fighter-as-a-result-of-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor\u2019s comeback card loses one other fighter as a result of injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

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UFC 329 has lost two fighters within the space of just a few days to injury. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Flyweight veteran Ode Osbourne confirmed his withdrawal from the highly anticipated card last week.<\/p>\n

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Luckily, his opponent, Cody Durden, was capable of stay on the cardboard as a result of Alessandro Costa stepping in on late notice.<\/p>\n

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Can Conor McGregor \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea overcome a five-year layoff to beat Max Holloway again?<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Ethyn Ewing ruled out of UFC 329 <\/h2>\n

A bantamweight bout between\u00a0Farid Basharat<\/a>\u00a0and Ethyn Ewing was scheduled to happen at UFC Vegas 119 on June 20. <\/p>\n

Their matchup was moved to Conor McGregor\u2018s comeback card as a result of undisclosed reasons.<\/p>\n

Now, it\u2019s been cancelled, and UFC 329 is right down to just 12 fights, in the intervening time. <\/p>\n

\u201cEthyn Ewing is out of his fight next week vs Farid Basharat as a result of injury,\u201d Best Fight Picks<\/a> reported on Monday. \u201cUFC is currently in search of a substitute to face Farid.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ewing\u2019s injury and the seek for a brand new opponent for Basharat were subsequently confirmed by veteran MMA journalist Damon Martin<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cEthyn Ewing is OUT of his fight against Farid Basharat next week at #UFC329, per multiple sources telling me and @MikeHeck_JR,\u201d he tweeted. \u201cUFC is actively looking for a substitute opponent, but nothing done yet. Ewing\u2019s injury first reported by @BestFightPicks.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Updated UFC 329 fight card<\/h2>\n
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  • <\/use><\/svg>Conor McGregor vs. Max Holloway<\/li>\n
  • <\/use><\/svg>Beno\u00eet Saint-Denis vs. Paddy Pimblett<\/li>\n
  • <\/use><\/svg>Cory Sandhagen vs. Mario Bautista<\/li>\n
  • <\/use><\/svg>Brandon Royval vs. Lone\u2019er Kavanagh<\/li>\n
  • <\/use><\/svg>King Green vs. Terrance McKinney<\/li>\n
  • <\/use><\/svg>Robert Whittaker vs. Nikita Krylov<\/li>\n
  • <\/use><\/svg>Gable Steveson vs. Elisha Ellison<\/li>\n
  • <\/use><\/svg>Cody Garbrandt vs. Adrian Ya\u00f1ez<\/li>\n
  • <\/use><\/svg>Luke Riley vs. Kai Kamaka III<\/li>\n
  • <\/use><\/svg>Tracy Cortez vs. Wang Cong<\/li>\n
  • <\/use><\/svg>Damian Pinas vs. C\u00e9sar Almeida<\/li>\n
  • <\/use><\/svg>Farid Basharat vs. TBC<\/li>\n
  • <\/use><\/svg>Ryan Gandra vs. Zachary Reese<\/li>\n
  • <\/use><\/svg>Cody Durden vs. Alessandro Costa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    Follow us on Google Discover UFC 329 has lost two fighters within the space of just a few days to injury. Flyweight veteran Ode Osbourne confirmed his withdrawal from the highly anticipated card last week. Luckily, his opponent, Cody Durden, was capable of stay on the cardboard as a result of Alessandro Costa stepping in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":358425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[6046,1911,5738,561,2760,667,1590,8819],"class_list":["post-358424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-card","tag-comeback","tag-conor","tag-due","tag-fighter","tag-injury","tag-loses","tag-mcgregors"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t