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It’s unclear if Conor McGregor ever will fight again after his disastrous comeback fight, but there are some answers for which he won’t have to wait long.
McGregor, 37, is expected to get an MRI this week on his injured right leg, according to a source who is familiar with the situation but not authorized to discuss it publicly.
The source told USA TODAY Sports the magnetic resonance imaging will provide a clearer picture of the injury.
Doctors have speculated McGregor either tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee or damaged the meniscus cartilage in his right knee.
McGregor fell when he opened his fight against Max Holloway with an aggressive kick on Saturday, July 11 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. He fell twice more and then clutched his knee in apparent pain before the referee stopped the fight 69 seconds after it started.
Recovery from a meniscus injury, depending on if it’s a partial or full tear, ranges from four weeks to nine months, according to Kerlan-Jobe, a renowned orthopedic clinic in Southern California.
Recovery from a torn ACL ranges from six months to nine months, according to research published by the National Institutes of Health in 2025.
The prospect of a long rehabilitation likely would be daunting for McGregor after a five-year absence from fighting.
McGregor also faces the psychological challenge of facing another recovery. His five-year hiatus started after he suffered a broken leg in a first-round TKO loss to Dustin Poirier in 2021. His comeback fight originally was scheduled for 2024 but he withdrew with a broken toe.
His delayed return to the Octagon also stemmed from a civil lawsuit that led to McGregor being found liable for sexual assault. He was ordered to pay more than $200,000 for damages to the woman who said McGregor raped her at a Dublin hotel in 2018.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Conor McGregor injury update: MRI for leg injury, source says
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McGregor, 37, is expected to get an MRI this week on his injured right leg, according to a source who is familiar with the situation but not authorized to discuss it publicly.
The source told USA TODAY Sports the magnetic resonance imaging will provide a clearer picture of the injury.
Doctors have speculated McGregor either tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee or damaged the meniscus cartilage in his right knee.
McGregor fell when he opened his fight against Max Holloway with an aggressive kick on Saturday, July 11 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. He fell twice more and then clutched his knee in apparent pain before the referee stopped the fight 69 seconds after it started.
Recovery from a meniscus injury, depending on if it’s a partial or full tear, ranges from four weeks to nine months, according to Kerlan-Jobe, a renowned orthopedic clinic in Southern California.
Recovery from a torn ACL ranges from six months to nine months, according to research published by the National Institutes of Health in 2025.
The prospect of a long rehabilitation likely would be daunting for McGregor after a five-year absence from fighting.
McGregor also faces the psychological challenge of facing another recovery. His five-year hiatus started after he suffered a broken leg in a first-round TKO loss to Dustin Poirier in 2021. His comeback fight originally was scheduled for 2024 but he withdrew with a broken toe.
His delayed return to the Octagon also stemmed from a civil lawsuit that led to McGregor being found liable for sexual assault. He was ordered to pay more than $200,000 for damages to the woman who said McGregor raped her at a Dublin hotel in 2018.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Conor McGregor injury update: MRI for leg injury, source says
Continue reading...
