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One needed only listen to the response from the fans still inside T-Mobile Arena when Max Holloway asked them to give it up for his opponent.
Moments earlier, Holloway (28-9 MMA, 24-9 UFC) beat Conor McGregor (22-7 MMA, 10-5 UFC) with a TKO that came just 69 seconds into their fight. After five years away and countless outside-MMA issues to dull his former superstar luster, McGregor’s return went out with an absolute whimper.
He threw a wild kick right out of the gate against ex-featherweight champion Holloway in their UFC 329 main event and apparently blew out the knee on the leg opposite the one he broke against Dustin Poirier five years ago.
And when Holloway was on the microphone after the win, his first at 170 pounds, he asked the fans to show some love for McGregor. The Las Vegas fans showered down upon him with boos he hasn’t been used to in fights. He appeared to symbolically grab his crotch while exiting the arena floor as a response to the fans’ reaction to being asked to cheer for him.
Does that make Holloway’s finish of McGregor, ostensibly just due to the injury, the most satisfying stoppage on the card, in a way? That’s why we ask you to vote for the best finish – and there were plenty to cap off International Fight Week in the desert.
UFC 329 had a crazy 11 stoppages in 14 fights. But not all finishes are created equal. Check out the stoppages in the video above. Then vote for which one was your favorite in our poll below.
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Video, poll: Not sexiest, but was McGregor’s UFC 329 loss most satisfying?
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Moments earlier, Holloway (28-9 MMA, 24-9 UFC) beat Conor McGregor (22-7 MMA, 10-5 UFC) with a TKO that came just 69 seconds into their fight. After five years away and countless outside-MMA issues to dull his former superstar luster, McGregor’s return went out with an absolute whimper.
He threw a wild kick right out of the gate against ex-featherweight champion Holloway in their UFC 329 main event and apparently blew out the knee on the leg opposite the one he broke against Dustin Poirier five years ago.
And when Holloway was on the microphone after the win, his first at 170 pounds, he asked the fans to show some love for McGregor. The Las Vegas fans showered down upon him with boos he hasn’t been used to in fights. He appeared to symbolically grab his crotch while exiting the arena floor as a response to the fans’ reaction to being asked to cheer for him.
Does that make Holloway’s finish of McGregor, ostensibly just due to the injury, the most satisfying stoppage on the card, in a way? That’s why we ask you to vote for the best finish – and there were plenty to cap off International Fight Week in the desert.
UFC 329 had a crazy 11 stoppages in 14 fights. But not all finishes are created equal. Check out the stoppages in the video above. Then vote for which one was your favorite in our poll below.
- Max Holloway def. Conor McGregor via TKO (injury) – Round 1, 1:09
- Paddy Pimblett def. Benoit Saint Denis via technical submission (D’Arce choke) – Round 1, 0:52
- Brandon Royval def. Lone'er Kavanagh via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 3, 3:40
- King Green def. Terrance McKinney via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 4:59
- Robert Whittaker def. Nikita Krylov via TKO (punches) – Round 3, 1:01
- Gable Steveson def. Elisha Ellison via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 2:31
- Adrian Yanez def. Cody Garbrandt via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 2:47
- Luke Riley def. Kai Kamaka III via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 3:03
- Damian Pinas def. Cesar Almeida via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 4:44
- Ryan Gandra def. Zach Reese via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 1:15
- Alessandro Costa def. Cody Durden via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 2:19
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Video, poll: Not sexiest, but was McGregor’s UFC 329 loss most satisfying?
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