For years, many people swore that Conor McGregor would not step foot back in the octagon for a fight. “The Notorious” proved them wrong, but his comeback fight was a farce that ended seconds after it started with McGregor injuring his knee off the first kick he threw.
There’s a lot of fallout from this disaster. Conspiracy theorists have suggested McGregor arrived with the injury and fought just long enough to collect a paycheck and tick off one of the last two fights on his UFC contract. For what
it’s worth, McGregor and his team have denied this. Now McGregor, who is leaning heavily on his faith in God at this moment, has declared he’ll compete again.
“My faith is unconditional and I am thankful I get to prove it!” McGregor wrote on Instagram. “My lifestyle changes are permanent and not just until. I am thankful I get to prove it. I am in Sin City and remain completely devoid of all sin. I will not open that door nor crack its seal! I am already back to collecting wins! In Jesus name I pray!”
“Church was intense today, my heart is heavy but through Christ my mind is STRONG! I am so grateful to see my family fall more in love with God each day! I 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.”
Then he got to the part that fight fans were most curious about: what were his plans for the future after this disaster of a fight?
“All things work out for my good!” he concluded. “All things are possible for me because I am a believer! Surgery. Prehab. Return to martial arts practice. Go again. Final fight of the contract. Please God! I trust in You Lord! Show me Your way. Thank You God.”
We still haven’t officially heard anything regarding the state of McGregor’s right knee, which buckled numerous times in the minute he fought Max Holloway at UFC 329. Here, McGregor seems to confirm that the knee will require surgery and rehab. If it’s a torn ACL or MCL or meniscus, it could be several months before Conor is back to action, assuming the UFC is willing to shell out the rumored $30 million to risk another s–tshow like last Saturday.
One thing is clear, though: to Conor McGregor, this is all just another setback on the route to the greatest sports comeback in history.
