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McGregor’s coach says MMA training may resume next year after knee injury
Conor McGregor injured his knee during his July fight against Max Holloway at UFC 329, which ended after 69 seconds.
It was McGregor’s first fight in five years, and the injury halted his comeback.
His coach, John Kavanagh, says recovery comes first and expects McGregor may be able to resume MMA training next year.
Kavanagh says McGregor is in rehabilitation and appears to be moving well.
Kavanagh does not think McGregor is necessarily done competing, based on their 22 years working together.
McGregor has one fight left on his UFC deal, but his next move remains unclear, and Kavanagh does not know whether a return would mean another UFC fight or something else.
Any comeback will depend on McGregor’s recovery and what he decides to pursue.
Conor McGregor’s coach, John Kavanagh, says McGregor may be able to return to MMA training next year as he recovers from a knee injury.
McGregor injured his knee in a July fight against Max Holloway, which ended after 69 seconds.
Kavanagh said McGregor is undergoing rehabilitation and appears to be moving well.
The coach said he does not know what a possible return to competition would look like.
- Who
- Conor McGregor and his coach, John Kavanagh.
- What
- Kavanagh says McGregor may resume MMA training next year while recovering from a knee injury. He has not ruled out McGregor competing again.
- When
- The injury happened in July; Kavanagh made the comments on October 27, 2026.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- McGregor is recovering from a knee injury, and his return to training depends on his recovery.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
McGregor injured his knee in his fight against Max Holloway, which ended after 69 seconds.
Kavanagh said McGregor may return to MMA training next year and that he did not know what a possible return to competition would look like.
- Coach
- John Kavanagh
- Injury
- Knee injury
- Opponent
- Max Holloway
- Fight duration
- 69 seconds
- Possible training return
- Next year
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What people are saying
We’ll see. I guess it’ll be next year until he can start returning to MMA type training.
I just don’t know if he’s done with competition just yet.
What does that look like? I don’t know.
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John Kavanagh refuses to rule out Conor McGregor comeback, envisions potential return next summer "I've just seen him do too many things that seem to be impossible, and he does them repeatedly. So, if he says he does, I'm not going to doubt him... If anybody can, he can." Via: