Conor McGregor says devil testing him with UFC 329 debacle, so back to church

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This past fall, Conor McGregor claimed he found salvation and was a saved man in the eyes of his god.

After a massive failure in his comeback after five years Saturday in the UFC 329 main event, McGregor said he is being tested by the devil, so he will go to church. He also pledged to "overcome this" and "return."

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"I was so sharp and so ready for this fight I cannot believe what has happened," McGregor posted on social media. "The talk of me being off while walking in to the fight is nonsense. I was calm, ready, and confident. I am in shock what has taken place. The devil is literally staring at me right in front of my face here. I am not engaging. I will be at church tomorrow.

I will overcome this.I will not be deterred.I will return."

McGregor (22-7 MMA, 10-5 UFC) rushed to the center of the cage the moment the bell sounded in his rematch against former featherweight champion and BMF titleholder Max Holloway (28-9 MMA, 24-9 UFC). He threw a fancy leaping kick, appeared to land oddly, and the early indication is that he likely blew out his left knee.

Holloway landed a few punches on McGregor on the canvas, but the fight essentially was McGregor landing on his butt, Holloway throwing punches, and McGregor walking away after 69 seconds of his sporting life staying as off the rails as his outside-the-cage life has been.

McGregor broke his leg in a trilogy fight against Dustin Poirier five years ago. A few teased returns in between didn't come to fruition, though plenty of stuff did happen for McGregor outside MMA – including a ruling from Ireland's highest court that he was liable for the 2018 rape and sexual assault of Nikita Hand. He appealed and was turned away by the court with even more surety than the initial case, making him an adjudicated rapist in the eyes of Ireland's legal system.

Still, the UFC welcomed back its cash cow with open arms Saturday, set a new gate record and reportedly was trending to see even bigger viewership numbers than its June card at the White House. McGregor promised to bring back the version of himself that took the MMA world by storm from roughly 2014-2018, in his peak.

But obviously, that was nowhere to be found once the fight started. McGregor's future could be murky now, depending on the severity of the injury. He reportedly has one fight left on his UFC deal, and it was pre-arranged for him to fight in April to close out his contract.

McGregor won the featherweight title in late 2015 and never defended it. He won the lightweight title 11 months later to become the first simultaneous double champion, but never defended that belt, either. Instead, he took a highly lucrative boxing match with Floyd Mayweather in 2017.

In 2018, he lost a title shot to Khabib Nurmagomedov, after which the infamous UFC 229 brawl took place. In 2020, he stopped Donald Cerrone in 40 seconds, but then lost back-to-back fights to Poirier and now has the Holloway loss.

The last meaningful fight McGregor won was against Eddie Alvarez to win the lightweight title, November 2016. The Cerrone win came in the midst of a horrendous final stretch for "Cowboy," and he retired after a few more losses.

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