Conor McGregor believes he has some unfinished business with Max Holloway. Earlier this year, at UFC 329, disaster struck when McGregor injured his ACL just seconds into the match and had to back out. The match was called off, and Holloway was declared the winner.
Now, having undergone surgery and preparing for his comeback and last fight of his UFC career, McGregor called out facing Holloway in 2027. With both fighters having one win against each other, a rubber match would be the ideal choice.
During the post-fight scrum for BKFC Glasgow, McGregor opened up to reporters and claimed that he is still eyeing a trilogy fight with Holloway. “It has to be Holloway,” McGregor said. “Just do the f**king thing again. Just do the thing again. The guy didn’t engage once. He’s the one that called for the stoppage in the fight. He said ‘ref, ref!’ He’s the one stopping the fight. Imagine I just said ‘yay!’ and jumped the fence. I won! He doesn’t want to f**king fight.
Article Continues Below“On the one leg, he wasn’t coming near me. So shocking and so heartbreaking to me, and I’m still f**king dealing with it. It has to be Holloway. Just f**king dust it off, re-do it.” (via MMFighting)
At first, McGregor revealed intentions to come back for International Fight Week in 2027, exactly one year after his last fight and injury. It now seems McGregor could be planning a comeback sooner if his knee has healed well. However, McGregor also made it clear that if Holloway is not available by the time he's ready, he does not want a low-quality opponent.