McGregor Admits Fame Derailed Him Before UFC 329 Return
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- Conor McGregor, 37, will face Max Holloway in a welterweight bout at UFC 329 on July 11 in Las Vegas — his first Octagon appearance since breaking his leg during a July 2021 TKO loss to Dustin Poirier
- McGregor told Paramount he "got lost" after reaching the peak of his career at 27, saying "What more was I to do? I got lost in it. Made some mistakes off of that and that's it."
- McGregor identified his 2017 boxing match against Floyd Mayweather Jr. as the tipping point of his career — the bout reportedly earned him more than $100 million, and his UFC record since stands at 1-3
- McGregor became the first fighter in UFC history to hold two belts simultaneously in late 2016, before the Mayweather fight
- McGregor has been at the center of multiple legal investigations in recent years, including a 2018 civil case in which he was found liable for sexual assault
- McGregor (22-6) holds a prior decision win over Holloway (27-9) from their August 2013 featherweight meeting early in both fighters' UFC careers
Why it matters: McGregor's July 11 comeback against a top-tier opponent in Holloway doubles as a referendum on whether the 37-year-old can compete at the elite level after a five-year layoff and a 1-3 Octagon record since his Mayweather windfall. The explicit admission of being 'lost' reframes the last decade of his career as a cautionary arc around the $100M Mayweather payday.
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