Conor McGregor said Monday he intends to have knee surgery, complete a rehabilitation program, and fight once more under contract before he retires, three days after a knee injury against Max Holloway ended his comeback bout in 69 seconds [1]. The statement, posted to his own account, is the first he has made about a medical plan since that stoppage.

The paper reported the injury itself when the comeback collapsed, and drew a line there between a knee giving out on camera and any diagnosis, operation, or retirement date. Monday's post does not move that line. McGregor named surgery, rehab, and a final bout as things he plans to do; none has yet happened.

On X, the vow reads as a schedule already set, a comeback and a farewell fight both booked. AP reports the same post more narrowly: McGregor plans surgery, but no surgeon has scheduled it; he wants one more fight, but the UFC has not signed one. No operating report, no imaging, no medical clearance, and no matchmaking announcement backs the timeline. A reader who takes the X version leaves believing a date exists; only an intention does.

What would confirm the plan is concrete and public: a named surgeon, an operation date, a cleared return, or a contracted opponent. Until one of those lands, McGregor has described a recovery he hopes to make, not one that is underway.

-- MAYA CALLOWAY, New York