The Herd with Colin Cowherd - The Daniel Cormier Show - DC REACTS to BRUTAL Conor McGregor injury vs. Max Holloway, CRAZY Paddy Pimblett win

Episode Date: July 12, 2026

Max Holloway defeated Conor McGregor by TKO in the first round at UFC 329 in one of the BIGGEST LETDOWNS in UFC history, after Conor suffered what is likely a torn ACL. DC reacts to McGregor's devastating injury and if he will ever bounce back to compete in the UFC again. Cormier also gives his take on Paddy Pimblett's INSANE SUBMISSION WIN over Benoit Saint-Denis by a darce choke and what this means for his superstardom. And don't miss DC talk Gable Stevenson's KO win in his debut, the wild ending between King Green and McKinney, what's next for Max, and so much more! #Volume All lines provided by Hard Rock BetSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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King Green versus Terrence McKinney. That fight is ending in the first week. round. I don't, I'm not telling you who wins, but I believe that is a one round fight. Then, when you get to the Co-Main event, you got Patty Pimlet and Benoit San Dene. I don't know who wins, but I do believe that whoever wins this fight is going to be over a round and a half. So in the later parts of the fight, someone's going to finish this fight. And in the main event, Connor McGregor versus Max Holloway 2, I'm choosing that one by decision. So again, McKinney versus Green, one round, over a round and a half for the co-main event.

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Join the globe on the road to the July 19th. Final line 2026 FIFA World Cup stream it all live on TSN radio available on iHeart radio guys today's post my reaction video is brought to you by total wireless the official wireless provider of ufc that in your corner with unlimited 5g data that will not slow you down we just finished ufc 329 and uh see anybody knows that we had the ultimate letdown. Connor McGregor was finished by Max Holloway by TKO in a minute and nine seconds due to injury. Then, come here, due to injury, it was not good.

What did you think about the fight? I was, he real sad, aren't you? A man was let down. I think that everybody had the same feeling. You can go ahead, pop. I think everybody had the same feeling as Dan. I think when there's expectation, you can be let down in levels that you don't know that you can really reach. And I think today was one of those moments where we were let down at a level that we didn't think we can get let down at. The fight starts. Connor does this running, jumping kick. As he lands, you could see his knee goat torn ACL, and he tries to throw a few more times, but there's no fighting on one leg, especially against a guy like Max Holloway. It's just impossible. It will not work. There's a number of things that I want to discuss in regards to this injury.

One, I think we need to be careful when we judge, because there have been time, where people have done crazy things to start fights and they've worked and we praise the athlete as if there's some genius. So that was one of the times that it didn't work. I remember Fabrice Overdome just run across the act on a super kick in Travis Brown like he was on the game Double Dragon. Clearly, George Mazvedal did it to Ben Ascrant and we all praised him for that. I think we need to be careful when we have a big opinion on something that happens because sure, everybody's mad, it went sideways, but had Connor landed that, everybody would praise him for what he did.

Secondly, I can tell you as a person that has spent time in the octagon in big fights that the energy you get inside of a fight is crazy. You can watch this thing at home. You can do other sports. But there's no feeling like walking through a crowd of 20,000 people into an octagon where you are locked in there with another human being that wants to take you out. There is nothing like that. I believe that mixed martial arts boxing,

combat sports, provides an arena. that is unmatched by anything else in the world because of how dire the consequences are to every action you make inside of the act. It can also be a situation where you are so filled with energy that you are propelled to do something that may not be beneficial. I believe that also played a part in Connor McGregor's action today to start to fight. Remember, I have felt energy, but I have never felt energy like Connor McGregor. Even when John Jones and I fought, the energy in the building does not match the energy in a building when counterfeits. It's just the truth.

I want to be honest with myself and be honest with you. So that energy, after being away from five years, may tell you, do something great people expect it. It ultimately led to the injury. Hats off to Max Holloway because Max recognized he was hurt. He was the one that told the referee to stop the fight. because he can see that Connor's knee was blown. He's a stud, man, and this dude was ready and prepared to win this fight and make things right between him and Connor McGregor.

You know what? Max is one of my good friends. I'm happy that he ultimately got a victory. I know, though, that he will not be satisfied with that because Max Holloway wants to compete. Tonight he did not get that opportunity. UFC 329 was more disappointing to me than Tom Aspenal Cyril gone because at least in that fight we saw them get after it a little bit

and we gained an idea of what a fight between those two guys look like tonight we did not get that with Connor McGregor and Max Holloway hopefully Connor's not hurt too bad and hopefully Max gets an opportunity to compete very soon the question now becomes does Connor McGregor have it in him to come back That is a big ass, guys. It's big of us to ask Connor if his knee is blown out to go through another year of rehab.

Another year of the sacrifices, the pain that it takes to work yourself back to a professional mixed martial artist, especially when you have the money that Connor McGregor has. That's a big ask. And if you ask me truthfully, you see, I am.

him more likely to tell you that it's not going to happen, then it will happen. He's very unique, and I think the whole week showed that. He's the biggest start that we have, and the whole week showed that. I just wonder if he even does try to come back once again. Do people even buy into it again and say they want to see Connor McGregor? Go at it one more time. Go ahead. It really sucks because the card itself was insane.

Patty Pimlet had a sick performance. Submitted Benoit Santanyi in the first exchange. Insane Dars Chope. Spider Monkey wrapped all around his body, put Benoit Sondonni to sleep. The energy that Patty brought, honestly, is something that begs the UFC insanely happy, makes the fans. They love that. kid, guys. People are going crazy in here as Patty Pimbley walked out and as Patty Pimilar left

the octagon. He's a stud and he deserves a big fight after what he did tonight. Mario Batista got a great victory tonight over Corey Sanhagen sucks. Cori Sanhagen got hurt in the fight. Brandon Roy Vow had a sick win over Lonnie Kavanaugh. The pressure that he fought with in order to wear down this young stud in Cavanae and get a victory was insane. This dude, Royval, relied on all of his experience to allow him to come back into this fight and get the job done. King Green beat Terrence McKinney. Yo, I think that might have been one of the craziest comebacks I've ever seen my entire life. He won about 30 seconds of that whole fight.

And the only 30 seconds he won was the final 30 seconds, and he got the vivid. victory. Robert Winner successfully moved up to 205 and knocked out Nikita Krilloft. Gable Stephson had an amazing debut. It felt like we watched a guy that at some point will compete for UFC championships. And going and watching some of his post-fike stuff and seeing him go with Boonekel, going at Josh Hokit. It tells me that he will have options for fights

because people are talking about him. And the more that he does well, the more people start to talk on him and have an opinion on what he should or should not do. Tonight, what was most impressive by Gabelto? Was he even wrestling? He struck with the guy, and he knocked him out cold. Adrian Yanyez put Cody Garbrand to sleep.

Luke Riley had a lot. A sick performance tonight against Kai Kamaka. Wong Tong beat Tracy Cortez. Damien Pinas. That dude's got some real power. He knocked out a real kickboxer in Cesar Almeda. Sorry, Basharat stayed undefeated. Gondra, what a beautiful left hook knockout.

This do remind you with Joe Frazier. Level change, bang. Nasty. Nasty by Gondra. And Alessio Costa, Alessandro Costa, had a submission to start tonight. Tonight showed that a great night of fights can be overshadowed by

a disappointing main event. But let's not lose sight of what we saw tonight. A whole bunch of elite athletes putting on performances of their lives. It was amazing. My total wireless performance of the night has to go to Patty Pimler. In the biggest spot of his life,

while the Justin Gagetje fight for the interim title was big. This was bigger. He put Benoit Sondon's need asleep. It was tremendous to watch. And for that, he is going to be my total wireless fighter of the night. Congratulations to Patty Pimbley and all the other winners on the car tonight, including the one and only blessed Max Holloway. Until next time, guys, like, subscribe, and tell your friends, to tell their friends at D.C.'s got a YouTube channel. And I'm taking you behind the scenes like this at the UFC. And don't forget, I'm going to talk to Max Holloway's

team and see what they thought about the stoppage. next time. Peace. This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human.