Alan Jouban breaks down Conor McGregor’s injury and how it hurts his future

MMA analyst Alan Jouban has given his honest view on Conor McGregor‘s recent injury and how it could impact his future in mixed martial arts.

At UFC 329, Conor McGregor injured his knee with the first kick that he threw against Max Holloway. Some celebrated, some were disappointed, and pretty much everyone agreed that throwing the kick may not have been the best idea, given that he was coming off the back of a five-year lay-off.

Alas, Conor McGregor is now back on the shelf, with the man himself suggesting that he will have one more fight under the UFC umbrella next summer before riding off into the sunset. Either way, though, this wasn’t how people wanted to see the Holloway fight play out, even if they were rooting against the Irishman.

In a recent interview, Alan Jouban weighed in on what the future holds for Conor McGregor.

Alan Jouban on Conor McGregor’s injury

“I don’t know if we see him come back,” Jouban told MMA Junkie. “I know he wants to come back. I know for a fact Conor’s never going to look the same. I know for a fact, he will not look the same. Generational beating, he said? I think he saved himself from a generational beating. He was not going to look the same. You could see it in his face. The face doesn’t always tell the story of the body. But the face matched the body. We saw that walkout with Max. The fight IQ was gone.

“”I’m a guy that’s had five knee surgeries and ACLs on both legs. Both times I’ve torn my ACL is when I’ve gotten airborne. The last time I tore my ACL was preparation for my final fight and I did a switch knee and blew my ACL. 37 years old, the same age as Conor McGregor. For him, a guy that knows his body so well – that’s what made Conor McGregor so great. At 37 years old, not to know your body and to go and shoot for a high-risk, low-reward move. … His body is not the same, his head’s not the same, and his fight IQ wasn’t the same.” Quotes via MMA Junkie