Max Holloway's son goes viral for what he shouted at Conor McGregor after suffering injury

Max Holloway's son has gone viral after his reaction to Conor McGregor's brutally short UFC comeback.

McGregor and Holloway clashed for the second time, but the fight lasted just 69 seconds.

The American was awarded the win by technical knockout when McGregor suffered a knee injury while attempting to land his first kick of the night in Las Vegas.

Holloway improved to a 28-9 career record but took little satisfaction in the victory.

"Let's give it up for [McGregor], what an absolute animal. You guys are lucky because there is going to be a Holloway vs McGregor 3 now," Holloway said after the truncated bout.

"It is what it is. I'll sit down with the UFC. There was so much hype for that. We have to run it back one more time. We need one more.

"I was looking forward to this. I was working hard to get to 170lb and fight this guy. For it to end like this, it sucks."

UFC 329's main event was prematurely ended by what looked to be a significant knee injury.

McGregor was unable to continue after attempting a second kick and there was immediate speculation about the severity of his injury.

He hasn't yet had the confirmation of a scan, but some commentators suggested that it bore the hallmarks of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture, which would delay another comeback by many months.

The rematch was highly anticipated. 13 years after McGregor took the win by unanimous decision, his first appearance in the octagon since 2021 ended in a manner that left almost nobody happy.

One observer who was rather more pleased than the two men on the poster was Holloway's young son, who sat in the front row and shrieked at the stricken Irishman.

"Who's your daddy?" yelled the youngster.

"Who's your daddy now?"

Although the win won't have meant much to Holloway Sr., his son's taunt might have been a response to McGregor's pre-fight trash talk.

"Max is my child," McGregor said in the build-up to the headline fight. "I son'd Max when I fought him last. I'm going to go in and son him again."

Max Holloway’s son was screaming “Who’s your daddy now?” at Conor McGregor

Conor called Max his child before the fight 👀 pic.twitter.com/eXwHBO3JKC

— Happy Punch (@HappyPunch) July 12, 2026

McGregor will be the underdog in McGregor vs Holloway 3

McGregor has now lost his last three fights, either side of a five-year hiatus, including back-to-back defeats against Dustin Poirier, both by TKO.

The former featherweight and lightweight champion, who now holds a 22-7 career record, has won only once since the end of 2016.

Holloway returned to winning ways after a loss by unanimous decision against Charles Oliveira at UFC 326 in March.

The 34-year-old lost the featherweight title to Ilia Topuria late in 2024 but has now won seven of his last 10 fights and hasn't been beaten twice in a row since Alexander Volkanovski defeated him to win and then defend the featherweight title in 2019 and 2020.