McGregor demands UFC 329 betting refunds, sportsbooks refuse

Conor McGregor wants sportsbooks to refund bettors who lost money on his UFC 329 comeback against Max Holloway. The books are telling him to cut the checks himself.

McGregor stopped on a knee injury 69 seconds into the welterweight fight at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on July 11 and has since pushed for the result to be overturned to a no contest. Now he wants everyone who backed him financially made whole as well, MMA Mania reports.

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Dave Mason, sportsbook brand manager at BetOnline.ag, shut down the idea. "The official result at cageside was Holloway via TKO so that is how we graded the fight," Mason told MMA Mania. "MMA is a combat sport, injuries happen even early in the fight. If Conor didn't think he was healthy enough to compete then he should have never entered the Octagon to begin with."

Mason added that voiding Holloway bets would be unfair to those who cashed on the underdog. He suggested McGregor donate the reported 30 million he earned for the bout if he truly wants to compensate his backers.

The 38-year-old Irishman closed as the betting underdog after five years away from competition. McGregor had dropped three of his previous four and was coming off a catastrophic leg break suffered in his last outing. His record now sits at 22-7.

The Nevada Athletic Commission has not indicated any plans to revisit the official result. McGregor has yet to respond to the sportsbook's counteroffer.

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• MMA Mania — Conor McGregor demands refunds for bettors who lost money at UFC 329, Sportsbooks tell ‘Notorious’ to foot the bill