Is this curtains for Conor?
The former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion hasn’t been seen inside the Octagon since his UFC 229 fourth round submission loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Hey guys quick announcement, I’ve decided to retire from the sport formally known as “Mixed Martial Art” today.
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) March 26, 2019
I wish all my old colleagues well going forward in competition.
I now join my former partners on this venture, already in retirement.
Proper Pina Coladas on me fellas!
You may have heard about it; things got heated.
Since then, McGregor’s released a whisky, smashed a fan’s phone and held out over negotiations of a fight with Donald Cerrone.
Is this it for McGregor – or just a negotiating tactic? We’ll soon find out.
UFC president Dana White isn't holding out much hope, though.
Statement from Dana White (@danawhite) on Conor McGregor’s retirement announcement moments ago, via text. pic.twitter.com/MNPnYypKPn
— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) March 26, 2019
Of course, this isn't the first time McGregor has retired.
I have decided to retire young.
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April 19, 2016
Thanks for the cheese.
Catch ya's later.
He's fought three times in the UFC and once in a boxing match with Floyd Mayweather since.
If Mystic Mac is using this as a ploy to drive up his asking price, he's got a solid track record to back him up. According to Tapology, of the six PPVs that have been 1.2 million or higher, McGregor has been involved in five of them.
But is he still motivated? In early March, he indicated that was a factor in losing his UFC lightweight belt.
McGregor said because he had secured multiple UFC titles in the past, his guard was not as high against the Russian.
"It's easy to do this once, okay. It's easy for someone to be given something and to just do it one time. You put your absolute all into it. But to do it time after time, year after year, that's when the motivation kind of dips,” McGregor said.
More to come.
