UFC star Conor McGregor declares retirement… once more
UFC star Conor McGregor stated late Saturday that he’s retiring from combating.
McGregor, 31, made the announcement on Twitter following UFC 250 in Las Vegas, writing, “What a journey it has been!”
Hey guys I’ve determined to retire from combating.
Thanks all for the wonderful recollections! What a journey it’s been!
Here’s a image of myself and my mom in Las Vegas put up certainly one of my World title wins!
Decide the house of your desires Mags I really like you!
No matter you want it’s yours pic.twitter.com/Dh4ijsZacZ— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) June 7, 2020
This isn’t the primary time the Irishman has known as it quits.
The previous UFC featherweight and light-weight champion stated he was stepping away in 2016, after which he retired once more in March 2019 after shedding to Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229 in October 2018. McGregor returned to the Octagon final January with a devastating first-round TKO of Donald Cerrone at UFC 246.
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McGregor, who final month stated he had accepted a proposal to struggle Anderson Silva, has earned a 22-Four file in combined martial arts, with simply two losses within the UFC. He additionally stepped into the boxing ring to struggle unbeaten American legend Floyd Mayweather Jr., shedding in 2017.
UFC president Dana White lately stated he had not talked to McGregor about his subsequent struggle amid the coronavirus pandemic. Requested about McGregor on Saturday, White advised reporters: “No one is pressuring anyone to struggle. And if Conor McGregor feels he desires to retire, you understand my emotions about retirement — it’s best to completely do it. And I really like Conor.”
“There is a handful of folks that have made this actually enjoyable for me, and he is certainly one of them,” White stated.
He added: “If that is what Conor is feeling proper now — Jon Jones, Jorge Masvidal, I really feel you. It isn’t like I am going, ‘Holy s—, that is loopy, that is nuts.’
“Nothing is loopy and nuts proper now, as a result of all the things is loopy and nuts proper now, on a sure stage. I completely perceive it and get it.”
