While most folks were sleeping, former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion Conor McGregor put a tweet out stating that he has retired from MMA. Below is the quotation from his tweet:
“Hey guys quick announcement, I have decided to retire from the game officially called”Mixed Martial Art” today. I need my colleagues well going in contest. I join my former spouses with this particular venture, currently. Proper Pina Coladas on me fellas!”
At first glance, it’s hard to choose McGregor seriously. After all, this is not the first time he’s said he’s retired from MMA. The other time he tweeted something similar after he had been submitted by Nate Diaz at a shocker in UFC 196. Only a couple of months after tweeting he was back at the cage, winning a majority decision over Diaz in UFC 202. So whenever McGregor tweets something about retiring from MMA, you need to keep in mind he has pulled this stunt before.
At second glance, though, there could be something more to this. After all, McGregor doesn’t need MMA anymore. It’s just a matter of whether or not he has that burning fire to step into the cage, because as far as finances go, he’s set for life. The Floyd Mayweather boxing superfight in 2017 made McGregor upwards of $100 million, and that financial windfall help set him up for success using Proper 12 whiskey. McGregor does not really truly”need” MMA anymore. But he is a competitor, and he probably doesn’t wish to go out on a devastating entry loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov in UFC 229 in his last bout, and of course all the shenanigans that went along with it.
This could be a strategy by McGregor if anything. It is smart for McGregor to capture the eye of MMA fans and media. He hasn’t even fought in nearly a year and yet remains talked about over almost any other fighter. He is clearly a very wise man. The UFC has had talks with McGregor about coming at UFC 239 at a co-main event fight against Nate Diaz, but McGregor was adamant he wants to fight in the main event, and it appears that is at the crux of his beef with UFC president Dana White and co.. This could be McGregor posturing and trying to get the UFC to call his bluff, but it remains to be seen.
Without McGregor, the UFC will need to go ahead and book UFC 239 without him as a potential fight. The rumors are that the UFC would like to do Daniel Cormier against Brock Lesnar for the UFC heavyweight title in the main event, and there are plenty of different alternatives for the card including Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington for the UFC welterweight title. As much as the fans want to view McGregor come back and fight someone like Diaz, as far as it appears like the promotion demands McGregor, they truly don’t, along with the UFC’s well-oiled machine will continue to move forwards with or without the Irish celebrity.
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