Conor McGregor announces MMA retirement \u2013 Courage, NICKMERCS, Nadeshot and more react Conor McGregor has announced his retirement from \u201cMixed Martial Arts.\u201d The former UFC two-weight world champion took to Twitter to announce the news to his 7.5 million followers. Has Conor McGregor really retired? Despite the nature of his tweet, many will be skeptical as to whether the Irish megastar has actually retired from MMA. As recently as March 23, UFC President Dana White, had been openly talking about McGregor\u2019s return to the Octagon. There had been talks of a summer return for the Notorious one against opponents such as Anthony Pettis, Donald Cerrone and perhaps most excitingly former foe Nate Diaz. This suggests his retirement announcement could be in response to failed negotiations for his next fight. Hey guys quick announcement, I\u2019ve decided to retire from the sport formally known as \u201cMixed Martial Art\u201d today. 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!\u2014 Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) March 26, 2019 McGregor had previously announced his retirement in a now infamous tweet stating, \u201cI have decided to retire young. Thanks for the cheese. Catch ya\u2019s later.\u201d That tweet stemming from April 2016, got an astounding 150 thousand retweets and 181 thousand likes. He squared off against Nate Diaz just four months later at UFC 202 and provided arguably one of his finest performances on route to a majority decision win. This was a rematch of his first loss in the UFC which Diaz won by submission at UFC 196. Twitter reacts \u2013 not buying his retirement Unsurprisingly, many on Twitter aren\u2019t convinced he has retired either. Jack \u201cCouRage\u201d Dunlop responded with a blunt, \u201cWait\u2026\u201d. Whether this was in reference to his previous retirement tweet or whether he just really wants McGregor to fight again is unclear. Elsewhere, TimTheTatMan responded with an iconic GIF which either shows he is shocked at the news or like others simply doesn\u2019t believe it. NICKMERCS was also surprised, saying \u201cWait what.\u201d One of the replies to the Fortnite player said \u201cHe learnt strategies from Floyd\u201d, a reference to Floyd Mayweather\u2019s numerous retirements. Nadeshot replied \u201cSold Proper Twelve already?! Congrats goat.\u201d Whether Nadeshot is buying his retirement is unclear but his tweet references McGregor\u2019s already hugely successful whisky brand, Proper Twelve. Among other projects of his, it is rumored McGregor can already retire off the Proper Twelve brand alone. Another interesting reply, outside of the gaming world, was from WWE Superstar Finn Balor. The fellow Irishman replied, \u201cSee you at \u2018mania brother.\u201d While it is unlikely McGregor will be at Wrestlemania, let alone having some type of role at the event, this tweet will no doubt drum up a lot of excitement before WWE\u2019s biggest event of the year. The overwhelming sentiment from McGregor\u2019s tweet seems to be it is simply a negotiations ploy. One personality that was more blunt about it was YouTuber and podcaster True Geordie who said, \u201cthis isn\u2019t true news.\u201d McGregor retiring now is like when Jay Z \u2018retired\u2019 after the black album. Just something to make headlines. This isn\u2019t true news. \u2014 True Geordie (@TrueGeordieTG) March 26, 2019 Given his unfinished business with Khabib Nurmagomedov and an array other fight options, it is hard to believe his retirement tweet is final. It will be interesting to see how this story develops over the coming days and don\u2019t be surprised to see McGregor back in the UFC this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Conor McGregor announces MMA retirement \u2013 Courage, NICKMERCS, Nadeshot and more react Conor McGregor has announced his retirement from \u201cMixed Martial Arts.\u201d The former UFC two-weight world champion took to Twitter to announce the news to his 7.5 million followers. Has Conor McGregor really retired? Despite the nature of his tweet, many will be skeptical […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46125\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}