The Notorious One to retire

[Warrior Spirit]

After being pulled from UFC 200 for his unwillingness to participate in any promotional activities for the event where he was to have a rematch with Nate Diaz, Conor McGregor took to twitter to say he was retiring. Is this truly the notorious end for the notorious one?

 

[Ares]

Doubt it, he just muddy Dana spanked him.... a 27 year old in the prime of his MMA career isn't retiring.

If hes srs muddy with UFC he can go to Bellator and make them gobs of money beating the fuk outta half their roster, maybe fight Benson Henderson.

 

[remydat]

He was ringside when Joao Carvalho died from injuries fighting in Dublin. He's made a ton of money and probably had little chance of actually beating Diaz who is much bigger than he is. Stick a fork in him.

Kinda of amusing that the last 2 over hyped fighters have contemplated suicide and then retired after their first loss in UFC.

 

[Warrior Spirit]

He was ringside when Joao Carvalho died from injuries fighting in Dublin. He's made a ton of money and probably had little chance of actually beating Diaz who is much bigger than he is. Stick a fork in him.

Kinda of amusing that the last 2 over hyped fighters have contemplated suicide and then retired after their first loss in UFC.

Yes, Rogan mentioned today that McGregor was sitting ringside for that fight in Dublin and speculated that could have caused a change in heart if the tweet saying he was retiring was, in fact, for real. That's before it was known that this all came after Dana said he would be pulled from UFC 200 when Conor went to him and said he wanted to train in Dublin and participate in none of the promotion of the event.

I think Ronda's loss broke her more than Conor's loss broke him. In this case, I think he wanted revenge and redemption so bad he just called it quits in the heat of the moment after Dana told him he was off the card for refusing to participate in the promotional activities.

 

[remydat]

"To see a young man doing what he loves, competing for a chance at a better life, and then to have it taken away is truly heartbreaking,"

That was his tweet after the fight where Carvalho died. Probably wanted things exactly his way or not worth fighting for him.

 

[Tjodalv]

Meh. If he does actually retire and stay as such (which I doubt), he'd just be another flash in the pan, of which we've seen many over the years.

 

[Camden Cutler]

he's running away from that second diaz fade

 

[Tjodalv]

he's running away from that second diaz fade

That's the thing, there never should have been a first Diaz fight. There are a meager few that can take on a guy two weight classes higher than them. As macho as they may perceive themselves to be, reality sets in when you're throwing at a guy you can't hurt (that can also knock you out with a grazing blow).

 

[Aesopian]

He was planning on retiring before he started with the UFC and he made it pretty clear he wanted to retire young and healthy with as much cash as he could make. He can still make a boat load of money in Ireland opening a gym or with movies.

He doesn't want to end up like GSP and think he's getting abducted by aliens and lose track of his short time memory with the damage of concussions being put out into the mainstream.

Doubt it, he just muddy Dana spanked him.... a 27 year old in the prime of his MMA career isn't retiring.

If hes srs muddy with UFC he can go to Bellator and make them gobs of money beating the fuk outta half their roster, maybe fight Benson Henderson.

I think if he does decide to continue fighting he only has 2 or 3 fights max. He started boxing at twelve years old and has been competing in combat sports for almost sixteen years now and has shown stress about giving his body any more damage.

 

[RacerX]

I am a big fan of his fighting, not so much him. All this EMO and kardashian-esque narcissism is played out and predictable.

He will fight at least once again in 2016, prolly at 145.

 

[Warrior Spirit]

That's the thing, there never should have been a first Diaz fight. There are a meager few that can take on a guy two weight classes higher than them. As macho as they may perceive themselves to be, reality sets in when you're throwing at a guy you can't hurt (that can also knock you out with a grazing blow).

Quite true, TJ and from what I've read just about everybody, from his own coaches to Dana, tried to talk him out of the rematch but he kept pushing it until they gave it to him. The better move for him would have been to defend the FW title against Edgar.

 

[Warrior Spirit]

Conor announced today he is not retiring and trying to get back into UFC 200.

 

[Ares]

Conor announced today he is not retiring and trying to get back into UFC 200.

:dontsay:

 

[Warrior Spirit]

And there's Jon Jones looking past his fight in 2 days, saying he'd like to headline UFC 200 in a fight vs Cormier.

 

[Ares]

And there's Jon Jones looking past his fight in 2 days, saying he'd like to headline UFC 200 in a fight vs Cormier.

Oh das a mistake.... I favor Jones to win, but OSP is no joke.

 

[Wild_x_Card]

Here are Conors exact thoughts on the situation.


http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2016/04/21/ufc-star-conor-mcgregor-insists-hasnt-retired.html

 

[Monk]

Noooo not B.I.G.!!!!!! Wait I thought he died

 

[Camden Cutler]

Conor announced today he is not retiring and trying to get back into UFC 200.

good..second diaz fade hopefully

 

[remydat]

Here are Conors exact thoughts on the situation.

http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2016/04/21/ufc-star-conor-mcgregor-insists-hasnt-retired.html

Dis dude sounds shook, lol. Trying to imply he lost because of having to promote his fights when he fucking lost to a dude that took the fight on like 10 days notice.

 

[Warrior Spirit]

Dis dude sounds shook, lol. Trying to imply he lost because of having to promote his fights when he fucking lost to a dude that took the fight on like 10 days notice.

Have to agree. He lost to Diaz cause, even after a very good first round, his punches stopped reaching Diaz when Nate put his reach advantage to work. Nate's bigger and not a fighter that's gonna be taken out by a good flurry or 2 or even 3.

Another rumored replacement match mentioned is Diaz vs Lawler. That matchup would be as bad for Diaz as he is for McGregor basically for the same reason. Lawler is bigger and extremely difficult to hurt. He keeps coming and is very likely to overcome the smaller fighter.