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Nicolas Atkin

We’ve seen and heard it before but, for what it’s worth, Conor McGregor has claimed he is retiring from mixed martial arts – again.
“Hey guys, quick announcement, I’ve decided to retire from the sport formally known as ‘Mixed Martial Art[s]’ today,” the Irishman posted on Twitter on Monday night.
“I wish my old colleagues well going forward in competition. I now join my former partners on this venture, already in retirement. Proper Pina Colladas on me fellas!”
The 30-year-old claimed earlier on Monday he was in talks to fight again in July, so his second “retirement” could just be another negotiating tactic.

Hey guys quick announcement, I’ve decided to retire from the sport formally known as “Mixed Martial Art” 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!
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) March 26, 2019

“We’re in talks for July. I don’t necessarily need to fight, I am set for life,” McGregor said on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
He has not fought since a fourth-round submission defeat by lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov last October, which again hit a record of 2.4 million buys.


Most sensible people on social media were sceptical of the former featherweight and lightweight champion’s announcement.
In April 2016, he famously wrote “catch ya’s later” after saying he had decided to retire young. “Thanks for the cheese” he added at the time.
McGregor would go on to make a lot more “cheese” that year of course in a rematch against Nate Diaz, where he avenged his first loss in the UFC and broke the record for UFC pay-per-view buys.

“I love to compete, I love to fight,” McGregor said in his Fallon interview, which aired a few hours before his Twitter announcement.
“We’ll see what happens,” he added on his next fight, with Donald Cerrone a rumoured opponent. “A lot of politics goes on, the fight game is a mad game.
“But to my fans, I am in shape and I am ready. There are many opponents but in reality I can pick who I want to fight. I’ve done a lot, I’ve fought a lot, I’ve never pulled out of contests.”

The controversial McGregor had another brush with the law earlier this month after allegedly breaking and stealing a phone from a fan who was trying to take a picture outside a Miami nightclub.
He avoided jail time with a plea deal for sparking a melee at a UFC event in April 2018 when he threw a dolly at a bus carrying several UFC stars, including Nurmagomedov.
“I’ve gone through some crazy injuries and crazy external situations that many a man would sprint for the hills if it happened to them, but I stood firm, I’ve done my piece for the company,” he told Fallon at Paddy Reilly’s Music Bar in New York to promote his ‘Proper Twelve’ whiskey brand.
“This whiskey is my entity, I don’t necessarily need to fight. But I’m eager to fight, let’s see what happens.”
McGregor’s latest run in with the law doesn’t stop there. On Tuesday, The New York Times reported that he is under investigation in his native Ireland on an accusation of sexual assault by a woman who claims that she was attacked by him in a Dublin hotel last December. He has not been formally charged.


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This photo provided by the Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department shows Conor McGregor. Authorities say mixed martial artist and boxer Conor McGregor has been arrested in South Florida for stealing the cellphone of someone who was trying to take his photo. A Miami Beach police report says the 30-year-old McGregor was arrested Monday, March 11, 2019 and charged with robbery and criminal mischief. (Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department via AP)

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LAS VEGAS, NV - OCTOBER 06: Conor McGregor of Ireland is sits on the mat in the octagon after being defeated by Khabib Nurmagomedov of Russia by submission in their UFC lightweight championship bout during the UFC 229 event inside T-Mobile Arena on October 6, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Harry How/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

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Irishman claims he’s quitting MMA on Twitter, after telling Jimmy Fallon ‘I’m set for life’
But we’ve seen it all before with McGregor – he’s surely just looking for a better deal


Irishman claims he’s quitting MMA on Twitter, after telling Jimmy Fallon ‘I’m set for life’ – but we’ve seen it all before with McGregor


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Irishman claims he’s quitting MMA on Twitter, after telling Jimmy Fallon ‘I’m set for life’

But we’ve seen it all before with McGregor – he’s surely just looking for a better deal