Conor McGregor Announces Shock Retirement

On April 19^th 2016, Conor MacGregor shocked the World by announcing his plan of retiring early. He did so in a tweet that read “I have decided to retire young. Thanks for the cheese. Catch ya's later.”

The tweet became one of the most retweeted tweets for an athlete of all time, turning the MMA world on its head because Conor was scheduled to fight Nate Diaz in a huge rematch at UFC 200. It was revealed that McGregor no longer wants to promote his own fights and Conor would rather just stick to the art of fighting and not have to worry about the hype and promotion that surrounds them





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