Mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor is done with fighting. McGregor went on social media over the weekend, and announced that he “decided to retire.”
McGregor had his last fight at UFC 246 in January, when he defeated Donald Cerrone via TKO. In recent months, he was mentioned in several fight scenarios including the bout against former middleweight champion Anderson Silva and rematch against Khabib Nurmagomedov.
But, as it appears, McGregor isn’t interested in walking into the octagon again.
McGregor confirmed his decision in a chat with ESPN on Sunday, saying that one of the reasons he decided to walk is the lack of excitement.
“The game just does not excite me, and that’s that,” said McGregor. “All this waiting around. There’s nothing happening. I’m going through opponent options, and there’s nothing really there at the minute. There’s nothing that’s exciting me.”
Conor McGregor walks away from fighting with a 22-4 mixed martial arts record. He is a former UFC Featherweight Championship and UFC Lightweight Champion and was the first fighter in UFC history to hold titles in two weight divisions simultaneously.
It is important to note that this isn’t McGregor’s first retirement. He initially “retired” in March 2016, only to return to fight in UFC several months later. He also had a similar announcement in April 2019 during negotiations about his comeback to UFC.
