Connor McGregor announces retirement

[Sportsguy]

Why would he retire when he will make a lot fighting Diaz and winner of Aldo and Edgar? He is not finished yet in his MMA career. He loses a lot of power if he just walks away now.

Only thing is a medical situation or to gain publicity or leverage.

[Doctor_Tenma]

I've never been critical of anyone who's decided to leave any brutal sport, never. So why knock him?

[NapalmKnuckles]

Conor copies everything Fury does. He's such a fanboy.

[-Kev-]

He made a lot of money in a sport where top fighters are making $50-100k. He's making the right decision especially if he has over $10,000,000 dollars, that's enough for almost anyone to want to retire.

Retiring after a loss at the top is kinda lame, he should go out on a win, but I can't sit here and blame him. Give me $10-20mill or whatever he won recently, and I will stop everything i'm doing too

[Beercules]

The only way it makes sense is if seeing his teammate kill a guy in a fight last week got to him. Which is possible I suppose.

It sounds bogus to me, but Ariel Helwani is saying it's for real. We'll see.

Oh did that happen?

[Eff Pandas]

Reasons still unclear, but 4 hours later, multiple sources maintaining McGregor's tweet is real. UFC working on next step(s) at this time.

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) April 19, 2016

[JJRod]

I hope this isn't true. Guy was entertainment gold.

[sicko]

OK? What does this have to do with Boxing?

[_original_]

I think it's just a ploy to not rematch Diaz. He'll come back later this year and face somebody else.

[gmc_rfc_06]

The only way it makes sense is if seeing his teammate kill a guy in a fight last week got to him. Which is possible I suppose.

It sounds bogus to me, but Ariel Helwani is saying it's for real. We'll see.

If it's true, this is highly possible.

Being sat ringside and watching a man literally beat to death will surely have an impact on someone.