Connor McGregor announces retirement

[Eff Pandas]

Looks like its legit

Dana White just announced on ESPN that Conor McGregor is out of UFC 200. They are actively working on a new main event.

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) April 19, 2016

Note the wording here. "UFC pulls McGregor ..." https://t.co/Sf3WlKDA4R

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) April 19, 2016

[MrRolltide91]

It's a tweet. I doubt it's true. Probably meant he'll retire soon.

https://twitter.com/Sholler_UFC/stat...73185045159937

[The Problem Child]

So apparently this is true. :/ What a weak ****** Conor is. I used to be his biggest fan but now I am ashamed of him. I even bought UFC 2 mainly because of him. ****** low life coward. WEAK BISH!

[Pocket Dogs!]

He wanted $10 million? What sport does he think this is? Boxing?

[Baltimore]

Hard to believe.

Would he have retired/threaten to retire if he had beat Diaz?

[-PBP-]

https://twitter.com/Sholler_UFC/stat...73185045159937

Damn. That's disappointing. He brought excitement to combat sports.

[stellen]

Conor mcgregor was trending on twitter and i clicked on him thinking he was dead. He wasn't. He was only pretending to retire. What a twat

[Trebuh]

I think that Dana White understood that if Conor would lose one more time to Nate his one of the only ones cash cow will be gone. thats why he also wants to take out Nate out of the main event for ufc 200 but still this is boxing forum so why are we talking about ufc?

[SunSpace]

I disagree. I don't think we'll ever nerf the world. Or I hope not anyway. I think there is value in being in touch with danger & risk. Its part of what makes life worth living. We shouldn't be pushed from things we enjoy however dangerous they are. But certainly everyone isn't capable of taking those risks. And you basically would need to make everything illegal from dangerous sports like boxing/mma/car racing to monitoring how much cheese & processed food people eat cuz that **** isn't healthy for your body/longevity either.

I see your point, but the fact that we enjoy something doesn't mean it should be allowed. There are people who enjoy killing, but I think most people recognize it's messed up. The only time society gives it a pass appears to be when a person is killing "for them," as in the military. That's still wrong, IMO.

It may not be until we're faced with death/physical deterioration that we actually begin to comprehend that it was all a mistake. That choice should not be in a person's hands. And, yes, as unpopular as it would be, it should be extended to everything else that's unhealthy, including beer, cigarettes, unhealthy food, etc.

Would this ever actually pass? I doubt it, but that doesn't mean it stops being the correct measure. Humans are fairly capable of finding pleasure via other avenues. Most of what we do that is harmful, we've been socially introduced to. If we change what is fun, a society slowly alters its behavior. We don't feed people to lions, do we? Now, there's a boxing ring with gloves. It's awareness slowly kicking in.

The main problem is that increasing control over a society is potentially dangerous in and of itself. You have to do it in exactly the right way, or it will be abused, and a population will end up oppressed. So finding the right person to change society is unlikely.

A more realistic scenario is that society will establish individual measures to protect itself, little by little, as that awareness increases. The discovery of CTE is a good example of this. The NFL did all it could to stop it, but the evidence reached the public, eventually. It has caused changes, and I suspect more are coming.

Eventually, people will realize it is folly to have your kids slammed around in football. Something else will take its place. Granted, I don't expect this to be any time soon, but it will happen. It's the same with boxing. I love boxing, but if I had kids, I'd never let them become someone else's heavy bag. The constant flow of brain-damaged boxers is enough evidence for anyone who wants to protect their family. It is ignorance which causes people to make the mistake of doing it.

There already are changes when it comes to food. The measures which changed school lunches are evidence of this. Expect that to gain traction in the future. A society with 68% of its population either overweight or obese will eventually experience the price of it. And that's when changes come.

I'll recognize that, yes, it can sound like an extremely boring world, but perhaps it wouldn't be. You'll never know what'll be around in the future. For all we know, our descendants may be flying eco-friendly, remote-controlled drones like if it were Star Wars, or something like that. By that time, it may have become the new Nascar. Who knows? But humans can change for the better and enjoy it.

The question is how long it'll take them and how.

[Chuckguy]

He was shook from seeing an MMA fighter die last week I believe. He has his reasons and the funny thing is you have Floyd fans going hard on him but the few times that Floyd retires especially when the WW division was hot his fanboys never talked cramp about him.
Agendas? Haha Floyd fans are the
Most hypocritical it's laughable