No one saw this coming!
Although he said recently he was inHey guys quick announcement, I’ve decided to retire from the sport formally known as “Mixed Martial Art” today.I now join my former partners on this venture, already in retirement.McGregor’s statement on Twitter read: ‘Hey guys quick announcement, I’ve decided to retire from the sport formally known as “Mixed Martial Art” today.‘I now join my former partners on this venture, already in retirement.
The 30-year-old made his MMA debut in March 2008 and built an impressive reputation in Ireland and the UK, winning the Cage Warriors featherweight and lightweight titles in 2012. The following year he made the jump to the UFC and won his first seven fights with the company, picking up the featherweight title in the process with a 13-second knockout of previously dominant champion, Jose Aldo.McGregor then suffered his first defeat in the UFC, tapping out to Nate Diaz at UFC 196, but he avenged the loss with a majority decision victory in August 2016.
A knockout victory over lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 made McGregor the first man to hold UFC titles simultaneously. After a break from the cage to box Floyd Mayweather , the ‘Notorious’ returned to the UFC in October last year and was submitted by Nurmagomedov as he looked to regain the lightweight strap.The announcement comes in the same month that McGregor was
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