Conor McGregor has announced his retirement and people still don’t know what to make of it.
If you are to believe UFC president Dana White, the UFC featherweight champion was axed from UFC 200 for refusing to do the event’s press conference in Las Vegas this week as he is training with his SBG teammates in Iceland.
During White’s appearance on Sports Center, he was unable to confirm or deny that McGregor had quit the fight game. Former heavyweight champion Josh Barnett reckons that if he was in dispute with the Zuffa big wigs, the retirement rumours may ring true.
McGregor is still under contract with the UFC and Barnett explained on Twitter that the only way he could get out of the promotion is by retiring.
Contract wise he can't just leave the UFC. The retirement clause is really the only option. https://t.co/AcnSXBn5RE
— 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖒𝖆𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖗 (@JoshLBarnett) April 20, 2016
Perpetual championship belt bridesmaid Donald Cerrone has a different view on McGregor’s big announcement though. Cowboy believes that this whole situation is just McGregor being an attention-seeker.
I sought it. Just another stunt to get people to talk about his bitch ass https://t.co/U9Tww5KPh4
— Cowboy Cerrone (@Cowboycerrone) April 19, 2016
With McGregor out of UFC 200, the landmark card needs a new main event. Unsurprisingly, despite the fact that he has a fight booked against Patrick Cote three weeks before the event, Cerrone knows a guy who could step in for the headliner.
Dear Dana,
I'm pretty open July 9th. Have this thing June 18th in Canada. But after that I'm Game the Fuck ON!!!— Cowboy Cerrone (@Cowboycerrone) April 20, 2016
