What the hell is going on?
Nobody knows quite what to make of that tweet that appeared from Conor McGregor’s account on Tuesday evening.
I have decided to retire young.
Thanks for the cheese.
Catch ya's later.— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April 19, 2016
On first viewing, it appears as though ‘The Notorious’ has revealed his intention to hang up his gloves early and his fans reacted with disbelief to the announcement.
UFC commentator Joe Rogan was recording a podcast when the tweet appeared and he explained his theory on the post.
“Ah he’s trolling, fuck yeah,” Rogan said on Tuesday night’s episode of the Joe Rogan Experience.
“He’s decided to retire young which means like 34. Unless he got fucking head-kicked today and knocked into oblivion, the idea that he’s going to go out on a loss like that to Nate Diaz.
“He’s got plenty of cash! If he wanted to retire young and step away… I guarantee you he probably made somewhere in the neighbourhood of $5 million for the Jose Aldo fight. He probably made more than that for the Nate Diaz fight, I would imagine, after he spent a fuck-load of it he’s probably still got a few million bucks laying around.
“He’s a hero in Ireland, he could always make money. He could always run a gym and be fine but if I had to guess, it doesn’t make any sense.”
But Rogan also claimed that there could be one explanation for retirement if indeed the Irishman has called time on his career and pointed to the recent passing of Portuguese fighter Joao Carvalho in Dublin.
“The only reason why it would make sense is that Conor had actually thought about retiring from MMA before he got the call from the UFC,” Rogan added.
“There was a point in time where he had some friends that were experiencing some serious health issues from fighting.
“Then, most recently, that young man died in an MMA contest which I think took place in the UK (Dublin).
“I think he trained with (the opponent of) the Portuguese guy who died recently. It is entirely possible in that sense but, if I had to guess, there’s no way he’d do it like this.”
