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Conor McGregor Finally Speaks Out About That 'Retirement' Tweet

Conor McGregor Finally Speaks Out About That 'Retirement' Tweet

‘When you see it going all over the place, I’m like, ‘Oh shit’ now it’s hit the fan. It was a semi-joke in it."

Mel Ramsay

Mel Ramsay

When Conor McGregor announced his retirement on Twitter, no-one could quite believe it.

Especially as he mentioned cheese. That was particularly confusing.


Now, the Metro reports, he's finally opened up about his strained relationship with the UFC and the events that led up to his tweet - which has since been re-tweeted over 163,000 times.

The fall-out all began when McGregor refused to travel to Las Vegas for a press conference in the lead up to his scheduled fight with Nate Diaz - the only man to ever defeat him in the UFC.

He was pulled out of the UFC 200 card and will now take on Diaz in August. However, the relationship between McGregor and UFC remains tense. He said: "We're still back and forth with media obligations.

"It's going on right to this second. It's never-ending. They want to pull you left and right.

"I think some people don't understand how taxing that is, especially coming after a loss like that where I really truly need to look out for me and get myself right and come out the way I need to feel."

He continued: "I can't fatigue like that and live with myself after that. Seeing the way the last fight happened, I can't live with it.

"I need to isolate myself and just get my work in and come back and get my revenge. And that's what I'm doing."

When asked about the tweet, he said: "When you see it going all over the place, I'm like, 'Oh sh*t. Now it's hit the fan. It was a semi-joke in it.

"It was kind of a negotiating tactic, going back and forth with the UFC. And then it's on CNN."

A negotiating tactic. Hey, it seemed to work.

Words by Mel Ramsay

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Topics: Conor Mcgregor, Twitter, UFC