Conor McGregor has reported his retirement from UFC at 31 years old. The disputable Irishman, some time ago featherweight and lightweight hero and perhaps the greatest name in the business, tweeted the news following the finish of the UFC 250 occasion. "Hello folks I've chosen to resign from battling," McGregor composed. "Much obliged to all of you for the astonishing recollections! What a ride it's been! Here is an image of myself and my mom in Las Vegas post one of my reality title wins! Pick the home you had always wanted Mags I love you! Whatever you want it's yours." McGregor, who withdraws from a 22-4 record, has made comparable declarations previously – beforehand 'resigning' in 2016 and 2019 preceding creation his way back to the octagon. He was only one session into his most recent rebound, having turned around his previous choice to take on Donald Cerrone in a welterweight challenge at UFC 246. McGregor won through TKO in only 40 seconds, his first achievement in over three years.
A battle against individual UFC extraordinary Anderson Silva had been on the cards this year, with the last openly touting the session throughout the end of the week. Other potential adversaries included long-term rival Khabib Nurmagomedov and Jorge Masvidal, with his second battle of 2020 at first made arrangements for July.
"The game simply doesn't energize me, and that's all there is to it," McGregor told ESPN on Sunday. "Such an excess of sticking around. There's nothing occurring. I'm experiencing adversary alternatives, and there's nothing truly there at the moment. Nothing's energizing me … I don't have a clue whether it's no group. I don't have the foggiest idea what it is. There's simply no buzz for me. "I had my objectives, my arrangements, the season. I had everything spread out," McGregor said. "Clearly the world has gone draining bonkers at the moment. There's f-all incident at the moment. They need to hurl me and down loads and offer me dumb battles. I don't generally give a fuck. I'm over it."
The UFC president, Dana White, who has gotten analysis from McGregor before and who has as of late conflicted with Jon Jones over a compensation issue, said he is glad to allow the Irishman to resign. "No one is compelling anyone to battle," White said. "What's more, if Conor McGregor feels he needs to resign, you know my sentiments about retirement: you ought to completely do it. Furthermore, I love Conor … There's a bunch of individuals that have made this extremely a good time for me. What's more, he's one of them." In 2017 McGregor took a prominent alternate route into the universe of expert boxing, going down in 10 rounds against Floyd Mayweather in a masterpiece occasion in Las Vegas.