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20th Apr 2016

“I’m retired, f**k interviews!” Conor McGregor tells Icelandic news outlet

Tony Cuddihy

The man was not for speaking.

Conor McGregor has given a terse response to an Icelandic media outlet looking to speak to him after he announced he was retiring young on Twitter, before he was pulled out of UFC200 for refusing to fly to Las Vegas for press duties.

McGregor has been in Iceland training at Mjölnir MMA.

When MMA Frettie asked him for an interview, he declined: “No, I’m retired, fuck interviews,” he replied.

This, of course, is the tweet that started it all.

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