Maybe he was being serious after all.
Conor McGregor’s tweet about “retiring young” on Tuesday evening was greeted with a fair degree of scepticism from most quarters, but it would appear as if it might not be so far-fetched after all.
I have decided to retire young.
Thanks for the cheese.
Catch ya's later.— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April 19, 2016
Shortly after McGregor posted his own message on Twitter, it was followed by this post from his coach, John Kavanagh…
Well was fun while it lasted
— Coach JK (@John_Kavanagh) April 19, 2016
… while Nate Diaz, who defeated McGregor in March and was due to take him on again in Las Vegas in July, also got in on the act…
I guess my work here is done I'm retiring too✌🏼️👊🏼
— Nathan Diaz (@NateDiaz209) April 19, 2016
Respected MMA journalist Ariel Helwani also suggested that McGregor was not joking about retiring and said that his reasons for doing so are unclear.
Multiple sources are adamant at this time that McGregor's tweet isn't a joke, troll job or hoax of any kind. Reason(s) behind it is unclear.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) April 19, 2016
Is this really the end?
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