At the start of 2020, no one would have thought Conor McGregor would end up in a situation similar to the current one.
He had attempted to reclaim the UFC lightweight title when he fought Khabib Nurmagomedov. However, that mission had failed for the Irish fighter. McGregor was, therefore, looking forward to 2020 as the year of his revival. In fact, he had three fights scheduled and a title fight at the end of the year.
While the year had started on the right foot with a quick stoppage of Donald Cerrone, McGregor didn’t build momentum off of that. In addition, the unexpected Covid-19 pandemic broke off halting the UFC calendar of fights. As a result, Conor McGregor announced his retirement from MMA and this was not the first time.
Although most people believe McGregor’s previous retirements were not actually real, this one seems to be true, at least for 2020. Confirming it was UFC president Dana White when he addressed the “Notorious” situation on Monday.
Dana White on Conor McGregor’s retirement situation
“These guys keep asking me about Conor McGregor, who is retired,” White said. “You guys keep asking me about him and he’s retired. Conor plays you guys like fiddles. You guys are like puppets on a string. He’s retired. He sends one Tweet that says, ‘I accept,’ and it’s right after Khamzat calls him out and two other guys. I’m not focused on anything with anybody who’s not fighting. Conor McGregor is retired. Do we all believe he’ll stay retired? I think most of us don’t believe that he’ll remain retired.”
“Let me put it to you this way, I owe fighters that are under contract with me three fights a year. If I don’t deliver those three fights a year, I have to pay them,” White said. “Conor McGregor is retired, whether people want to believe it or now. He is not fighting right now, so when he’s not fighting, I don’t even think about him or what he’s doing or any of that stuff on a business level. I’ll still shoot him a text personally, but on a business level, he’s out of the mix. He’s not fighting at all. So everybody keeps asking me questions about him and I’m like, ‘Manny Pacquiao? What the f*ck are you talking about?’”
Will Conor McGregor fight in 2021?
“He is retired,” White reaffirmed. “Conor McGregor is not fighting, he is retired. I have no plan. I’m in the war room right now and we have fights laid out to November 7 and Conor McGregor is not on any of them. This year, he is retired. He doesn’t have a fight this year, and he won’t have a fight this year. Conor McGregor will not fight in 2020. I’m not saying he won’t fight in 2021, but I’m telling you we don’t have a fight planned for him in 2021, but I guarantee he will not fight in 2020. Conor McGregor is retired.”
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