C.McGregor announces early retirement from MMA. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram @thenotoriousmma
The surprising retirement of Conor McGregor, revealed in the early hours of Tuesday (26), took many people by surprise. After the announcement, fighters, former athletes and partners of the Irishman commented on the “Notorious” decision to hang up his gloves.
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Ronda Rousey, former UFC champion and official member of the company's Hall of Fame since 2018, joked about the toast proposed by Conor in his publication.
“The second round is on me”
Second round is on me😉 https://t.co/1liGxXhVTG
— Ronda Rousey (@RondaRousey) March 26th, 2019
The fighter Bryce mitchell regretted McGregor's decision, stating his desire to be able to watch another fight between the Irishman and the North American Nate diaz.
“I’d like to see him hook up with Diaz one more time.”
Nah I'm tryna see you and Nate scrap it out one last time
— Bryce mitchell (@ThugnastyMMA) March 26th, 2019
The Brazilian Chris Cyborg, former UFC women's featherweight champion, also responded to Conor's post with some sawed-off fist emojis.
👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾
— Chris Cyborg (@criscyborg) March 26th, 2019
One of MMA's legends, veteran Mark Coleman, unlike the others, was against the Irishman's decision. In his account, he said that McGregor is still young to think about retirement.
“Too young, brother. Raising a glass of whiskey is not comparable to having your arm raised (related to the tradition of the winner of a fight having his arm raised by the referee after defeating an opponent). Almost nothing compares. You will miss it. Calm down and go back to training”, said the former fighter on his account.
Hmmm.. to young bro @TheNotoriousMMA the whiskey high doesn't compare to getting that arm raised. Not much does! U going to miss it! Buckle down and train youngster https://t.co/PQQcZzQrsw
- Mark Coleman (@Markcolemanmma) March 26th, 2019
On social media, the comments are varied. Some think this is just another marketing ploy by the Irishman. Others think that he will actually retire from the martial arts universe for good. But what is really official is that Conor continues to promote a lot of audience wherever he goes.
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