MMA thread

[Pablo]

What an attention-seeking little tosser.

[EwarWoo]

Wouldn't be surprised to see it re-instated closer to the time. UFC has become more like WWE with it's off field "showmanship".

They'll be "talked into" coming back in shortly before and pay per view buys will go through the roof.

[spud_gun]

So eh......officially the Diaz / McGregor fight had been pulled from 200?

Bit strange.

[Alex]

One way to get a bit of buzz around UFC200.

[Gibbo]

Bit more context.

He refused to attend a press conference this week to promote the fight because he wanted to focus on training. Dana told him he was removing him from the card for doing so.

Conor spat his dummy out and "retired"

[Gibbo]

Conor pulled from 200. Dana just announced it.

[The_weatherman]

Icelandic journalist was trying to ask him about this tweet:


„No, I'm retired. **** interviews.“

[Gibbo]

Failed drug test seems to be the favourite of the tinfoil hatters.

[Chazza]

[ame]https://twitter.com/NateDiaz209/status/722514064576917505[/ame]

[G]

A lot of WWE folk recently followed him on twitter

[kingfunk]

Major Fall out with Dana and Lorenzo I reckon.

[Gibbo]

Yeah I reckon.

So far it's been McGregor and Kavangah who have said it.

Kavangah is very close friends with Ariel Helwani who pretty much gets all of the news and he's just reported it. That's how it's gathering attention.

But...Conor did watch his teammate kill someone in the cage the other night. Maybe it's influenced him.

[Chazza]

Is he on a wind up?

Conor McGregor, the reigning UFC Featherweight champion, has announced his retirement on Twitter at the age of 27. "I have decided to retire young," he wrote. "Thanks for the cheese. Catch ya's later."

https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/722492455732584448

Given that the Irishman, who goes under the sobriquet 'The Notorious', was tweeting on Monday about training at Mjolnir MMA club in Iceland, plus that sign off, the announcement with no further confirmation has been greeted by doubts about its sincerity if not its authenticity. There are suggestions too, among the 43,000 accounts that have retweeted it, that he may be the victim of hacking.

The Dubliner, who was defeated by Nate Diaz at UFC 196 in Las Vegas on March 5, had been due to take on Diaz again in the re-match in the same city on July 9.

If he has indeed retired it would represent an extraordinary climb down from his camp's pronouncements in March. McGregor's coach, John Kavanagh, told 42.ie: "Conor chased this rematch. That’s how it has come about. He’s much more concerned about trying to give a perfect representation of his ability than he is about material things like belts or money.

"Conor believes that the last fight didn’t accurately reflect the skills and ability he possesses, so he's eager to address that. He ended up harassing UFC president Dana White and CEO Lorenzo Fertitta on a daily basis for a rematch. This is the fight that’s of most interest to him right now."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/mma/2016/04/19/conor-mcgregor-announces-retirement/

[Chazza]

Conor McGregor has been given the chance to avenge his loss to Nate Diaz in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

The two mixed martial artists will meet again in another welterweight contest at UFC 200 in Las Vegas on 9 July.

American Diaz handed McGregor his first defeat in the UFC earlier this month when he choked the featherweight champion into submission.

UFC boss Dana White said he urged McGregor to fight Diaz at a lower weight but the Irishman was against it.

"Even his coach tried to get him to get off the rematch and the 170-pound fight, but it's what he wanted," said White.

McGregor fought Diaz at 170 pounds, 25 more than his usual featherweight limit, at UFC 196.

"He was obsessed with fighting Nate Diaz again," said White.

White said Jose Aldo and Frankie Edgar would also meet on the UFC 200 card, with the winner then taking on McGregor for the featherweight belt regardless of the Irishman's result against Diaz.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/35932094

[EwarWoo]

Conor apparently "obsessed" that he wants it all to be the same.

Proper fighter. He doesn't just want to save face, he wants personal redemption.