Conor McGregor News
Conor McGregor surpasses Kobe Bryant for most Retweets on retirement post
bjpenndotcom - April 20, 2016
Earlier this month NBA legend Kobe Bryant announced his retirement from the sport after 20 years in the league. Bryant ended his career with a 60 point game that saw him lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a late-game comeback and defeat the Utah Jazz. The performance, as well as the end of the Mamba-Era, was the talk of sports news for quite some time. Yesterday however, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor announced his retirement from MMA. The UFC then pulled McGregor from his UFC 200 rematch with Nate Diaz on July 9th for refusing to fulfill media obligations.
Report: Conor McGregor will fight again at later date
bjpenndotcom - April 20, 2016
Tuesday morning Conor McGregor shocked fight fans as he surprisingly announced his retirement from MMA. McGregor’s retirement, which many believed to be a prank at first, turned out to be real. After SBG Ireland head coach John Kavanagh confirmed the news, UFC President Dana White went on SportsCenter to announce that McGregor had been pulled from UFC 200 for refusing to fulfill media obligations.
VIDEO | Did Conor McGregor hint at his retirement before UFC 196?
bjpenndotcom - April 20, 2016
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Immediate family member of Conor McGregor opens up on champ's retirement
bjpenndotcom - April 19, 2016
Tuesday morning the MMA world was stunned as Conor McGregor announced his retirement from MMA ahead of his UFC 200 welterweight scrap against Nate Diaz. McGregor’s coach seemingly confirmed the news on Twitter, which was followed up by UFC President Dana White announcing on SportsCenter that McGregor had been pulled from UFC 200 for refusing to fulfill media obligations.
Conor McGregor gives first statement following retirement
bjpenndotcom - April 19, 2016
Tuesday morning UFC featherweight champion shocked fight fans as he announced his retirement from MMA. While many initially believed that McGregor was trolling fans, and had no intention of actually retiring, his head coach John Kavanagh seemingly confirmed McGregor’s retirement. Later in the day, the UFC announced that McGregor had been pulled from UFC 200 after refusing to do media appearances for the July 9th event.
Report: Conor McGregor felt the UFC's demands were unrealistic
Chris Taylor - April 19, 2016
Jonathan Shrager is reporting that Conor McGregor, who was removed from his scheduled UFC 200 main event rematch with Nate Diaz earlier tonight by the UFC, was unhappy with the UFC’s promo plans for the summer’s blockbuster event stating that they were “unrealistic”. Here is what Jonathan reported on Twitter:
Dana White explains why Conor McGregor was pulled from UFC 200
bjpenndotcom - April 19, 2016
Tuesday morning Conor McGregor left MMA fans speechless as he announced his retirement from MMA. This announcement was met with much speculation given that McGregor is currently the UFC’s featherweight champion. While many believed the retirement announcement to be a troll job, McGregor’s coach confirmed the news. UFC President Dana White then broke the news on SportsCenter that McGregor had been pulled from UFC 200 after refusing to show up to a press conference.
BREAKING! UFC pulls Conor McGregor from UFC 200
Chris Taylor - April 19, 2016
Conor McGregor shocked the world earlier today when he announced that he had decided to retire from the sport of mixed martial arts. Many fans and fighters thought that McGregor’s tweet was a joke or a hoax.
Ariel Helwani says that McGregor's retirement is real, UFC working on new plan
Chris Taylor - April 19, 2016
The MMA world is still trying to make sense of Conor McGregor’s tweet from earlier today, where the current featherweight champ stated that he had “decided to retire young“. Many fans thought and hoped that McGregor’s tweet was some sort of April fools joke or hoax, however, MMAFighting.com’s Ariel Helwani is saying that sources have confirmed that Conor’s tweet is not a prank and that he is in fact walking away from the sport. His words:
Conor McGregor's coach confirms featherweight champ's retirement
bjpenndotcom - April 19, 2016
Early Tuesday morning UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor made headlines as he announced his retirement from MMA ahead of his UFC 200 welterweight scrap against Nate Diaz. While the retirement Tweet was initially regarded as a ‘troll-job’ by many, multiple sources confirmed that McGregor was serious about retiring according to Ariel Helwani.
Sources confirm Conor McGregor retirement Tweet isn't a joke
bjpenndotcom - April 19, 2016
Earlier today UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor shocked everyone as he announced his retirement via Twitter with less than 3 months to go until his UFC 200 main event scrap with Nate Diaz. While many believed that McGregor was pulling a prank, or trolling his fans, that doesn’t appear to be the case according to Ariel Helwani.
UFC superstar Conor McGregor already retiring?
Russell Ess - April 19, 2016
UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor has become one of the biggest stars in MMA in just a matter of years. “The Notorious” has set numerous records and has seemingly opened the eyes of the entire country of Ireland to the sport of MMA.
Mike Tyson reveals his thoughts on Jon Jones and Conor McGregor
bjpenndotcom - April 13, 2016
Conor McGregor and Jon Jones are undoubtably two of the biggest stars in MMA history. Both men are relatively polarizing figures, with many viewers either being very supportive, or very critical. Jones is currently gearing up for his UFC 197 light heavyweight interim title fight against Ovince Saint-Preux on April 23rd. McGregor on the other hand is preparing for his UFC 200 welterweight rematch with Nate Diaz on July 9th.
Conor McGregor's lengthy & emotional reaction to the death of Joao Carvalho
bjpenndotcom - April 12, 2016
Tragic news surfaced earlier this week that MMA fighter Joao Carvalho had passed away after a brain injury sustained in his fight with Charlie Ward at TEF1 Dublin this past weekend. McGregor was ringside when Carvalho was TKO’d by McGregor’s teammate, which led the UFC featherweight champ to post this lengthy and extremely heartfelt message regarding the death of Carvalho on his official Facebook page.
Muhammed 'King Mo' Lawal: 'Now all of a sudden people want to give the credit to Conor McGregor?'
Russell Ess - April 12, 2016
Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal isn’t keen on the idea that UFC featherweight Conor McGregor is getting all the praise for his ambition in moving up in weight to take on Nate Diaz. Although McGregor ultimately lost to Diaz by submission in their initial fight at UFC 196, many praised McGregor for his courage to fight in a higher weight class. “King Mo” opened up about “moneyweight” and how he has been doing it for years, but even he cannot take the claim of pioneering it all.
VIDEO | Conor McGregor says fight with teammate should have been stopped earlier, opponent now in 'very serious condition'
Russell Ess - April 11, 2016
Charlie Ward, teammate of UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor won a brutal fight against Joao Carvalho by 3rd round TKO at TEF 1, which took place at the National Stadium in Dublin on Saturday night.
Manager says 'obsessed' Conor McGregor watched loss to Nate Diaz '20 times' after tapping out
Russell Ess - April 8, 2016
Conor McGregor has not let the loss to Nate Diaz at UFC 196 slip his mind. “The Notorious” called for an immediate rematch with Diaz, and that is just what the UFC set up for UFC 200. McGregor’s manager, Audie Attar spoke to reporters at a UFC 199 media day on Wednesday and revealed some interesting information regarding “The Notorious.” (transcribed by MMA Fighting).
Conor McGregor didn't care what weight UFC 200 rematch was at
bjpenndotcom - April 7, 2016
The UFC recently announced that Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz would have their highly anticipated welterweight rematch in the main event of UFC 200. While leaked audio from Diaz’s recent Fox Sports appearance showed him revealing that he wanted the rematch at lightweight so that McGregor wouldn’t have any excuses, the fight was ultimately slated for welterweight.