Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) superstar Conor McGregor, 30-years-old, said Monday he had retired from the sport, vowing to hang up his gloves for the second time in three years.
McGregor tweeted to his fans on Monday that he has decided to call time on his career inside the octagon.
“Hey guys quick announcement, I’ve decided to retire from the sport formally known as ‘Mixed Martial Art’ today,” McGregor writes. “I wish all my old colleagues well going forward in competition.
“I now join my former partners on this venture, already in retirement. Proper Pina Coladas on me fellas!”
Hey guys quick announcement, I’ve decided to retire from the sport formally known as “Mixed Martial Art” today.
I wish all my old colleagues well going forward in competition.
I now join my former partners on this venture, already in retirement.
Proper Pina Coladas on me fellas!— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) March 26, 2019
McGregor is estimated to have earned $200 million from his fighting career, which included a much-hyped cross-combat bout against former welterweight boxing champion Floyd Mayweather in August 2017. He has not fought since he was well beaten by rival Khabib Nurmagomedov in October last year.
Earlier this month, the fighter was arrested in Miami after allegedly smashing a phone outside a Florida nightclub. He was later charged with criminal mischief and strong-armed robbery after police said he had slapped the phone out of a fan’s hand and then stomped on it.
McGregor was also arrested last year in New York after police said he attacked a charter bus carrying several rival martial arts fighters. Video footage of the altercation showed McGregor, throwing a steel dolly through a window of the bus.
McGregor was also at the centre of a brawl, which erupted at ringside in the immediate aftermath of his defeat to Nurmagomedov last October in Las Vegas.
In January, the Nevada State Athletic Commission later handed McGregor a six-month suspension for his role in the post-fight melee, backdated to October.
McGregor would have been eligible to fight again in early April.
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