What is this all about then?
On Tuesday evening, Conor McGregor took time out from his training camp in Iceland ahead of UFC 200 where he will again face Nate Diaz after being handed the first loss of his UFC career, to retire from MMA on twitter.
I have decided to retire young.
Thanks for the cheese.
Catch ya's later.— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April 19, 2016
While it is almost certainly just a pisstake, with McGregor reportedly obsessed with the Diaz rematch, the reaction of his followers has been that of confusion en mass:
@TheNotoriousMMA Is this a PR stunt?
— Claudia Trejos (@ClaudiaTrejos) April 19, 2016
@TheNotoriousMMA he must have got hacked
— Kendyl Taylor (@Kendyl13Taylor) April 19, 2016
@TheNotoriousMMA are you drunk?
— Brian Shannon (@Reddevil4gud) April 19, 2016
@TheNotoriousMMA please tell me you are joking ???
— Natalie Tring (@bLiNg_BaRbIe) April 19, 2016
@TheNotoriousMMA Wrestlemania 33?
— Michael Bridge (@MichaelBridge_) April 19, 2016
@TheNotoriousMMA i hope your trolling us, thats the first iv ever wanted to be trolled...
— SmileB4DEATH (@SmileB4DEATH_) April 19, 2016
@TheNotoriousMMA haha fooling nobody
— Conor Young (@ConorYoungg) April 19, 2016
Poor Demetrious 'Mighty Mouse' Johnson has even had his Q and A dominated by McGregor questions:
@ufc @MightyMouseUFC what's happening with Conor McGregor
— Stuart Short (@Studaawg) April 19, 2016
@ufc @MightyMouseUFC WHO FUCKING CARES. IS CONOR RETIRING???!!!!!!!?! @danawhite
— Dan MacDonald (@danmacdonald323) April 19, 2016
@ufc @MightyMouseUFC MCGREGOR RETIRMENT WTF IS GOING ON
— Theax (@Theo_Adiveze) April 19, 2016
Is he just having a laugh? Has Cathal Pendred got a hold of his phone and gone for one hell of a twitter hijacking? Has he actually retired from MMA?
It certainly isn't the last one, so we guess we'll have to wait and see.
