retirement

Chad Mendes hangs up his gloves

We’re usually hesitant to report retirement announcements because it inevitably turns out not to be true. We get that ‘one more fight’ from the retiree. Randy Couture….Chuck Liddell….anyone… ever. The latest retiree is perennial featherweight contender Chad Mendes. Chad has been competing in the UFC since 2011 and he has fought for the organization’s featherweight … Read more

‘GOAT’ says pal McGregor is not really done fighting and fans say “duh”

Walking ‘GOAT’ meme and friend of mega star Conor McGregor says the Irishman hasn’t really retired. Recap of said ‘retirement’… We are talking about Artem Lobov when we say ‘GOAT’ for future reference. Here’s what the current Bare Knuckle FC competitor had to say to Ariel Helwani when asked about the ‘retirement’. (Transcript via BJPenn.com). … Read more

Coach posts tribute to ‘retired’ Conor McGregor

I mean come on. Are we really doing this. Conor McGregor announced his ‘retirement’ earlier this month. We’re not saying we don’t believe it but you could surely forgive our skepticism about it. Conor has ‘retired’ before. Remember the ‘thanks for the cheddar’ social media post? People leapt all over it but we waited. Sure … Read more

Life after retirement, how MMA fighters spend their time and money

The Notorious did it again!  The millionth announcement about the retirement of Conor Mcgregory made us think about how the MMA fighters are spending their time after leaving the cage. They sure have plenty of time but not all of them have plenty of money to spend. While the lovers of MMA might think that … Read more

Rousey comments on McGregor’s ‘retirement’

Current WWE star and former UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey appeared on Sportscenter recently. She was asked about Conor McGregor’s ‘retirement’ we covered earlier this week… Her response was short and sweet but she did seem supportive, albeit rightfully skeptical. Well, it’s a creative way to retire, and it was a cryptic way to retire. … Read more

Here’s the statement from McGregor’s reps on the sexual assault allegations relating to his ‘retirement’

There is a reason we didn’t report the initial sexual assault accusations concerning Conor McGregor. Class. Before we begin let us be clear he hasn’t been officially charged and the investigation is just that. Nothing has gone down other than talk. McGregor was hit with said claims stemming from an incident which occurred in Ireland … Read more

Here’s Khabib’s reaction to Conor’s ‘retirement’ that will probably lure the Irishman back

Conor are we really doing this again? Conor McGregor ‘retired’ for the kajillionth fafillionth shabbledoodle doo millionth time on social media. Here’s our coverage of it… As you can see in the above article we highly doubt this is anything more than McGregor laughing at fan responses from behind his keyboard. This is also probably … Read more

McGregor ‘officially retires’ for like the tenth time on Twitter but we doubt it for one reason

Can we be done with this crap already, Conor? Honestly this is beginning to feel like a broken record. Former UFC champ champ Conor McGregor has officially ‘retired’ on Twitter. This is preposterous. When Conor does ANYTHING he makes a spectacle out of it. If a fighter of his significance and drawing power actually retired … Read more