{"id":6399,"date":"2016-04-21T20:03:33","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T20:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2016\/04\/21\/mixed-martial-arts-fighter-conor-mcgregor-not-retiring-after-all\/"},"modified":"2016-04-21T20:03:33","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T20:03:33","slug":"mixed-martial-arts-fighter-conor-mcgregor-not-retiring-after-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/mixed-martial-arts-fighter-conor-mcgregor-not-retiring-after-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Mixed Martial Arts Fighter Conor McGregor Not Retiring After All"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Laura Wagner<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

Two days after mixed martial arts superstar Conor McGregor announced his retirement on Twitter, he delivered a new message: “I AM NOT RETIRED,” he wrote in a statement on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As some MMA fans suspected, McGregor’s retirement announcement on Tuesday was simply a maneuver to gain leverage in his contract disagreement with the Ultimate Fighting Championships, the league that hosts MMA fights.<\/p>\n

“I am paid to fight. I am not yet paid to promote,” he said in the statement, explaining that would he not disrupt his training for all promotional UFC activities.<\/p>\n

As the Two-Way reported Wednesday<\/a>, the UFC wanted McGregor to attend a press conference last week and McGregor refused:<\/p>\n

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“On Friday, the UFC threatened to pull McGregor from his July 9 rematch against Nate Diaz \u2014 who in March handed McGregor his only UFC loss \u2014 if he didn’t attend a promotional press conference in Las Vegas, ESPN reported<\/a>. The 27-year-old Dublin native then tweeted his retirement, and hours later, UFC President Dana White said the Irishman had been pulled from the fight.<\/p>\n

” ‘White revealed that the decision was made by the promotion after McGregor informed UFC officials that he would not participate in any promotional activities, including a commercial shoot and press conferences,’ the UFC said in a statement<\/a> Tuesday.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

McGregor also said he still wants to fight in the July 9 bout. “I feel the $400million I have generated for the company in my last three events, all inside 8 months, is enough to get me this slight leeway,” he said in the statement. “I am still ready to go for UFC 200.”<\/p>\n

UFC has not yet released an official statement about McGregor’s latest announcement.<\/p>\n

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Two days after mixed martial arts superstar Conor McGregor announced his retirement on Twitter, he delivered a new message: “I AM NOT RETIRED,” he wrote in a statement on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As some MMA fans suspected, McGregor’s retirement announcement on Tuesday was simply a maneuver to gain leverage in his contract disagreement with the Ultimate Fighting Championships, the league that hosts MMA fights.<\/p>\n

“I am paid to fight. I am not yet paid to promote,” he said in the statement, explaining that would he not disrupt his training for all promotional UFC activities.<\/p>\n

As the Two-Way reported Wednesday<\/a>, the UFC wanted McGregor to attend a press conference last week and McGregor refused:<\/p>\n

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\n

“On Friday, the UFC threatened to pull McGregor from his July 9 rematch against Nate Diaz \u2014 who in March handed McGregor his only UFC loss \u2014 if he didn’t attend a promotional press conference in Las Vegas, ESPN reported<\/a>. The 27-year-old Dublin native then tweeted his retirement, and hours later, UFC President Dana White said the Irishman had been pulled from the fight.<\/p>\n

” ‘White revealed that the decision was made by the promotion after McGregor informed UFC officials that he would not participate in any promotional activities, including a commercial shoot and press conferences,’ the UFC said in a statement<\/a> Tuesday.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

McGregor also said he still wants to fight in the July 9 bout. “I feel the $400million I have generated for the company in my last three events, all inside 8 months, is enough to get me this slight leeway,” he said in the statement. “I am still ready to go for UFC 200.”<\/p>\n

UFC has not yet released an official statement about McGregor’s latest announcement.<\/p>\n

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